Survival horror first-person shooter Stalker 2 is getting its first main story enlargement this summer time. As revealed on the Xbox Accomplice Preview showcase, Stalker 2: Cost of Hope is coming to PC, Xbox Collection X and S, and PlayStation 5 and brings with it “dozens of hours of gameplay.”
Right here’s the official blurb:
Step right into a contemporary expedition throughout the Zone — an enormous nonlinear enlargement filled with dozens of hours of gameplay. Count on haunting tales, twisted characters, and that very same heavy ambiance of decay… with only a flicker of hope breaking by means of.
It’s time to step into a brand new chapter of a well known battle. Obligation, one of the oldest factions, sees the Zone as a menace that have to be contained and destroyed. On the opposite facet, Freedom believes it’s a present — one thing to discover and harness for the higher good. For a time, this stress was held collectively by a fragile peace. However offers like that not often final.
In Cost of Hope, you as soon as once more tackle the function of Skif, the protagonist of the core recreation. After putting in the DLC, a sign on the PDA will set off the brand new storyline as the sport unfolds. Developer GSC Recreation World stated your decisions form what occurs subsequent.
Cost of Hope introduces two new areas to discover: “Navigate the long-lasting Chornobyl Nuclear Energy Plant, as soon as deserted and locked away for many years, now calling stalkers again in. Traverse the Iron Forest’s maze-like paths and uncover uncharted places alongside the way in which. Every area options its personal hub, quests, and actions. New weapons and kit give Skif a combating likelihood towards mutants, anomalies, and different risks which can be lurking.”
GSC Recreation World stated Stalker 2 expansions might be launched in installments, with Cost of Hope serving as the center chapter of the “second trilogy.” That confirms there’s a future story DLC — particulars of which might be revealed later — and it’ll type a brand new, expansive narrative arc inside the Stalker saga.
Stalker 2 and Cost of Hope are of course being developed amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which is ongoing. Stalker 2 launched in 2024 and was successful for GSC Recreation World, with over 6 million gamers.
In case you missed it, here is every part introduced at Xbox Accomplice Preview March 2026.
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