The original trio of post-apocalyptic survival shooter games is coming to consoles ahead of the long-awaited sequel. Announced at today’s Xbox Partner Preview, the Stalker Trilogy featuring Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat will be available later today on Xbox and PlayStation platforms.
You can view the reveal trailer here:
We’ve got some more details from the Xbox Wire post that went up following the reveal:
The Legends of the Zone bundle – available on the Microsoft Store for $39.99 USD — includes all three iconic games that make up the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Trilogy: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat. – or you can pick up each of the games individually for $19.99 USD each. Every element from the original games has been maintained and faithfully ported to console thanks to the hard work of GSC Game World and their partners at Mataboo. This all makes for a great opportunity for gamers everywhere to get some foundational knowledge of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’s universe in the lead-up to the launch of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, coming day one to Game Pass on September 5, 2024.
The team at GSC Game World developed a weapon selection wheel and made changes to both the aiming system and the menu navigation so it could support a controller. The original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a complex game, so while optimizing the gaming experience, the development team made it an important goal to not lose that unique gameplay loop and the feeling of overcoming The Zone’s iconic and hostile environment. This has been a project a long time in the making, so there has been significant care and attention to detail to ensure this classic PC game can be enjoyed for a whole new console audience.
The version available today will be close to the original version of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. experience on PC. Players will finally be able to dive into the franchise, and those on Xbox Series X|S can enjoy the game in a high-fidelity mode via backward compatibility. Later this year, the team will release a patch for the Xbox Series X|S version that will bring additional graphical enhancements and other features. The console versions will also have mod support via mod.io, but this too will be a feature to roll out later as the team continues to tweak things a bit, so keep an eye on GSC’s social media channels on when these features will roll out.
The Stalker Trilogy is now available on PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S and PS5 via backwards compatibility.
Source: Xbox Wire
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