Stalker 2 patch expected release date and all of the janky launch bugs targeted in the first update

GSC Game World is rolling retired the archetypal update for Stalker 2 this week which is acceptable to people a big of bugs including 'detached heads' and ones blocking main quest progression.

The archetypal Stalker 2 update drops this week, and portion GSC Game World hasn't specified an nonstop day and clip for the update yet, we person a beauteous bully conjecture arsenic to erstwhile it'll drop.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl launched past week connected Xbox Series X|S and PC, aft languishing successful improvement hellhole for 15 years; but it's present astatine past and was met with beauteous coagulated reviews – which included our 4/5 prima review that called it "one of the astir enthralling open-world settings successful caller memory". It besides touched connected the inevitable jankiness encountered contempt the galore pre-release patches (this is simply a Stalker crippled aft all) which included floating NPCs and uncooperative quest tracking, among others. But it speaks volumes that the beingness of each those bugs didn't detract from wide experience.

Of course, determination are immoderate bugs that tin bash precisely that – including immoderate that artifact main quest advancement – alongside crashing issues to boot. Thankfully, GSC Game World already has a Stalker 2 spot successful the proverbial chamber, that's confirmed to rotation retired this week. The developer hasn't shared erstwhile the Stalker 2 spot merchandise day oregon clip is acceptable for, but we've got a beauteous coagulated guess.

While we don't person months worthy of updates to look backmost connected to assistance america fig retired erstwhile this week the Stalker 2 spot merchandise is happening, we bash person the release day and clip of the launch, which was connected Wednesday, November 20 astatine 4pm GMT / 11am EST / 8am PST. Oftentimes, motorboat dates/ times acceptable precedent for erstwhile updates volition drop, arsenic we've seen with titles similar Helldivers 2 for example.

So retired champion conjecture for the Stalker 2 spot merchandise day and time is Wednesday, November 26 astatine 4pm GMT / 11am EST / 8am PST. Of course, we'll beryllium keeping an oculus connected the game's socials arsenic good arsenic its Discord servers, which is usually the champion spot for updates connected patches and the like. If GSC Game World drops immoderate much details, we'll update the Stalker 2 spot day and clip successful this communicative accordingly.

In the meantime, the afloat spot notes person been shared up of time, and you tin delve into them below.

Stalker 2 spot notes

Here are the afloat Stalker 2 spot notes for this week's update arsenic posted implicit connected a Steam blog post from the devs:

Crash Fixes, including:

• Issues and representation allocation failures, which antecedently caused the crippled to exit unexpectedly, peculiarly astir rendering, skeletal meshes, and quest-related cutscenes.
  

Main Quest Progression Fixes, including:

• Several bugs blocking the main quest progression, NPCs getting stuck successful objects, incorrect quest markers, and issues with quest cutscenes.
  
• Revision of the main quests (like Visions of Truth oregon A Minor Incident) to guarantee creaseless transitions, avoiding uncommon cases of players not being capable to proceed further.
  

Gameplay & Balance Adjustments, including:

• Fixing the terms of the weapons with upgrades installed compared to their worth without attachments.
  
• NPCs behaviour, including the mode they enactment erstwhile lacking a structure during the Emissions.
  

Cutscenes & Visual Fixes, including:

• Rarely missing facial animations, misplaced NPCs, and ocular inconsistencies similar detached heads and apparel clipping.
  
• Quality and stableness improvements of the ocular effects.
  

Softlock Fixes, including:

• Issue wherever players were incapable to adjacent the commercialized surface aft putting ammo successful a incorrect slot portion playing connected a gamepad.
  

User Interface Improvements, including:

• Quest notifications present showed correctly during dialogues.
  
• Corrected texts and missing enactment prompts.
  

Noted to beryllium addressed successful aboriginal updates:

• Analogue sticks dormant zones bugfixes.
  
• A-Life strategy bugfixes.

Not a monolithic laundry database of large fixes successful the Stalker 2 spot notes by immoderate means,. but the update addresses the astir pressing issues similar those blocking quest progression and weird ocular glitches. This is simply a Stalker crippled and it's going to beryllium janky, truthful I don't deliberation fans caput the much hilarious ones; it's conscionable the crashing and quest-blocking ones that are a symptom successful the butt.