Right now Probably no fan of the STALKER series could really believe that we would see a full-fledged sequel with the subtitle Heart of Chernobyl on April 28, 2022.as planned so far. We haven’t seen any footage of gaming and since last summer marketing overall stuck, and we have seen practically only a few new ones in recent months screenshots a concepts, an article in PC Gamer magazine, confirmation engine usage Unreal 5 a controversial initiatives associated with NFT. In the end, after a very negative response from the community will not happen.
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Source: GSC Game WorldSTALKER 2 and its unique atmosphere on new concepts
When the feeling of virtually non-existent marketing, which should have looked different about 4 months before the release of the game, was added a few days ago speculation about the postponement, was practically painted. And now everything is finally official. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl is postponed by 7 months to 8 December 2022.
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Studio GSC Game World believes that those 7 months will allow the creators to fulfill their vision and achieve the optimal state of the game. As STALKER 2 is the largest studio project to date, it requires thorough testing and debugging, taking Developers believe that development should take as long as necessary, especially in the case of such a large – scale project.
At the same time, we must not forget that the GSC Game World studio was closed a few years ago and then re-established, therefore, it is a completely different team than the classic STALKER titles: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat. In practice, it is the only project of the current GSC Game World strategy to date Cossacks 3. The words about the study’s largest project to date are therefore true from several angles. And that’s why the latest delay shouldn’t really surprise us, even if it’s definitely freezing.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl now coming out December 8 / December 2022 in PC version (Steam, Epic Games Store) and Xbox Series X | S. The game will be available with Czech subtitles on all platforms.
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