S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Like a lot of survival games, Stalker 2 had a long journey from janky larva to playable, easily recommended butterfly. It's tempting to say that these games ought to just stay under wraps until they're done and relatively bug-free—but at Gamescom 2026, GSC Game World CEO and head of game direction Ievgen Grygorovych told PC Gamer's Joshua Wolens that deciding when to release is a more complex consideration than you might think... Read more.

Earlier this month, Stalker 2 received a massive version 2.0 update to accompany the launch of its Cost of Hope expansion. Our Joshua Wolens says that—for those of us who've been patiently holding off while Stalker 2 finds a steady footing— it's the update that we've been waiting for , thanks in large part to developer GSC Game World's Herculean undertaking of updating its engine from Unreal 5.1 to Unreal 5.5.4... Read more.

Stalkers, The Zone Kit, a modification tool for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, received a massive update, moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2. Even more internal tools we used for developing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 are now at your disposal. Summary about phase 2: ●  You can create your own stories and quests, scripting them visually●  Write, edit, put in or delete any text in-game●  Customize, delete, or add your own sounds and SFX, including dialogs voiceover●  Save and Load any mod data you want●  Test your mods DIRECTLY in the Zone Kit Editor by using Play In Editor, including .cfg-based mods Watch our full trailer is here: You can read full showcase about Zone Kit Phase 2 in our blog:

Stalkers! Patch 2.0.4 is ready. Let’s take a look at what pesky “anomalies” were fixed. • Fixed an issue where a player could lose the ability to move after loading the save made right after the explosion of a C4 device. • Fixed an issue where Mavka could still be present in the Kurin hub after the end of the In the heart of the Iron Forest mission. • Fixed an issue where the cutscene in the Zalissya bar could start the second time. (Gaffer will now recognize Skif properly after all this time.) • Fixed an issue where some mission objectives of In memory of the fallen could remain active after killing snorks. • Fixed an issue where the The destructive power of the mind mission could not be started under certain conditions. • Fixed an issue where Zulu was answering with a busy topic instead of the scripted dialogue during the Gunpowder, sweat, and blood mission. • Improved lighting inside the CNPP hub. • Fixed an issue where the sound could be missing on Xbox after the game update. • Fixed an issue where the autosaves could not trigger during the DLC missions.• Fixed an issue where pressing 'P' during a system notification opened the PDA while system notifications were disa