Players who like to pack a trusty SMG at their side in STALKER 2 should know what each one brings to the table.

GSC Game World outlined its plans for future update to fix the variety of bugs and issues in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

Forged in adversity, this Ukrainian-developed shooter delivers a beautiful open-world survival-shooter like no other.

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Heart of Chornobyl features four different possible endings. Here’s our complete guide to getting the one you want.

Specifically, you'll be going to the Clear Sky Base at the deepest part of the Swamps, which is not a journey you want to make twice, so getting the RPG during the story quest is

Ahead of its release, Digital Trends received a PC copy of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl that was plagued with more technical issues than we typically see in a review build this close to launch. I personally hopped into the Xbox build once our critic started raising red flags and was instantly met with bugs within my first 20 minutes.

Not that a lot of post-apocalyptic first-person shooters are, but STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is especially not for the faint of heart. It’s built to generate the kind of friction that goes a long way in creating a challenging and punishing game that’s also captivating.

A Sign of Hope is one of the most heartbreaking missions STALKER 2 players will come across when they visit Wild Island in the Swamp area. There, players will be sent to talk to Professor Lodoschka, who seems to be far too concerned about a Zombie problem.

You don't need to have played past Stalker games to dive into Heart of Chornobyl, but newcomers to The Zone – an irradiated land of impossibilities in Ukraine – will find themselves tested by its brutality. That goes double for protagonist Skif, whose first foray into The Zone results in him being ambushed and left for dead.