S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (PS5) News Articles
Monday27th Jul 2026
News Big STALKER 2 Overhaul Coming 20th August in 2.0 Patch and First DLC
Hardcore shooter expanded and improved
GSC Game World has announced the first of two expansions for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will launch alongside a significant 2.0 update for the hardcore PS5 shooter on 20th August 2026. This DLC extends the story of the FPS — which was ported to PS5 last year — with a twist on the two warring factions in...
Thursday23rd Jul 2026
News STALKER 2 Dev Refutes Claims About Xbox's Funding for Timed Exclusivity
Money stalks
An interesting detail has emerged about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and its timed-exclusive launch on Xbox. Sergiy Grygorovych, founder of developer GSC Game World, spoke about how that deal came to be in a recent video interview. While he doesn't divulge any numbers, he says that Xbox paid a lofty sum to have the game as a...
Tuesday14th Apr 2026
News Free Content for All STALKER 2 PS5 Players in Newest Update
Venture into the X-Labs today
With its first major expansion scheduled for the Summer season, studio GSC Game World is getting STALKER 2 owners on PS5 back in the game from today with a free content drop. This PS5 update adds a new activity to the game centred around exploring the X-Lab. It's story-focused content, and the setup is as follows:...
Monday15th Dec 2025
News Free STALKER 2 Update Adds Quests, Locations, and Characters This Week
8 quests, 7 locations, 6 characters
GSC Game World has revealed that the first post-launch content update for STALKER 2 following the release of the PS5 version drops tomorrow, 16th December 2025. This is a fairly substantial addition to the game, as it introduces an entirely new region to the game along with eight new quests promising hours of...
Thursday20th Nov 2025
News A Technical Mess without It, STALKER 2's Day 1 PS5 Patch Is Critical
Make sure you're on version 1.7 on PS5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is now available on PS5 after one year of Xbox Series X|S and PC exclusivity, and much like that original launch, the hardcore title comes with a long list of technical faults on PS5. We have had access to the open world game for a few weeks now for review purposes, but have encountered...
Tuesday21st Oct 2025
News STALKER 2 Shows Off Its PS5 Version in New Gameplay Trailer
Ahead of November 2025 launch
GSC Game World is continuing to build up to the PS5 version of STALKER 2, this time with a new gameplay trailer. There is a heavy focus on combat, which is how you'll engage with much of the hostile open world. Check out the new footage above ahead of the 20th November 2025 release on PS5. "Anomalies, underground labs,...
Tuesday23rd Sep 2025
News Huge STALKER 2 Update Out Now Ahead of Open World's PS5 Release This November
When the night falls
As promised by developer GSC Game World, Update 1.6 has arrived for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Of course, the open world title isn't actually out yet on PS5, but it's still nice to see what improvements await PlayStation players when it does release on the 20th November. Titled 'Night of the Hunter', the patch introduces...
Thursday21st Aug 2025
News Xbox Open World STALKER 2 Goes Above and Beyond with PS5 Exclusive Features
Big PS5 Pro upgrades too
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl will come with a slew of PS5 specific features when it launches on Sony's console in November. In short, it sounds like developer GSC Game World has really gone the extra mile. After all, the open world shooter started life as an Xbox console exclusive — so the team will be hoping to please a...
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
News STALKER 2 Locks in PS5 Release Date for 20th November
Available to pre-order now
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl releases for PS5 on 20th November 2025, a new set of PS Store pre-order listings has revealed. While developer GSC Game World does not appear to have said anything publicly on the new release date just yet, the hardcore FPS can be pre-ordered now on Sony's digital storefront. There are...
Tuesday12th Aug 2025
News Xbox Open World STALKER 2 Is Getting Some Huge Improvements for Its PS5 Debut
Engine upgrade and much more
STALKER developer GSC Game World has reiterated its intentions to bring a long list of improvements to STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl before the year is out. It's highly likely that these enhancements will arrive around the same time as the promised PS5 version, which was announced back near the beginning of July. The...
Wednesday9th Jul 2025
News Xbox Console Exclusive S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Sneaks onto PS5 This Year, with PS5 Pro Improvements
S.T.A.L.K. this way
Intense military shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will shed its Xbox console exclusivity and launch on the PS5 later this year. A new teaser trailer, rendered in-engine, shows a group of troops huddled around a console, before confirming that the game is coming to Sony’s system. According to the press materials,...
Friday27th Dec 2024
News STALKER 2 Dev Says There's No Current Plans for PS5
STALK this way
We know STALKER 2 is a timed console exclusive for Xbox Series X|S, and leaked documents confirmed the duration of that deal was just three months. With the title having officially launched on 20th November, that means a PS5 version could technically emerge as early as 20th February – but it doesn’t sound like GSC Game World will...
Wednesday20th Nov 2024
News STALKER 2's Technical Troubles Likely Fixed by the Time It Comes to PS5
Timed Xbox console exclusive for three months
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl launches today on PC and Xbox systems, and while critics are generally pretty positive on the survival shooter, it appears to have some technical rough edges. Of course, modern game development means that some or all of these issues will be fixed with post-launch patches,...
Monday14th Jun 2021
News You Won't Have to Wait Too Long for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on PS5
Three month timed exclusive
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was one of the standout games shown during Microsoft’s E3 2021 briefing this weekend, but it won’t take long to find its way to PlayStation 5. Leaked documents
Friday24th Jul 2020
News S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Will Probably Come to PS5, Eventually
Timed exclusive
Timed exclusivity, who isn't a fan of this new battleground for nonsensical console wars to take place on? Sony has gotten in on the action with PlayStation 5 games Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, and yesterday Microsoft put together its own little army of titles that will be exclusive to Xbox Series X for a limited time...
