Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Delayed Again, Sets November 20 Release Date

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the first-person shooter survival horror title from GSC Game World, has been pushed again additional. The sport, 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, once more?”

Stalker 2 delayed, once more

“We know you could be uninterested in ready, and we really recognize your persistence,” the message from GSC Game World accompanying the brand new trailer learn. The developer stated that the two-month delay would enable them to repair extra “sudden anomalies”, or bugs.

Stalker 2 may also obtain a Developer Deep Dive video on August 12, GSC Game World introduced. “This detailed replace will embrace unique interviews, plenty of new footage, and a full video walkthrough of one of many sport quests,” the developer stated.

The newest delay comes after the sport beforehand hit yet one more delay earlier this 12 months in January, with GSC Game World announcing a “closing” 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 sport’s growth 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 sport within the Stalker franchise and the primary since 2009’s Stalker: Call of Pripyat. The sport is ready in an alternate model of the exclusion zone surrounding the positioning of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe.

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