STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl release postponed to the end of the year

The release of FPS survival horror from GSC Game World has been delayed by a few months.

Originally scheduled for April 28 on PC (Steam/Epic Games Store), as well as Xbox Series X/S from Microsoft, not to mention Xbox Game Pass, in temporary exclusivity for three months by the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World. made the decision to postpone the release of STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl to December 8, 2022: “These additional seven months of development are necessary to realize our vision and achieve the desired state of the game. This is our largest project yet and requires extensive testing and polishing. We are convinced that development should take as long as necessary, especially in the case of such a project. This decision is not easy to make, but we are doing our best to release a game that will meet your expectations. There is more information, updates and presentations ahead, and we have an important and exciting year ahead of us.

Will STALKER 2 be released in 2022?

Announced in 2010 and canceled in December 2011, STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl was announced again in May 2018 for release in 2021 and again in 2022. Powered by the Unreal Engine 4 graphics engine, GSC Game World has decided to carry over some of the early access work from Unreal Engine 5 to provide a real next-gen experience, except that it may cause some time issues in development.