S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl Dev Diary Provides New Details on Gameplay, Story, and More

From plenty of new gameplay footage to a new subtitle to a specific release date, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’s packed trailer was definitely one of the best showings at this year’s E3. Following unveiling the lengthy new gameplay trailer, developers GSC Game World have also released a new developer diary about it, in which they reveal new some new details on the upcoming open world shooter.

In addition to talking about the game’s animations and implementation of motion capture, the trailer also touches on some gameplay mechanics, such as on-the-fly weapon customization and being able to recover stamina with the jelly-like aberrations since in the trailer. The developers also reveal that they’ve hidden a tease for one of the game’s factions in the warehouse shootout shown in the gameplay trailer. There’s plenty of other interesting tidbits in there. Take a look below.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl is out on April 28, 2022 for Xbox Series X and PC. You can check out its PC requirements through here.