STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl: New trailer, new date, new name

The most understandable shift in the industry: STALKER 2 from the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World will not be released until 2023 – the makers send a combative message and change a crucial detail in the game title.

As already suspected, the December release date for the Ukrainian team could not be met – Koch Media announced that the sequel to the STALKER franchise will now only be released in 2023 on Xbox Series X|S and PC. The developers brought an atmospheric but very dark trailer for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, you can see it here:

More interesting and important is another clip from GSC Game World, which the team also released yesterday, Tuesday: It bears the unmistakable title “Dev Diary: Game Development During the War”. during the war”. In the three minutes, the effects of the illegal Russian war of aggression in Ukraine on the game studio are shown – developers walk through bombed-out streets in their homeland, share impressions from their makeshift workplaces or even report briefly from the front.

With that in mind, a small change in the game’s title also sends an important message: the “Chernobyl” in the name has been changed to “Chornobyl” because that’s the Ukrainian spelling of the game’s location.

Reference-www.4players.de