Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is coming to PS5. On Wednesday, developer GSC Game World said nan shooter will motorboat connected Sony's console later this year.
To opportunity Stalker 2 had a agelong improvement process would beryllium an understatement. We're talking 14 years here. After navigating backing issues, nan workplace astir being unopen down and a modulation to Unreal Engine 5, it was delayed again and again... and again.
Then, correct erstwhile things were looking up, on came Vladimir Putin. See, GSC Game World is simply a Ukrainian developer based successful Kyiv. After Russia's 2022 invasion, GSC paused improvement and later relocated portion of its squad to Prague. Sadly, a designer connected nan squad was killed successful nan war. Work resumed nonetheless.
GSC Game World
When nan crippled yet arrived successful November 2024, it was only disposable connected PC and Xbox. That exclusivity model is now group to end, accompanied by nan cheeky PS5 announcement trailer below.
Stalker 2 sold a cardinal copies successful its first 2 days. However, it landed pinch bugs aplenty (an all-too-familiar story these days). GSC has been pushing updates to cleanable it up ever since. In different words, nan hold for PS5 owners whitethorn extremity up being a bully thing.
You tin wishlist nan crippled now connected nan PlayStation Store. Although we cognize it's coming "late this year," we don't yet person a patient merchandise date.