Rapczak said. “It’s not procedurally generated it. There are 700 unique islands spread across the map with different biomes. There’s also sort of story islands and PVE islands where some of the game’s backstory and lore and crazy mythological creatures can be found.” Source: https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/atlas-studio-wildcard-interview-1203085907/ If you got something better I'm all ears. Otherwise...
Correct, it is not procedurally generated. Every island is hand-made by the artists and level designers using tools like World Machine, Houdini and custom UE4 blutilities. Completed islands are then hand-placed in the world map using our world layout tool (will be available to end users).
It doesn't say December edition. Magazines are just weird, anyway.
I believe the issue numbers are different between US and UK, but the Atlas cover will be available in the US around Jan 1st.
According to the tweet from PCgamer that Jat posted yesterday, the digital version of the December issue came out yesterday. My googling is letting me down and I can't find the article online. Has anyone else had a chance to read it, and is there any new info?:
The UK article is the January edition and it will be in the US soon.