Size matters: for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has a giant patch released on Xbox

Post-apocalyptic open-world shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl from the GSC Game World studio has not even been released yet, and has already received a huge update almost the size of the game itself.

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Let us remind you that the Xbox version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl became available for pre-download on November 13th, requiring 146 GB to play. Following this, a hefty 16 GB patch was released for the shooter.

As now reported by pre-loaded S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Xbox, the day before release the game received another update, significantly larger than the previous one – its size is 138.9 GB.

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In other words, preloaded S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Xbox, in fact, you will have to download the game again – the patch replaces existing files, and does not “pull up” 139 GB of new ones.

So, according to user SpookyCarnage on the Reddit forum, after installing a large-scale update, the total size of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl shrunk from 146 to 143.9 GB.

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Earlier it became known that some buyers gained access to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl ahead of time: users began to publish unboxing of the retail edition, screenshots and gameplay of the release version of the game.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be released on November 20 on PC (Steam, GOG, EGS, Microsoft Store), Xbox Series X and S, and Game Pass. The first reviews of the game will appear just two hours before the official release.