Stalker 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl is receiving a serious free replace on December 16–one that provides new story content material and even a brand new weapon to developer GSC Recreation World’s open-world shooter.
As detailed in a brand new PlayStation Blog put up, the Tales Untold content material replace will see gamers head to the western a part of the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone after selecting up an emergency transmission. The brand new space will function seven new areas, six new characters, and a number of other hours of recent content material, GSC Recreation World mentioned.
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GSC Recreation World mentioned gamers will wish to pay “shut consideration” to the Crimson Forest area on the map, and from there use their instinct and rationality to see how deep this specific irradiated rabbit gap goes. Different factors of curiosity within the Crimson Forest GSC Recreation World mentioned will likely be value gamers’ time are the Fairy Story Pioneer Camp and the Outdated Mine.
Stalker 2 already sports activities over 30 weapons, however gamers will get yet another to play with come the replace within the type of the GP37V2 rifle, a weapon tailor-made for “tactically proficient gamers.” The weapon is not full auto, however may be fired in bursts or in single pictures and comes pre-equipped with a suppressor and low-magnification scope.
“The price of failure is greater, however within the fingers of a talented operator, the GP37V2 can reward you with its precision and energy,” GSC Recreation World mentioned.
Different additions within the replace embrace a brand new hub within the Burnt Forest space the place gamers will discover NPCs and be capable to stash gadgets. Present areas will now be re-inhabited with different Stalkers as effectively.
Earlier this 12 months, GameSpot traveled to GSC Recreation World’s new workplace in Prague to speak to the Ukrainian growth workforce about Stalker 2’s harrowing growth admist Russia’s invasion of their nation and the way an workplace fireplace threw one other wrench into its plans.
Stalker 2 bought 1 million copies shortly after launch in November 2024 regardless of additionally launching as a day-one Recreation Cross title, and went on to change into on of GameSpot’s 10 greatest video games of 2024. Within the months following its launch, GSC Recreation World labored to deal with bugs and implement different adjustments, with an replace in March bringing greater than 1,200 adjustments that touched practically each facet of the sport, from fight to efficiency. It launched for PS5 on November 20, 2025, optimized for PS5 Professional.