S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Upcoming video game
Follow S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| March 4 2025 | The game surpassed 6 million copies sold less than four months after its initial release. |
| February 2025 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was released, selling one million copies within the first 48 hours. |
| 2024 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was nominated for three categories at The Steam Awards: Game of the Year, Most Innovative Gameplay, and Outstanding Story-Rich Game |
| November 22 2024 | Milestone of one million copies sold within two days of the game's release. |
| November 20 2024 | Official release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl after multiple delays. |
| September 5 2024 | Game's release was initially scheduled for this date, delayed for further polishing. |
| July 2024 | Game was delayed for the final time, further postponing its release. |
| June 2023 | Hackers leaked an internal test build of the game to the public. |
| March 2023 | GSC revealed they had been experiencing constant cyberattacks for over a year and anticipated potential future leaks. |
| December 8 2022 | Originally scheduled release date for Windows and Xbox Series X/S, which was postponed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| June 14 2022 | GSC released a development diary confirming game development continues despite team members fleeing their homes or joining the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the war. |
| May 2022 | Development team announced on their official Discord server that game development was ongoing, with initial plans for an early 2024 release. |
| April 28 2022 | Initially scheduled release date for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. |
| March 14 2022 | GSC changed the game's subtitle from 'Chernobyl' to 'Chornobyl', adopting the native Ukrainian romanisation instead of the Russian form, reflecting the company's stance during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| August 2021 | Developers revealed that the game was upgraded to Unreal Engine 5. |
| June 2021 | A full gameplay trailer for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was shown at the Microsoft/Bethesda press conference, revealing more details about the game. |
| 2018 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development announced, initially using Unreal Engine 4, with the primary goal of generating hype to secure a publishing deal at E3 2018. |
| 2018 | Development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 restarted, with the game now being powered by Unreal Engine 5. |
| December 2014 | GSC Game World officially reformed after years of dormancy, initially to develop Cossacks 3. |
| 2012 | Initial planned release year for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which was ultimately cancelled in the same year. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.