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Developer GSC Game World has fortified its guarantee to bring more accessible mod support to the FPS survival horrorSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, noting modders have played an important part in the game’s success.STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylhad a rocky road to launch, having been delayed several times after its initial setback in 2012, but the anticipated title has gone on to be a successful release since its November 2024 launch, and it sounds like the project will only build on that feat with more content in 2025.
Serving as the fourth game in theSTALKERseries and the first title to release in the IP since 2009’sCall of Pripyat,STALKER 2sees players navigate the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s exclusion zone while investigating dangerous anomalies. GSC recently celebratedSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s impressive player milestone, acknowledging the sequel had welcomed six million players to the Zone since its launch.
During an interview with VideoGamer, a GSC spokesperson expressed the developer’s gratitude to the passionate modding community, saying, “Modders have played a huge role in shaping theSTALKERuniverse, adding their own stories to it.” There are currently severalgameplay-enhancing mods forSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylplayers to test run, and GSC noted the team wants to see more mods being implemented in the future. Additionally, the spokesperson reiterated the devs’ promise to support more accessible mods, confirming, “We also promised more accessible and intuitive mod support for STALKER 2 - and we’re going to keep that promise too. Stay tuned for updates.”
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Devs Reiterate Promise of More Accessible Mod Support
The gaming community is grateful for so many simple yet effective mods on offer, including oneSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylmod allowing players to climb ledges, which all contribute to making the game a more immersive experience. Alongside mod support, GSC acknowledged how developing the game for consoles helped the optimization process across the board, which involved a fair amount of specific tests. “Optimizing for consoles, including the Xbox Series S, has really helped with optimization overall,” the spokesperson noted, and the devs also extended their thanks to the Xbox team for lending their technical experts who specialized in the hardware optimization.
Last month,STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyldeployed a massive update, which fixed over 1,700 issues, and improved AI, balance, optimization, and under-the-hood elements. If that wasn’t enough to turn gameplay more seamless, the patch also enhanced weapons, enemies, story, side quests, and open-world combat. Another promise from GSC stated the originalSTALKERtrilogy for console and PC would also be updated at some point in 2025, combined with the previous announcement that confirmed at least two paid DLCs and a free PvP multiplayer mode would be coming to the game.
