XBOX STALKER 2 headed to Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass

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GSC Game World also showed off the game’s first proper trailer




The sequel to STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, the legendary open-world first-person shooter set around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, is coming to Xbox Series X as a “console launch exclusive” and will be part of Xbox Game Pass program. The announcement was made Thursday during the Xbox Games Showcase, and was accompanied by the game’s first trailer — also available on YouTube.

The cinematic opens on a grimy door, then pans to birds in flight around the iconic Ferris wheel inside the Pripyat exclusion zone. Later, it shows off some of STALKER’s trademark anomalies, including a red, glowing rock floating in the middle of a park; a cloud of static electricity filling a schoolroom; and a gravitational orb that crushed nearby cars.

STALKER 2 is being made by the original developer, Ukrainian studio GSC Game World. It was first announced in 2018 with a release window of some time in 2021. GSC said on Facebook that it’s not yet ready to disclose the specific release date.



According to a statement on Facebook, the trailer does not use in-game graphics. Instead, developers say it represents a target of “graphics and atmosphere we are aiming to achieve on release.” GSC also released a series of screenshots from the trailer, which we’ve included below.


It’s unknown how much, if any, of the game’s original development team remains. GSC was unceremoniously shuttered in 2011 by CEO Sergei Grigorovich. Its best and brightest developers left to found studios like 4A Games (Metro Exodus) and Vostok Games (Survarium).

According to a press release, STALKER 2 is being built using the latest version of the powerful A-Life simulation system that drove the other titles in the franchise.

“With different behavior of characters and mutants,” GSC Game World said in the news release, “the Zone changes constantly. Every playthrough will be unique with lots of things happening every moment, even if the player doesn’t witness them directly.”

An underground tunnel lit with red light.
Image: GSC Game World

Vats filled with strange creatures, backlit.
Image: GSC Game World

A forest outside Chernobyl
Image: GSC Game World

A Ferris wheel shrouded in fog.
Image: GSC Game World
 

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This made me internally scream.
I hope they can keep the same atmosphere and feel of STALKER Chernobyl and not Call of Pripyat.

The latter was just... too superfitious.
 

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i couldn't find a more populated STALKER 2 thread, which is weird cause I thought people on PG loved that game.

Anyway, some positive news that STALKER 2 is a next gen/PC only game. Won't be hampered down by the weakest of last gen restrictions, i-e the base Xbox One.

 

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something quite Metro-ish about it. looks great.
These were my exact thoughts when i was saw the trailer. Maybe thats reinforced by the fact in both the games characters have a Russian accent and are post apocalyptic too.
 
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System requirements and Xbox pre load (granted its 200 MB only) already out for a game that's a full calendar year away ...

Why do I have a feeling this game could have easily come out this year and is being held back for ... reasons ?


Also, love the Leon Kennedy cameo.

 

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Why do I have a feeling this game could have easily come out this year and is being held back for ... reasons ?
I doubt it could've made it this year. We haven't gotten any extended, un-cut gameplay with UI and all that.
 
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