S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl already appears to be like like a success, with developer GSC Game World declaring a million copies bought.
In a tweet, Ukrainian studio GSC stated that along with these gross sales, “far more” are enjoying by way of S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2’s day one launch on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s subscription service.
“No surprise it feels a bit crowdy within the Zone,” GSC tweeted. “One million copies have been bought, and far more stalkers joined the artifact hunt with Game Pass.
“This is simply the beginning of our unforgettable journey. The Heart of Chornobyl emanates stronger with every of us.
“Thank You, stalkers!”
S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl hit the a million bought milestone lower than 48 hours after launching throughout PC and Xbox Series X and S. On Steam, it has a peak concurrent participant depend of 117,928, placing it among the many most-played video games on Valve’s platform. Microsoft doesn’t make Xbox participant numbers public.
Clearly, S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is already successful for GSC even earlier than its first weekend on sale. However, the launch will not be with out issues, with gamers reporting a wide range of bugs (try IGN’s S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 evaluate in progress to search out out extra). GSC has promised to kind out what it referred to as S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2’s “tough edges” with a gradual stream of patches.
Free in-game content material can be coming to the sport. Expect extra on that when GSC Game World shares its roadmap later in December.
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S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 suffered numerous comprehensible delays, most not too long ago in July when the sport was due out in September. GSC stated on the time that the additional two months would give the builders the possibility to repair “sudden anomalies,” aka bugs.
GSC has additionally been vocal concerning the challenges the studio confronted getting S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 as much as scratch after a combined response to its debut public exhibiting final 12 months. At gamescom 2023, GSC addressed what some had referred to as a “downgrade” sparked by S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2’s then newest gameplay trailer. At the time, GSC informed IGN it was nonetheless concentrating on a visible high quality and stage of polish recommended by S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2’s eye-catching 2021 trailer regardless of the horrendous situations suffered by the employees amid the warfare with Russia.
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