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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's first 'massive nonlinear' expansion, Cost of Hope, launches this summer

  • Developer GSC Game World announced Cost of Hope during the Xbox Partner Preview, a massive expansion debuting this Summer for the STALKER survival-horror saga.
  • Serving as the middle chapter of the 'second trilogy,' the expansion continues the story GSC Game World developed amid significant disruptions from the invasion of Ukraine.
  • Players will explore two new regions: the abandoned Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the maze-like Iron Forest, adding 'dozens' of hours of nonlinear gameplay with new hubs and quests.
  • Protagonist Skif returns navigating events alongside the Heart of Chornobyl narrative, negotiating between factions Duty and Freedom with opposing views of the Zone.
  • Launching on PlayStation and Xbox Series this Summer, the expansion will conclude with a future release that completes the planned trilogy, GSC Game World confirmed.
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News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope, the first major expansion of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, arrives at Xbox Series XS, Xbox Cloud Gaming, PC and PlayStation 5 in the winter of 2026. Get into a new expedition around the Zone. A massive and non-linear expansion, with dozens of hours of play. Disturbing stories, twisted characters and that same heavy atmosphere of deca…

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We would have preferred to spend our evening doing anything else, but here we are: we watched the Xbox Partner Preview. Not by masochism, no. Simply because GSC Game World had chosen this precise moment to announce the first extension of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. It is difficult, under these conditions, to turn the eye away. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope is announced as a non-linear extension that fits into the main story, and a lif…

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CGMagazine broke the news in on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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