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Can I play STALKER 2 without playing "STALKER 1"?

Do you need to play the original STALKER games before starting your adventure in STALKER 2? Here's what you need to know.

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Will STALKER 2 be fully open world?

The highly anticipated survival horror shooter STALKER 2 sounds like it'll be huge, but is it technically an open world game? Here's what GSC says.

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Does STALKER 2 have co-op multiplayer and cross-play?

At long last, STALKER 2 is finally almost here. But can you play it co-op, and with people on other platforms?

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Stalker 2 gets updated system requirements and I've got bad news: It's going to be even bigger than we thought

The minimum RAM requirement has gone up too.

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STALKER 2 release date: Preloads, launch time, and when it comes out on Xbox and PC

GSC Game World's survival horror FPS STALKER 2 is nearly upon us, but when exactly can you play? Here's what we know.

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'STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl' Finally Goes Gold After Troubled, Decade-Long Development

Developer GSC Game World announced that STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has gone gold after a decade of being in development limbo.

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Stalker 2 has finally gone gold after a 14-year saga where it was announced, canceled, reannounced, and delayed 5 times amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

November 20 can't come soon enough

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STALKER 2 PC system requirements and specs: Can you run Heart of Chornobyl?

GSC Game World's long-awaited STALKER 2 release is imminent, and ahead of it, the game's PC requirements have been published.

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Why Stalker: Shadow of Chornobyl's difficulty modes have divided players for over a decade

Please let me get in my Zone.

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Stalker: Shadow of Chornobyl isn't the mind-bending prospect it once was, but that’s only because we have it so good

The emergent has become the everyday, and shooters are all the better for it

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Stalker's hardcore reputation didn't prepare me for how surprisingly basic Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is

Stalker 2 is tense, gorgeous, and a bit janky.

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl – The Big Preview

With exclusive access to the long-awaited return to the Zone, we spend hours going hands-on and talking with the dev team about the Xbox must-play

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Xbox has its game of the year contender: Talking Game Pass, Xbox Series S struggles, and the future of STALKER with GSC Game World in our exclusive 'STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl' interview

We spoke to the team behind STALKER 2, which after 3 hours of playing, felt like a tried and tested game of the year contender.

Windows Central

After playing three hours of Stalker 2 and dying in every way imaginable, I can't wait to recommend this post-apocalyptic shooter to (almost) every Fallout fan I know

Preview | The Zone is big, beautiful, and brutal – but if you can stomach the difficulty, it offers one of the most immersive survival experiences around

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GSC Game World releases Stalker 2 documentary chronicling the lives of its developers amid an ongoing war

Stalker 2 gets new documentary recording the lives of its developers amidst Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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"We're working to prove that we cannot be broken." STALKER 2 devs tell their story of resilience creating the Xbox, PC sequel amid Russia's Ukraine invasion in new 'War Game' documentary film.

Ahead of STALKER 2's launch next month, a new 90-minute documentary has been released that chronicles GSC Game World's journey to develop the game amid Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

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War Game: The Making of Stalker 2 will reveal a behind-the-scenes look at game development amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The documentary, made in partnership with Microsoft, airs on October 3.

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Is STALKER 2 on Xbox Game Pass?

STALKER 2 is shaping up to be one of 2024's most-anticipated games, but is it on Xbox Game Pass? Here's what you need to know.

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Stalker 2 isn't published by Microsoft, but the company has still been "so supportive" to its devs: "It would have been much different without them"

Microsoft hasn't enforced any "demands" when it comes to Stalker 2's release date

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl is downright gorgeous, and feels like it's using modern tech to fully realise the atmosphere the first game strove for

Get your geiger counter, we're going a-stalking.

PC Gamer

'Of course we are tired': After working for 2 years in the shadow of Russia's invasion, Stalker 2 developers see finally finishing the game as a way to tell the world, 'We are here'

Technical producer Evgeniy Kulik says support from fans is helping the team move forward.

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Despite being one of the biggest Unreal Engine 5 games ever, Stalker 2's locations are almost entirely hand-crafted: 'It took a lot of time, took a lot of effort, but we're happy with the result'

GSC Game World said it tried using procedural generation for some elements of the game, but it just didn't fit.

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl continues to impress, but the question now is whether it can draw fans of Far Cry, Fallout and Metro into its wasteland of horrors

Opinion | The most recent deep-dive into Stalker 2 showcases a desolate open world I can't wait to explore

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Stalker 2 developer deep-dive preview: 11 things you need to know

Dare you enter the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone?

PC Gamer

Stalker 2 devs' 35-minute in-depth gameplay video and promise of an 'authentic' experience that'll kill you dead finally has me fully on board the hype train to The Zone

The snorks are back in town.

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