The world of delays in the video game industry is our daily bread, especially since the arrival of the PS4 and Xbox One generation, when studios tried the bitter remedy of facing large projects and realized that many more years were needed to finish it with guarantees. Although to tell the truth, the game with the absolute record does not date from that time, but a little earlier and bears the name Duke Nukem forever.
If you remember, it is shooter heir to the Duke Nukem 3D From the 90s onwards, it took about 15 years before 2K decided to finish the project. Well, keeping the distance, we already h ave a clear heir who could replace it and, in this case, the problems that occurred vary from a change in planning to the appearance of serious crises in the real world, which led the studio to have to be exiled from its country due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Do you know what title we are talking about? Of course we do.
The Duke Nukem Forever of the 1910s and 1920s
In fact, the game we are talking about is STALKER 2 The Heart of Chernobyl and it is developed by the Ukrainian guys from GSC. A title whose release date was set for early September but that will not keep what was promised since we will not be able to enjoy it until a little closer to the end of 2024. Concretely, it will be on November 20 and the truth is that in light of the events, many no longer even trust this latest announcement.
Through a statement, its creators said that “we know you may be tired of waiting and we really appreciate your patience. These two additional months will give us the opportunity to fix more anomalies unexpected (or simply errors as you call them)”, so it is time to delay the gaming experience of what is one of the sagas of shooters with more personality than we’ve ever had in the PC ecosystem (and consoles, but more on that later).
It was Yevhen Grygorovych, the game’s director, who was in charge of announcing this bad news and completed the explanation by saying that “we are as eager as you to finally release the game so that you can experience it for yourself” and to demonstrate what they are saying, they warn that on August 12 we will have a video with new material and interviews with the creators: “[será] the most comprehensive view of the game to date” (how many frames per second is the human eye capable of capturing?).
How long has the game been in development?
The story of STALKER 2 The Heart of Chernobyl He is already 14 years old in 2024 and has almost 365 days left to hunt this mythical Duke Nukem forever. Keep in mind that we’ve been reading about this project since 2010, so imagine all the headlines it’s made and how little hope fans of these projects have. shooters to see this sequel come to fruition.
In any case, unless there is a new delay that already ruins users’ hopes, and if all goes well, STALKER 2 The Heart of Chernobyl It will be released on November 20, 2024 on PC and Xbox Series X|S. For the moment on PS5 nothing at all.
