Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl features enemies you can’t see | hands-on gameplay

Fans of the Stalker series of open-world horror survival games have been waiting a long time for the next game in the series. I’m happy to say I was able to play a part of the game at the Summer Game Fest Play Days event.

Microsoft also showed off a trailer with new gameplay for the title, which is on schedule for its previously announced September 5 launch.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.