!["We're not doing something that everyone [would] do": After Cost of Hope, Stalker 2 devs are working on multiplayer which won't be "session-based" like Counter Strike](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/stalker-2-multiplayer-mode-gamescom-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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!["We're not doing something that everyone [would] do": After Cost of Hope, Stalker 2 devs are working on multiplayer which won't be "session-based" like Counter Strike](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/stalker-2-multiplayer-mode-gamescom-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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STALKER 2 gets serious performance and visual upgrades with its 2.0 update, testing confirms, polishing up one of the biggest flawed gems in FPS games
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STALKER 2: Cost of Hope review: An expanded Zone that begs to be explored, even as its faction war fizzles
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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's meaty 2.0 update brings functional fog, a suite of A-Life improvements, and more when it arrives next week
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Stalker 2 is finally letting us explore the Chornobyl Power Plant
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STALKER 2: Cost of Hope expansion finally has a release date
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STALKER 2's Cost of Hope expansion, and its free but still hopeful 2.0 update, get an August release date
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Stalker 2 studio founder's claims that Xbox paid more for exclusivity than the game cost to make "do not reflect the actual facts", according to GSC Game World
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Stalker 2 developer refutes claims by studio founder that Xbox paid more than game's development cost to make it exclusive