{"id":912936,"date":"2025-12-26T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T07:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-delayed-again-now-arriving-in-november"},"modified":"2025-12-26T07:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T07:54:29","slug":"stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-delayed-again-now-arriving-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-delayed-again-now-arriving-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl delayed again, now arriving in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-delayed-again-now-arriving-in-november.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the long-in-the-works sequel to developer GSC Game World&#8217;s cult-classic 2007 post-apocalyptic horror shooter, has been delayed again. It&#8217;s now due to launch on 20th November, giving the studio &#8220;breathing room to address technical issues&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>Word of the delay surfaced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GamingLeaksAndRumours\/comments\/1ebrihj\/stalker_2_delayed_to_november_20\/\">reddit<\/a> today from a user who said they&#8217;d been emailed about the date change by GSC Game World. The news has now been publicly confirmed by the developer in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxeGyXSM5Pc\">video<\/a> titled &#8220;Really, again?&#8221; posted to YouTube, below. <\/p>\n<p>\nStalker 2 has, of course, had quite the journey to release. It was originally set to arrive in 2012, having been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-to-be-multi-platform\">announced by GSC Game World two years prior<\/a>, but those plans were eventually shelved following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stalker-2-dev-we-will-do-our-best-to-continue\">troubles at the studio<\/a>. It was a bit of a surprise, then, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/apparently-stalker-2-is-happening-but-dont-get-too-excited\">Stalker 2 re-emerged in 2018<\/a> with a new release window of 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-delayed-again-now-arriving-in-november\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-delayed-again-now-arriving-in-november\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the long-in-the-works sequel to developer GSC Game World&#8217;s cult-classic 2007 post-apocalyptic horror shooter, has been delayed again. It&#8217;s now due to launch on 20th November, giving the studio &#8220;breathing room to address technical issues&#8221;. Word of the delay surfaced on reddit today from a user who said they&#8217;d been emailed about the date change by GSC Game World. The news has now been publicly confirmed by the developer in a video titled &#8220;Really, again?&#8221; posted to YouTube, below. Stalker 2 has, of course, had quite the journey to release. It was originally set to arrive in 2012, having been announced by GSC Game World two years prior, but those plans were eventually shelved following troubles at the studio. 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