Work on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is reportedly underway again.
On Friday, GSC Game World community representative Mol1t told fans via Discord that “it continues,” in response to a question regarding Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl‘s development (Thanks, GRYOnline). So there’s a chance it could still meet that release date of Dec. 8, 2022. Not sure I would bank on that given the circumstances, though.
On March 2, 2022, the Ukraine-based developer announced Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl‘s development was on hold via YouTube.
“On (Feb. 24, 2022), Russia declared war on Ukraine and sent rockets, tanks, and soldiers to our Homeland,” GSC Game World’s statement reads. “Now we are striving to help our employees and their families to survive. The game’s development (has) shifted to the sidelines, but we will continue.”
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Since then, GSC Game World has relocated from Kyiv to Prague, Czech Republic, making it possible for production to resume. The studio changed Stalker 2‘s subtitle to reflect the Ukrainian of “Chornobyl” while also stopping pre-orders in Russia.
Other companies within the games industry, such as Square Enix, Humble Bundle, CD Projekt Red, PlayStation, Xbox, and many others, are either suspending sales in Russia or providing humanitarian relief aid for Ukraine through charitable donations.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
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