Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl release date gets moved to 2024
Now coming early next year
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter,Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylhas had its release date pushed back to early 2024.
In afact sheetaccompanying the game at Gamescom 2023, the final block of information confirms that the game is now coming in “Q1 of 2024”. Unfortunately, this means that there is no actual release date and we’re working with a release window now. Q1 of 2024 equates to January 1 to March 31, 2024 - so at least we have a three-month window to narrow it down to.
Taking a bird’s eye view, it’s nottoosurprising that this is the case as developer GSC Game World is based in Kyiv, Ukraine, and has been battling awful conditions and pressures since the war began early last year. The studio had to pause development and help folks flee when the war broke out. Battling this and all the difficulties that come with trying to work and make a game in a literal war, while also being confronted by attacks fromRussian hackers that leaked early builds, means that delays have been, and are, in the game’s pipeline - and are very understandable.
In slightly better news, folks have been getting their hands on the game at Gamescom 2023 this week, and the game also got a new official trailer - deliciously entitled ‘Bolts & Bullets’. You can check it out below.
After we get past the delays,Stalker 2promises to be a gripping first-person shooter set in the backdrop of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. A sequel to the PC-only first game,Stalker: Call of Pripyat, the series is making its console debut withStalker 2 onXbox Series X|Swhile also coming toXbox Game Passon day one, which means fans will be able to play the game as soon as it is available and such delays have been navigated.
For more picks in Stalker 2’s vein, check out our picks forbest FPS games, andbest survival games.
Get the best Black Friday deals direct to your inbox, plus news, reviews, and more.
Sign up to be the first to know about unmissable Black Friday deals on top tech, plus get all your favorite TechRadar content.
Rob is the Managing Editor of TechRadar Gaming, a video games journalist, critic, editor, and writer, and has years of experience gained from multiple publications. Prior to being TechRadar Gaming’s Managing Editor, he was TRG’s Deputy Editor, and a longstanding member of GamesRadar+, being the Commissioning Editor for Hardware there for years, while also squeezing in a short stint as Gaming Editor at WePC just before joining TechRadar Gaming. He is also a writer on tech, gaming hardware, and video games but also gardens and landscapes, combining the two areas in an upcomingbook on video game landscapesthat you can back and pre-order now.
The PS5 Pro’s PSSR upscaling gives multiple games a huge visual upgrade – can it compete with Nvidia’s DLSS 3 successor?
I’m a Nintendo Switch expert, here are the best early Black Friday deals right now
Red One isn’t perfect but it proves we need more action-packed Christmas movies
