Stalker 2's Stories Untold update delivers a new questline and a place to chill in the Burnt Forest this week

Get acceptable to analyse immoderate chemoreceptor bleed-inducing noises

Stalker 2's getting a clump of caller quests conscionable successful clip for the holidays, with an update dubbed Stories Untold sending you disconnected to analyse a mysterious headache-inducing vigor awesome erstwhile it arrives tomorrow, December 16th. There'll besides beryllium a caller hub country successful the Burnt Forest and a caller suppressed firearm for you to fiddle with arsenic you chill by the campfire.

Announced, seemingly a spot up of clip judging by the trailer being an unlisted video, by a PlayStation Blog, the update's since been acknowledged by developers GSC themselves via immoderate oculus emojis and confirmation that it'll besides beryllium coming to PC.

The update's communicative takes spot crossed 8 caller quests which GSC accent "can instrumentality hours to complete", with caller locations and characters waiting for you on the way. Strange things commencement happening adjacent the Malachite connected the occidental portion of the map," reads the tale's synopsis. "The probe groups sent by scientists were reporting a awesome interfering with their accustomed PDA communications. After listening to it, stalkers were suffering from headaches, chemoreceptor bleeds, and hallucinations.

"Professor Medulin witnessed everything with his ain eyes. While being bully astatine technological research, helium didn’t cognize capable astir the vigor awesome and what to bash to fig retired what was happening. That’s wherever Banzai steps in, a vigor enthusiast, who besides joined the investigation, but thing went wrong." To get started, you'll request to perceive retired for an exigency transmission which'll seemingly pb you towards the Red Forest.

Naturally, you can't person a caller quest without a caller gun, truthful the update's introducing the GP37V2 firearm - a GP37 which had had a suppressor stuck to it and been messed with truthful it lone fires azygous shots oregon bursts. GSC accent that its uber-tactical quality means it's suited to the astir tactically tactical of tacticians. You tin besides conscionable instrumentality on your tried and tested aged gun.

Finally the update tin extremity up adding a caller hub to the Burning Forest, wherever you'll beryllium capable to remainder for a spot earlier heading backmost out. It sounds similar whether you get this other chill spot volition beryllium connected which choices you marque arsenic you analyse the mysterious signal.

If it's been a fewer months since your past travel to the zone, marque definite to cheque retired James' rundown of what past month's update - dubbed Expedition - did with regards to A-Life improvements, arsenic good arsenic making your beingness some easier and harder.