GSC Game World has reportedly resumed work on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pressured the studio to pause improvement. On March 2nd, the Kyiv-based developer introduced it was placing the sport on maintain whereas it labored to assist its workers and their households “survive” the battle. According to stories from Czech media, the studio relocated its employees to Prague that very same month.
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Now it could seem the sport is again on observe. Responding to a query from a member of Stalker 2’s Discord group asking if improvement had resumed, a GSC Game World worker mentioned, “it continues,” in a message noticed by Polish gaming outlet GRYOnline. We’ve reached out to the studio for affirmation.
Following a delay at first of the 12 months, GSC Game World mentioned it could launch Stalker 2 on December eighth. The announcement got here earlier than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sidelined the studio. Since the warfare started, the corporate additionally subtly modified the sport’s title. Its subtitle now reads “Heart of Chornobyl” as an alternative of “Chernobyl,” with the previous reflecting the native Ukrainian spelling of the positioning of the 1986 nuclear catastrophe.