Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the 2024 first person survival horror shooter is about to receive it’s first major story expansion titled Cost of Hope which will come out for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S this summer with “dozens of hours of gameplay.” You’ll be playing the expansion as Skif, the protagonist of Stalker 2 with two new regions to explore which will offer everything you’ve loved from the main game and more. Check out the announcement trailer below:
“Navigate the iconic Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, once abandoned and locked away for decades, now calling stalkers back in. Traverse the Iron Forest’s maze-like paths and uncover uncharted locations along the way. Each region features its own hub, quests, and activities. New weapons and gear give Skif a fighting chance against mutants, anomalies, and other dangers that are lurking,” states the official description of Stalker 2: Cost of Hope.
According to developer GSC Game World, the upcoming expansion is set to offer “haunting stories, twisted characters, and that same heavy atmosphere of decay… with just a flicker of hope breaking through.” The studio has also stated that the incoming expansions for Stalker 2, will be released in the form of multiple installments with the upcoming DLC serving as the middle chapter of the “second trilogy.” This also implies that another story expansion is in the making which will open a whole new narrative arc in the game, and is possibly set to release during the latter half of this year.
There will also be several new gears and weapons including the legendary SKS carbine (which is seen in the trailer as well) and many more. Plus, similar to the main game, there will be a branched narrative with ramifications that are touted to exceed those from the base game in terms of how they affect the overall state of The Zone.
