The leaks haven't said "no atmos planets", they said "Haven’t seen any mention of atmospheric landings."
Meanwhile, Zac hasn't said that the Ice Planet revamp was part of New Era either. However, Will did say that the Ice Planet work is still planned with news to come in the future.
The point is that last year they went from pre-production to full production so what wasn't in will not make it into the New Era and something as big as Atmospheric Planets can't be added at the last minute.
About Zac message, yes I misunderstood. When he talked about the global visual upgrade I thought he was referring to the New Era and not to Beyond 3.3.
But I'm still wondering what "reprioritised" means...
Greetings Commanders...
Some of the technology from the ice planets specifically will be used within our wider and global visual upgrade, so there will still be general improvements, but not everything we originally envisaged. However, we wanted you to be aware that these two elements specifically would be reprioritised out of the upcoming Beyond - Chapter Four update.
I still have a theory about this leak anyway.
This is an intentional leak that FDEV managed to spread. The elements reported are real, but incomplete. They want everyone to believe that this is real that's why there are already several confirmed points. They planned carefully what to say and what not to say... They're probably afraid of some competitors so this leak is orchestrated to deceive them.