2024-03-06 13:38:42
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The original STALKER games, part of one of the biggest cult classic franchises in PC gaming history, just shadow dropped on Xbox during Microsoft’s Xbox Partner Preview event.
They’ve been released as the STALKER Legends of the Zone Trilogy collection, which includes 2007’s STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, 2008’s STALKER: Clear Sky, and 2010’s STALKER: Call of Pripyat. The collection is available now on the Microsoft Store for $39.99, and is playable on both Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
Notably, the collection has been “refined for console,” and features a reworked interface as well as new controls that make the games more intuitive to play with an Xbox controller. In the Xbox Wire blog post that accompanied the news, it was also confirmed that playing the trilogy on Xbox Series X|S will give players access to a “high-fidelity mode,” with further Series X|S graphical enhancements as well as mod support via mod.io slated to come later this year. You can watch the official trailer for the collection below.
The STALKER games have been a favorite of mine for years now — their atmosphere is impeccable, despite their jankiness — so I’m ecstatic to see that the trilogy has come to Xbox with special controls and UI elements for console. Notably, the shadow drop comes ahead of STALKER 2, which is scheduled to launch on Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC on September 5. When it releases, it will also be available day one on Xbox Game Pass.
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