Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is set to launch on November 20, coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC. However, this is far from the first time it's had a release date, as the game has now been delayed five times over the course of its lengthy development cycle.
This is incredibly understandable. Developer GSC Game Word is Ukranian, so development was interrupted by the Russian invasion in 2022. Despite this, Stalker 2 stayed in development, something that the devs say was possible because of Xbox's unexpected support.
Speaking with us at Gamescom, GSC Game World's PR manager Zakhar Bocharov is full of praise for Xbox.
"Personally, I never expected a corporation of this size to be so supportive,” Bocharovs says. “I can’t say the exact cases, but they helped in situations where they were not exactly supposed to. So they could easily [have said], ‘No, that's not on us. That's with you guys. Good luck. Figure it out’.
“I never expected a corporation to be this close to the developers who are in a bad situation,” he continues. "It was spectacular. That's the professional connection we value a lot, because it would have been much different without them.”
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