Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Is Coming to PS5 Later This Year

Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, the survival-horror shooter from GSC Game World, is coming to PS5 later this 12 months, the developer introduced Wednesday. The first-person shooter initially launched on Xbox Series S/X and PC final 12 months. Stalker 2, developed by the Ukrainian studio amidst the Russian invasion of the nation, offered over a million copies regardless of affected by technical points at launch.

Stalker 2 Announced for PS5

“The Perimeter expands — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is officially announced for PlayStation 5,” the developer mentioned in a publish on X (previously Twitter) Thursday. GSC Game World didn’t share a platform launch date however confirmed the sport would launch on PS5 in late 2025.

Stalker 2 on PS5 will assist the complete vary of DualSense controller options, together with haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers, the developer mentioned. GSC Game World mentioned additional technical enhancements for the PS5 Pro model of the sport had been in growth, as effectively.

Stalker 2 is now accessible to wishlist on the PlayStation Store.

GSC Game World additionally rolled out Patch 1.5.1 for Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl on Wednesday, bringing a bunch of fixes on PC and Xbox Series S/X. The sport was riddled with bugs and glitches when it launched final 12 months, a number of of which have been addressed by the developer in subsequent patches.

Stalker 2 was launched on PC and Xbox Series S/X on November 20, 2024, after a number of delays. Following an prolonged gameplay trailer at E3 2021, GSC Game World initially set an April 2022 launch date for the sport. Development was hit severely following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some GSC Game World workers had been additionally deployed to the frontlines of the battle.

In May, PS Plus Game Catalog added Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which bundles the primary three Stalker titles — Shadow of Chornobyl (2007), Clear Sky (2008), and Call of Prypiat (2009).