Earlier, the GSC studio announced the world game postponing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2: Heart of Chernobyl to December 8, 2022. Developers need extra time to fully test the game.
Now there is information about postponing the official release to 2023. This has been reported by the authors of XGTV, citing their own sources.
Reasons for possible delay to release S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2: Heart of Chernobyl according to XGTV:
**The concept of the game was introduced only in May 2020, which is very early before the development of the game itself begins.
**In September last year, around 40 new staff were sewn into the GSC Game World studio. These are, for the most part, remote and independent workers; These are freelancers; These are freelancers.
**Some GSC Game World employees learned of the postponement of the game's release at the end of last year.
**With many young employees, the GSC is a game of the world not renewing their contracts after they have completed their priority tasks.
**The main cause of developer problems is the transition to an unrealistic Engine 5. New items and assets aren't ready, and old ones don't fit.