Summary
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylwill support mods on all available platforms, the highly anticipated FPS' developer, GSC Game World, has confirmed. The Unreal Engine 5-poweredSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylis set to finally release on the PC and Xbox Series X/S on November 20 following multiple delays.
GSC Game World Lead Producer Slava Lukyanenka said in August that theSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylteam would strive to bring mod support to the shooter’s console and PC versions. Another high-ranking figure from the company has now revealed some developments regarding this feature that has become such an important aspect of the originalSTALKERtitles, which are widely considered to be among thebest post-apocalyptic gamesof all time.
In a recently publishedinterview with Radio Times Gamingthat took place during an event at GSC Game World’s Prague office,STALKER 2: Heart of ChornobylTechnical Producer Evgeniy Kulik confirmed that the title will support mods on PC and Xbox systems. The studio is currently building a toolkit that will provide fans with basically all the necessary instruments to create mods - from small ones to massive total conversion projects – for the shooter, he added. According to Kulik, some of his colleagues were mod makers for the first threeSTALKERgames that still have very active modding communitiesdespite their old age.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Supports Mods on Consoles
A feature that may not make it to the console build ofSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, specifically the one for the Xbox Series S, may be a high framerate option. Digital Foundry’s John Linneman previously reported that the demo for the title that was available to play at this year’s Gamescom used a 60 FPS profile. However, GSC Game World recently said that the upcoming title struggled to maintain this kind of performance when running on the Xbox Series S. However, the studio thinks it can still makeSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylrun at a consistent 60 FPS on Microsoft’s weaker offering for thecurrent generation of consoles.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylwill have aday-one launch on Xbox Game Pass. In addition to GSC Game World’s highly anticipated shooter, several titles will come to the subscription service in November, including Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimedStarCraft 2, the next installment in theMicrosoft Flight Simulatorseries, and indie platformerNine Solsfrom Red Candle Games.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Chornobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive. Nevertheless, artifacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the Truth concealed in the Heart of Chornobyl.EPIC NONLINEAR STORY IN SEAMLESS OPEN WORLDTake over a role of the lone stalker and explore photorealistic seamless open world in a 64-km² radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within highly branching epic story.VARIETY OF ENEMIES AND HUNDREDS OF WEAPON COMBINATIONSMeet members of different factions deciding who of them worth your friendship and who deserve a bullet. Engage intense gunfights with a variety of enemies that follow different tactics trying to outsmart you. Choose your preferable firearms from 30+ types of weapons with numerous modifications that allow creating hundreds of distinctive lethal combinations.
