STALKER 2's First Expansion Cost of Hope Hits August 20 With a Free 2.0 Upgrade

GSC Game World dated Cost of Hope, the first paid expansion for survival shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, for August 20 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC. It brings back protagonist Skif and opens two locked areas, the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Iron Forest, with a story GSC says runs for dozens of hours. The same day, a free 2.0 update moves the base game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4 for every owner.