Firstly, Bocharov assured the fans that the project with a 100% probability “will never be canceled by anyone else” and that everything is “very good” with the game at this stage of its production cycle.

“We have an internal release date, we are simply not ready to announce it – including in order to hedge against these transfers. As soon as possible, ” Bocharov assured.

Bocharov allayed fans’ fears that STALKER 2 will become a service game, and urged not to worry about the format – it will be “expectedly conservative” for the project.

The PR manager of GSC Game World also said that the studio is aware of the expectations of the fans: “We will have a very large single, very cool, non-linear, for many, many hours of gameplay in the open world. “

“I would like everyone to be happy, while not losing the basis of the series, the atmosphere, for which they love it, which makes it special, and present this crystallized essence in a new wrapper that will go to everyone,” Bocharov said.

STALKER 2 does not even have an approximate premiere date. The game is being created for PC and Xbox Series X, and will also appear in the Xbox Game Pass library on release day. Sometime after the release, the project will look at other platforms.