‘STALKER 2’ gameplay teaser features game launch in 2021

STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl was announced in 2001 and was not delivered until 2007, so news that STALKER 2 is gearing up for a 2021 release more than ten years after its initial announcement. Presumably first-person shooters will once again don their radiation suits to survive Chernobyl while battling mutants, but the clip released today doesn’t give much clue. A Facebook message refers to the player character “Skif” and says “loading” with “PDA 2.0”.

Ukrainian developer GSC Game World posted this trailer on IGN’s YouTube channel, with a note saying it represents “what the game really feels like: rapid change of scenery, eerie landscapes and the ever-present feeling of inevitable danger accompanied by a barely – a different guitar soundtrack The brief clip is presented in 4K and certainly evokes the dark surroundings of the first game, and says this is our first look at the game in the engine, as opposed to a longer trailer that appeared this summer.