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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Receives First Patch in 2025

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Receives First Patch in 2025

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Developers from GSC Game World released the first patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl this year. The update fixed some bugs, such as a memory leak in one of the locations. GSC "cured" crashes and freezes during shader compilation, "plugged" a memory leak at the Rostok plant, solved the problem of disappearing saves on Xbox, and fixed a bug with interface animations that caused the application to crash. In addition, users should no longer experience performance degradation when shooting/aiming on saves with a lot of time played. "We've taken the time to assess the situation and prioritize our next steps. This update is the first of the year, and we'll be releasing another major patch for the game very soon," GSC Game World assured. GSC Game World also asked pl...
GSC Game World Clarified When the Next Updates for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl To Be Released

GSC Game World Clarified When the Next Updates for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl To Be Released

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It's been half a month since the beginning of 2025, and there's still no promised new patch or development plan for the post-apocalyptic shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. GSC Game World has commented on the growing discontent of fans. When players on Reddit started complaining about the lack of news, community manager GSC Game World reassured them. He assured that work was underway, and another hotfix should be released soon, which, in particular, will deal with crashes during shader compilation. And by the end of winter, the developers want to release a larger update. As for the dates, the GSC Game World representative did not dare to name them. He also tried to explain why the developers do not publish a long-term plan for the release of their updates. S.T.A.L.K....
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Receives Last Patch in 2024

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Receives Last Patch in 2024

Gaming
The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl have released the last patch in 2024 — an update to version 1.1.3. This patch is the fourth in the last five days, which simultaneously confirms the difficult technical state of the project and at the same time the very active work of the team on improving the game. Patch 1.1.3 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is now available on PC (7.4 GB on Steam) and Xbox consoles (9.4 GB). The patch brings a number of technical fixes. In particular, the developers fixed a bug due to which an important NPC (name omitted to avoid spoilers) could disappear from the Energetik Culture Palace in the story mission "Road to Foundation". As for crashes, they fixed several more ACCESS_VIOLATION type errors and offered a temporary solution for ...
New Patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

New Patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Gaming
GSC Game World Studio has released update 1.1 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which has become the largest update since the game's release. It is available for download on PC and Xbox, its size is 110 GB. Recall that version 1.1 included more than 1800 different fixes, including the first batch of promised improvements for the A-Life 2.0 life simulation system that had been malfunctioning since release. Given the size of the patch, many S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl users probably haven't had time to fully appreciate all the improvements (or even download 1.1), but GSC has already prepared patch 1.1.1. As with many major updates, along with much-needed improvements, version 1.1 also brought with it some unexpected issues. Patch 1.1.1, released early on December 20, s...