S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2's release has understandably been pushed to 2023 Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2's release has understandably been pushed to 2023 “It’s not easy to write violent quests when there’s a war outside your window.” News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on June 15, 2022 16 comments First-person survival horror shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart Of Chornobyl has been delayed into 2023, developers GSC Game World have revealed in a new trailer shared on Twitter. The game's name has also changed to the Ukrainian language spelling of Chernobyl. Watch the trailer below. Watch on YouTube The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart Of Chornobyl are continuing to work under difficult conditions. GSC Game World tweeted a video dev diary showing footage from the destructive Russian strikes on Kyiv, some of which reached within a mile of the company's offices. The video highlights the daily struggles of the developers, whether they were able to evacuate from Kyiv or were trapped in their homes. Some appear to have been working on the game under very compromised and dangerous circumstances. Other staff have joined the Ukrainian armed forces or volunteered in other ways. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2's voice director, Andrii Maksiuta, is shown running to a bomb shelter. As narrative designer Dariia Tsepkova says from the corridor she's worked in for three months: "It's not easy to write violent quests when there's a war outside your window." Animator Oleksandr Levchenko, from the besieged city of Mariupol, has had no contact with his parents since the start of the war. "It is an indescribable horrible feeling, not knowing whether your loved ones are alive," he says. The release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was pushed back to December earlier this year, prior to the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine in February. Given what's been going on in GSC Game World's home country for more than a hundred days now, I'm sure everyone understands this second delay. It was only at the end of last month that the developers said they'd resumed active development on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, with some GSC Game World staff relocating to Prague in the Czech Republic to continue working. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart Of Chornobyl will be out sometime in 2023. You can find it on Steam and the Epic Games Store for £50/$60/€60. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here