Are you wondering about the Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl release time? You’re not alone. Some games release as soon as your time zone hits midnight on release day. Others have a specific launch time that also depends on the time zone.
In this case, the New Zealand trick, which entails changing your console time zone to New Zealand (the furthest ahead), can work. Other times, launches are put at specific global times. What is the case for Stalker 2’s release time?
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Stalker 2 Release Time
Stalker 2, according to the Game Pass page, will be released at 11 am EST on Nov. 20. That is the global time, so it will be consistent across the world. The New Zealand trick won’t work here! At the very same time across all time zones, Heart of Chornobyl will become available.
Hopefully, their servers are up to the stress that is almost inevitable. There will undoubtedly be an influx of players at one time. There are some multiplayer options in the game, so this will be the first real test for the servers that GSC Game World has set up.
That 11 am EST time translates to the following time zones:
- 9:30 pm IST
- 4:00 pm GMT
- 1:00 am Thursday KST
- 8:00 am PST
- 5:00 am NZST
- 10:00 am CT
- 12:00 am Tuesday CST
At whatever time in your time zone, Stalker 2 will go live. It will not be available for anyone earlier than that. There is no early access period, so this is the global launch of the game. No one gets a peak early. There are some pre-order bonuses if you’d like to secure a copy early, but one of them is not a few days of early access.
The game is available on both PC and Xbox Series S|X and on Game Pass on both, so it’s available right away. Unless you ordered a physical copy, your version of the game will launch at the same exact time.