GSC Game World is working on a new first-person shooter called S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl. As of December 2022, it will be the fourth game in the series, the first for consoles, as well as the first in 13 years since the release of Call of Pripyat in 2009, and the first STALER game since the release of Call of Pripyat in 2009.
Call of Pripyat was supposed to be released in 2012, however it was scrapped on the year it was supposed to be released due to poor sales. When the game reappeared years later in 2018, Unreal Engine 5 and a new release date of 2022 were announced.
Stalker 2 Development
Stalker 2 A Child Early Life
Sergei Grigorovich, CEO of GSC Game World, announced Stalker 2 in 2010 with a release date of 2012, stating that the game would be released in 2012 “We had no doubts about moving forward with development of a new major game set in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe after the series’ official sales surpassed 4 million copies worldwide in 2008. A new chapter in the wildly popular game that gamers have come to rely on will be presented here.” An all-new multi-platform engine, built from scratch for Stalker 2, was promised for the game’s development.
GSC’s staff had been reduced by 75% as a result of multiple layoffs and general attrition throughout the game’s production. Due to “personal circumstances” two years later, Grigorovich had declared the abrupt halt of all work. Official dissolution of GSC Game World took place on December 9th, 2011. a tweet from the official Twitter account “To keep going, we’ll do our utmost to persevere. However, nothing is certain at this time.” A new update was given after several months of uncertainty[7], stating that production will resume after the holidays, but that it would need money. Even yet, in April 2012 on the company’s Facebook page,[9] the termination of this build of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was formally announced,[8] officially reported to have come from a conflict between investors and personnel and the original IP rights owner.
Stalker 2 Scandal surrounding The West Coast Games
In June 2014, Eugene Kim, a former GSC lead developer, began a Kickstarter campaign for a spiritual successor to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, under the name “Areal”. Though it received much criticism, this game’s trailer was constructed solely of video from the original S.T.A LOCKER games as well as reported screenshots from its development, which West Games acknowledged was “media-fabricated,” based on the “asset store” that was used in the Unity engine.
In July, Kickstarter permanently stopped the project due to alleged guideline breaches, despite the fact that it had raised $65,000 on Kickstarter, $15,000 more than its initial $50,000 target. Though West Games initially claimed to have converted to private funding on their website, in December 2014 they declared a considerably higher target of $600,000 to build a new game called Stalker Apocalypse via a crowdfunding campaign on the Wfunder platform.
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Stalker 2 Revival
GSC Game World was relaunched in December 2014 to work on Cossacks 3 after a long period of inactivity. As of this writing, four years later, the game’s Facebook page announced the creation of a new version of the game.
Unreal Engine 4 will be used in the game’s development, it was subsequently disclosed. While the game was still in the “design doc phase,” this build of STALES 2 was announced to the public. During a podcast interview, Grigorovich revealed that the project’s introduction in 2018 was mostly a publicity stunt to get a publishing agreement for the game during E3 2018.
Until the Microsoft/Bethesda press presentation at E3 2021, not much was known about the project. That’s when a complete gameplay trailer was unveiled. The original release date of April 28, 2022 has now been moved up one year. The game’s Unreal Engine 5 upgrade was announced by the studio in August of 2021.
Stalker 2 Release Date
At the time of its release, the game will be available via Xbox Game Pass.The game was also said by GSC Game World to have been planned as a Microsoft-exclusive release, which would only be available on Microsoft Windows and the Xbox X/S.As indicated by leaked documents from the Epic Games v. Apple case, this exclusivity is only set to last for three months following its debut. April 28, 2022 is the release date for Stalker 2.
PC version Of Stalker 2?
Yes! As a “console launch exclusive,” Stalker 2 is available only on Xbox, while the PC version has always been available. To be clear, this does not imply that PC gamers will have to wait. It’s basically bad news for PlayStation owners. The PC version of Stalker 2 will be released at the same time as the Xbox version, according to the game’s official website.
What Is The Plot Of Stalker 2?
The game’s plot hasn’t been released, but the gameplay seems familiar. “The Zone’s treasures and secrets draw bounty hunters to its depths. Some of them are trying to escape their history, while others are driven by greed and a burning desire to learn the truth.”
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GSC claims “Your actions will have both short-term effects and global ramifications,” and the plot will be non-linear.