Launched on November 20, 2024, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has enjoyed several months of success, and now the developer GSC Game World is giving players a preview of what’s to come. The first quarter of the year was focused on addressing major issues with the game in order to improve and enhance the gameplay experience. The game received two major updates and multiple hotfixes in Q1 2025 and will continue delivering updates and hotfixes throughout the year. To keep things clear, though, those updates will be delivered each quarter, and today, the team has shared what’s coming in Q2 2025.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Q2 2025 Roadmap
- Critical A-Life fixes
- Ongoing stabilization and visual improvements
- Free Lodochka and other blockers removal
- New controller ability and squirrels
- Beta Mod SDK Kit:
- Closed beta with Mod Makers to test the ModKit
- Release Beta Mod SDK
- Mod Guide
- Mod.IO and Steam Workshop integration
- A-Life/AI Updates:
- Persistent A-Life improvements
- Smarter human combat: better cover/flanking use, limited grenades
- Mutants eat corpses
- Mutants react to threats
- Mutant loot
- Shader compilation skip
- Player stash window increase
- Wide screen aspect ratio support
- Two new weapons
- Further stabilization, optimization, and “anomalies” fixing
- Also:
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. original trilogy next-gen update
