Stalker 2 Actually Launched
Technically, Stalker 2—an open-world wasteland FPS RPG sequel to 2007’s Stalker—was announced 14 years ago. But that version of the game was canceled in 2012. Then a new version started development in 2018 and, for a few years there, it felt like the game would never see the light of day. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, the country where Stalker 2′s dev team is located, and it seemed even more unlikely that the sequel would ever launch.
But it did! On November 20, Stalker 2 launched on Xbox and PC. Sure, it’s not perfect and will need a few more patches to make it more stable, but hey, it still made it out and is a mostly cool game that people seem to like! I’d call that a happy ending.
