STALKER 2’s release date has been delayed until December

STALKER 2: Coronary heart of Chernobyl gained’t be hitting its unique launch date. Developer GSC Recreation World introduced on Wednesday that the upcoming post-apocalyptic, nuclear-survival recreation will miss its earlier launch date of April 28 and as an alternative be launched on Dec. 8.

GSC additionally launched a lengthy statement to clarify to followers why precisely it feels that delaying STALKER 2 is the proper choice :

These extra seven months of improvement are wanted to satisfy our imaginative and prescient and obtain the specified state of the sport. STALKER 2 is the largest mission within the historical past of GSC, and it requires thorough testing and sharpening. We’re satisfied that improvement ought to take so long as needed, particularly within the case of this mission.

STALKER 2 was initially introduced again in 2012 however ultimately canceled. The sport then reappeared in 2018 with a 2022 launch date — which is 15 years after the discharge of the unique recreation.

The sport’s developer did run into some latest controversy after it introduced that there can be STALKER 2 NFT auctions for gamers to look as in-game NPCs. Simply two days after the plans had been introduced, GSC Recreation World scrapped all NFT-related plans primarily based on suggestions from followers.

In line with GSC Recreation World, the crew may have loads of new info and updates on the sport over the following yr, so STALKER followers shouldn’t go utterly hungry throughout their seven-month watch for the sequel.