Stalker 2‘s release has had to be pushed back again, it’s now pencilled in to arrive on November 20, with the previously planned September release date having been abandoned in order to give the game’s developers “the chance to fix more ‘unexpected anomalies’ (or simply ‘bugs’, as you call them)”.
If you’re out of the loop, GSC Game World’s been enduring a uniquely tough development process as it’s worked on this sequel to the original cult classic shooter, which came out all the way back in 2007. Initially based in Ukraine, the entire studio moved over to the Czech Republic due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Those issues to navigate and struggle against, on top of the already stressful process of making a video game, will have obviously weighed heavily on the devs, but it’s good to see from how this delay was revealed that they’re still seemingly in good spirits.
In the new reveal trailer, which came out following a Reddit user having shared what they claimed was an email they’d gotten from GSC about the delay, with the details lining up – at least date-wise – with what the studio’s now confirmed, we only get 40 or so seconds of Stalker, but there’s some nice humour in there.
