GSC Promises to Make S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl “The Game You Deserve” — Upcoming Updates Plan

Developers from the GSC Game World studio have finally presented the promised plan for further support of their post-apocalyptic open-world shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

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According to the developers, the first quarter (from January to March) was spent fixing critical issues – two major patches (1.2 and 1.3) and several smaller ones were dedicated to their elimination.

The Zone will continue to evolve in the coming months: “to keep things clear and on track,” GSC has broken down the game’s development schedule into quarterly updates. The latest post is dedicated to the second quarter (April to June).

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As it became known, until the end of June S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl awaits:

• Beta version of a tool for creating modifications with integration of the Steam Workshop and the mod.io platform;
• Improvements to the AI ​​and A-Life system, including more realistic NPC behavior when taking cover and flanking, limited grenades for NPCs, and the ability to eat corpses and respond to mutant threats;
• The ability to pick up loot from defeated monsters;
• The ability to skip the shader compilation stage;
• Support for ultra-wide monitors;
• Two new weapons;
• Further optimization, stabilization and bug fixing improvements.

GSC also reminded that it plans to update the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone Trilogy collection for PS5, Xbox Series X and S. The games in the trilogy currently work on these consoles via backward compatibility.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was released on November 20, 2024, on PC, Xbox Series X and S, and Game Pass. Within two days of its release, sales of the game exceeded one million copies, and by March, the total audience of the project reached 6 million people.