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The road to Stalker 2‘s launch has been paved with hardship. Developer GSC Game World moved from Kyiv, Ukraine after Russia invaded the country in 2022, then the studio was hit with a barrage of cyberattacks, and the new Prague office even suffered a fire. Despite all that, GSC persevered and Stalker 2 is here, even […]
Arkane founder and Dishonored co-creative directorRaphaël Colantonio says the Metacritic scoring ecosystem encourages devs to make “safe, boring games,” while launches like Stalker 2 suffer in overall scoring at launch due to bugs and technical problems. Colantonio calls lower launch scores impacted by bugs “misleading” because these technical issues can be fixed further down the line, […]
Does Stalker 2 have multiplayer? Exploring a hostile environment can be a huge detriment to your health, and The Zone is no exception. There seemingly isn’t a single being in the wasteland that doesn’t want to tear you limb from limb. A lot of the time, the only thing you can rely on is yourself, […]
Sticking the landing with a sequel is tricky, doubly so for a game as long in the making and with such a nightmarish development as Stalker 2. GSC Game World’s survival FPS will arrive 15 years after 2009’s Call of Pripyat, a game that still haunts my dreams. The sequel was announced in 2010, canceled […]
14 years is a hell of a long time. In 2010 the world was a vastly different place – games like Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake, and Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood were tearing up the charts. Something else also happened that year, as an eagerly anticipated sequel by the name of Stalker 2 […]
Stalker expertly brings you into the Zone. Filled with horrific nature-defying anomalies, mercenaries, and dangerous mutants, every breath you take in the excluded area of Choronobyl could be your last. People explore the Zone for its phenomena, but not everyone makes it out alive. That’s because they aren’t prepared for what lies in wait, but […]
Just as we hit one of the busiest times of year for games, a massive influx of free game promotions has also begun. MSI is back at it again, this time offering free copies of Stalker 2 to anyone who buys a product from its new limited edition game-branded product line. This includes all sorts […]