(Pocket-lint) — The first Stalker game was a cult success, a bizarre and often prickly shooter that took players into the heart of the Chornobyl radiation zone to uncover horrendous secrets and anomalies.
It got sort of sequels in the form of Call of Pripyat and Clear Sky, but dedicated fans have had to wait well over a decade for an actual full-on second game. Now it's on the way — find out all the key details, right here.
Stalker 2 was initially scheduled to launch in August 2022, but its Ukrainian developer GSC Game World has had to push the game back as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, unsurprisingly.
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This means that at present there's simply a 2023 release window slated for the game, which is apparently back in active production, although real-world events mean that the date could slip further.
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