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• Extended Campfire Content: more guitar tunes and tales that you can hear in the game around the stalkers' campfires
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• 'Early bird' Costume Skin
• 'Early Bird' Multiplayer Badge
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The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has changed drastically after the second massive explosion that happened in the year 2006. Violent and ferocious mutants, deadly anomaly trap zones; rival military factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive.

Yet, the artifacts of unimaginable value have attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s. They entered the Zone at their own risk, striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the truth that is concealed in the very Heart of Chernobyl.

EPIC NONLINEAR STORY IN A SEAMLESS OPEN WORLD

Take over the role of a lone stalker and explore the photorealistic and seamless open world in the 64-km² radioactive zone which includes a wide variety of environments that reveal the post-apocalyptic atmosphere from multiple different angles.

Make your progress through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within the highly branching story of epic proportion.

AN EVEN GREATER VARIETY OF ENEMIES AND HUNDREDS OF WEAPON COMBINATIONS

Meet the members of different factions and decide which of them are truly worthy of your friendship and the ones that definitely deserve a bullet between the eyes. Find yourself in the middle of some very intense gunfights with a multitude of enemies that are going to follow different tactics as they are trying to outsmart you. Pick your preferred firearms from more than 30 types of weapons with numerous modifications included that would allow you to craft hundreds of distinctive deadly combinations.

MEET THE LEGENDARY MUTANTS WITH DIFFERENT BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS

Get ready to stand against some horrifying mutated creatures that will not have second thoughts as they try to slaughter you, each time following a different behavioral model and strategy. Every mutant may appear in different subtypes which makes their behavior far less predictable. Truly extreme dangers roam these regions full of lairs, deceivers and numerous mutants hunting in large groups.

ANOMOLOUS ARTIFACTS OF INCREDIBLE VALUE

The most precious artifacts and the secrets of the Zone are awaiting their discovery, hidden deep in the most risky places. Beware of the hazardous anomalies and impressive but also devastating arch-anomalies as you hunt for the highly-valuable artifacts which have been scattered around the Zone.

Will you dare yourself to unravel the mysteries of the Zone that took the lives of so many others before you?

DISCOVER THE LEGENDARY S.T.A.L.K.E.R. UNIVERSE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Unique gameplay features built on a blend of FPS, horror and immersive simulations
• A non-linear story with a great variety of branching paths that will lead you to one of the several endings that are included in the title
• Benchmark-setting graphics developed using cutting-edge photogrammetric and scanning technologies
• Advanced artificial intelligence systems and patterns that will keep even the most hard-boiled players engaged as much as possible
• Life-simulating system “A-life 2.0” that makes the game world feel more vivid and alive as never before
• Immersive survival mechanics such as hunger, sleep, bleeding, radiation effects that bring the gameplay to a more realistic state
• Dynamic day-night cycle and weather conditions that will add even more realism to your experience
• Mod support that allows players to be more creative and greatly extend as well as enrich the game universe
• Multiplayer mode, that will be added soon after the release as a free DLC update to the main game

GOOD LUCK WHILE HUNTING, STALKER!

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