As we informed you yesterday, two dev builds from STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl were leaked online. So, after decrypting one of the internal builds, PC gamers were able to get into the game and share 53 minutes of gameplay footage from it.
GSC GameWorld has confirmed this hack. From the looks of it, the ones that leaked these internal dev builds to the Internet were the Russian hackers that attacked GSC GameWorld back in March 2023.
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— S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OFFICIAL (@stalker_thegame) June 1, 2023
STALKER 2 is powered by Unreal Engine 5 and will be using Ray Tracing effects. The game currently does not have any release date, though we might see a new trailer at Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox event.
Now what’s interesting here is that the dev build has a benchmark tool. This is something really cool, so we can assume that the final game will also have one.
Lastly, you should temper your expectations. Since this is a dev build, it’s really unoptimized. It also has numerous placeholders, as well as graphical bugs. In short, this isn’t representative in any way of the final game. Still, I’m certain that a lot of STALKER fans will want to see the game running.
You can find the 53-minute playthrough here. Below you can also find another low-quality video (that GSC GameWorld will most likely take down immediately). Since the dev builds have been cracked, we can expect even more gameplay videos to pop out shortly.
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/Mx92Bcie2t0
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