Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Delayed Once more, Units November 20 Launch Date

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the first-person shooter survival horror title from GSC Game World, has been pushed again additional. The recreation, which has confronted a number of delays because it obtained an announcement trailer in 2020, will now launch on November 20 as an alternative of its beforehand deliberate September 5 launch date. The newest delay was introduced with a tongue-in-cheek launch date trailer Thursday, titled “Really, again?”

Stalker 2 delayed, once more

“We know you might be tired of waiting, and we truly appreciate your patience,” the message from GSC Game World accompanying the brand new trailer learn. The developer stated that the two-month delay would permit them to repair extra “unexpected anomalies”, or bugs.

Stalker 2 can even obtain a Developer Deep Dive video on August 12, GSC Game World introduced. “This detailed update will include exclusive interviews, lots of new footage, and a full video walkthrough of one of the game quests,” the developer stated.

The newest delay comes after the sport beforehand hit one more delay earlier this yr in January, with GSC Game World asserting a “final” launch date of September 5. The Ukrainian developer had initially set an April 2022 launch date after revealing an prolonged gameplay trailer for Stalker 2 at E3 2021. The recreation’s improvement was hit severely following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with some GSC Game World staff even deploying to the frontlines of the battle.

The upcoming shooter is the fourth recreation within the Stalker franchise and the primary since 2009’s Stalker: Call of Pripyat. The recreation is about in an alternate model of the exclusion zone surrounding the location of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl will probably be launched November 20 on Xbox Series S/X and PC. The recreation will probably be obtainable on Game Pass day one.