Rumor: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl to Launch on December 1 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 August 2023 / 3,317 Views

The Xbox console exclusive S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl might be getting a release later this year on Friday, December 1, according to distributor Plaion.

The distributor had correctly leaked the release date for Darksiders 2 on the Nintendo Switch and other titles have a placeholder date of December 31, 2023.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl has been delayed at least a couple of times with it originally set to release in April 2022, which was delayed to December 2022 then delayed again to 2023. The developer was originally based in Ukraine, but due to Russia's invasion of the country some of the team has moved to the Czech Republic.

Plaion/Koch Media Store has listed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl for December 1st 2023 release.

This is most likely accurate as other titles have placeholder dates of December 31st 2023, They have previously leaked dates including Darksiders 2 for Nintendo Switch. pic.twitter.com/GxxCsdFyEo
— Andrew Marmo (@the_marmolade) August 11, 2023

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl is in development for the Xbox Series X|S and PC.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

3 Comments

G2ThaUNiT (on 12 August 2023)

That would be a great way to end the year! The games Steam page has said December 2023 this entire year, which I thought was strange because devs never leave placeholder dates on their Steam pages.

shikamaru317 G2ThaUNiT (on 13 August 2023)

Apparently the devs said on their discord that they are aiming for 2023 still. Will they make it? I'm doubtful, development didn't start until 2018 I believe, and then there was the whole thing with the war in Ukraine starting and their old headquarters being shelled, and though the devs weren't in the building at the time and later relocated the studio to Prague, a fair few of the devs left to join the Ukraine military which would have slowed development over the last year and a half.