It's been a long time coming, but GSC Game World hopes to make it worth your while. The first major STALKER 2 patch this year is out, comprising a massive 127GB download and over 1700 fixes ...

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl developer GSC Game World has issued a major patch for the shooter, targeting some 1,700 fixes and improvements including to the A-Life 2.0 system. Patch 1.2 is ...

To see everything that has been done with this new Stalker 2 update, you can find the full patch notes attached below.

Sharpshooters get hooked on its realistic gunplay. But one thing that everyone appreciates in Stalker 2 is how its vast open world and the NPCs within it are constantly evolving and reacting to ...

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl was released last year. The game was delayed multiple times and upon release had some issues. While other games might be left to the public in their precarious state ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. STALKER 2: Heart ...

Players who prefer taking out their enemies from a distance in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, snipers are the most powerful long-range weapons to go for. However, snipers are loud and can alert ...

GSC Game World has been rather quiet about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl updates for a few weeks. However, it seems the studio has just been preparing a massive update behind the scenes ...

Additional fixes were made for crashes caused by interacting with lightning ball anomalies. After yesterday’s massive STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl patch that housed over 1,700 improvements, GCS Game ...

We’ve seen a ton of great mods lately over on the likes of Baldur’s Gate 3, but today let’s turn our attention to Stalker 2, which was released at the tail-end of 2024. Back when the first Stalker 2 ...