An Ambitious But Flawed Open-World Shooter Gets Another Chance With A Huge New Update

An Ambitious But Flawed Open-World Shooter Gets Another Chance With A Huge New Update

GSC Game WorldAfter a 15-year wait, Stalker 2 launched in late 2024, but all was not well in the Zone. Despite pulling off much of what it set out to do, the massively ambitious open-world shooter was held back somewhat by a slew of bugs and performance issues. After addressing many of those problems over the past few months, developer GSC Game World just launched one of the game’s biggest updates yet, which includes mod tools to help players sh…

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Modding Tools Require Nearly 700 GB of Storage Space

The update 1.5 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has introduced many new features, including the release of the Zone Kit for modders. This kit allows players to create new content or modify existing content in the game. However, installing the tools requires finding 700 GB of free space on your computer. According to the information provided on the official website, it requires 471 GB for download, and after unpacking, the program will oc…

New Patch for ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl’ Adds New Weapons, Looting Mechanics

In “one of the most significant updates to date” for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, GSC Game World has dropped the Guns and Looting patch. Accompanied by a new trailer, the 1.5 update adds new weapons, never-before-seen gameplay features, and official mod support with the Zone Kit. The patch adds two new weapons in the Three-Line Rifle and Kora Pistol. A lightweight, bolt-action sniper rifle with impressive range and precision, the Three-…

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl: Patch 1.5 Has Improved a Lot of Things!

If you’re thinking about diving into modding, prepare your PC — you’ll need an enormous amount of storage, and that’s putting it mildly.   GSC Game World has released a major new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, upgrading the game to version 1.5. This update introduces major improvements to the A-Life system, which was in pretty rough shape when the game launched in November — to be polite about it. Life in the Zone is now simulat…

Stalker 2's 1.5 mega-patch just dropped and GSC says A-Life is back, baby