Coronary heart of Chornobyl is coming to PS5 later this yr

Stalker 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl is coming to PS5. On Wednesday, developer GSC Recreation World stated the shooter will launch on Sony’s console later this yr.

To say Stalker 2 had a protracted improvement course of can be an understatement. We’re speaking 14 years right here. After navigating funding points, the studio almost being shut down and a transition to Unreal Engine 5, it was delayed again and again… and again.

Then, proper when issues had been wanting up, alongside got here Vladimir Putin. See, GSC Recreation World is a Ukrainian developer based mostly in Kyiv. After Russia’s 2022 invasion, GSC paused improvement and later relocated a part of its crew to Prague. Sadly, a designer on the crew was killed in the war. Work resumed nonetheless.

When the sport lastly arrived in November 2024, it was solely out there on PC and Xbox. That exclusivity window is now set to finish, accompanied by the cheeky PS5 announcement trailer under.

Stalker 2 offered 1,000,000 copies in its first two days. Nonetheless, it landed with bugs aplenty (an all-too-familiar story lately). GSC has been pushing updates to scrub it up ever since. In different phrases, the await PS5 house owners might find yourself being a very good factor.

You’ll be able to wishlist the game now on the PlayStation Retailer. Though we all know it is coming “late this yr,” we do not but have a agency launch date.