Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Is Coming to PS5 Later This Year

Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, the survival-horror shooter from GSC Game World, is coming to PS5 later this yr, the developer introduced Wednesday. The first-person shooter initially launched on Xbox Series S/X and PC final yr. Stalker 2, developed by the Ukrainian studio amidst the Russian invasion of the nation, offered over a million copies regardless of affected by technical points at launch.

Stalker 2 Announced for PS5

“The Perimeter expands — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is officially announced for PlayStation 5,” the developer stated in a publish on X (previously Twitter) Thursday. GSC Game World didn’t share a platform launch date however confirmed the sport would launch on PS5 in late 2025.

Stalker 2 on PS5 will help the total vary of DualSense controller options, together with haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers, the developer stated. GSC Game World stated additional technical enhancements for the PS5 Pro model of the sport had been in improvement, as nicely.

Stalker 2 is now obtainable to wishlist on the PlayStation Store.

GSC Game World additionally rolled out Patch 1.5.1 for Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl on Wednesday, bringing a number of fixes on PC and Xbox Series S/X. The sport was riddled with bugs and glitches when it launched final yr, a number of of which have been addressed by the developer in subsequent patches.

Stalker 2 was launched on PC and Xbox Series S/X on November 20, 2024, after a number of delays. Following an prolonged gameplay trailer at E3 2021, GSC Game World initially set an April 2022 launch date for the sport. Development was hit severely following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some GSC Game World staff had been additionally deployed to the frontlines of the battle.

In May, PS Plus Game Catalog added Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which bundles the primary three Stalker titles — Shadow of Chornobyl (2007), Clear Sky (2008), and Call of Prypiat (2009).