Grab your Geiger Counter, as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is finally available for Windows and consoles as a Standard, Deluxe, or Ultimate Edition with no launch discounts. The PC editions can be purchased through GOG.com* and Steam, and they are also coming to the Epic Games Store, but that link is not live as this is being written. The launch follows delays from a stormy development cycle disrupted by financial problems at GSC Game World. These were only exacerbated by a war in its home country of Ukraine that caused it to relocate to Prague to complete the project. Here's the Launch Trailer and here's more on this chance to return to the mysterious Chornobyl Exclusion Zone:

Chornobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in the year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, and warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive. Nevertheless, artifacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk, striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the Truth concealed in the Heart of Chornobyl.

Take over a role of the lone stalker and explore photorealistic seamless open world in a 64-km² radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within highly branching epic story.

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