Stalker Trilogy Announced, Out Today For $40

The Xbox Partner Preview broadcast contained a special surprise, as Microsoft announced the Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy, and it's out today on console for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. This was leaked earlier this week for PlayStation as well.

The bundle includes the Stalker games Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat. The games are available in a package for $40 or individually for $20 each. Obviously, if you want all three, buying the bundle is the way to go in terms of cost.

"Every element from the original games has been maintained and faithfully ported to console thanks to the hard work of GSC Game World and their partners at Mataboo," Microsoft said.

The games are native to Xbox One but can also play on Xbox Series X|S through backwards compatibility. A patch is coming later this year for Xbox Series X|S that will introduce "additional graphical enhancements and other features." Also coming in the future is mod support.

GSC Game World's Zakhar Bocharov told Microsoft that the studio's top priorities with the bundle was to adapt the PC games for consoles in a way that felt good and natural. "We created everything from scratch, ensuring that the game was both easy to control and comfortable to play," Bocharov said.

The console versions now have a "weapon selection wheel" to updated aiming to support controllers. "This has been a project a long time in the making, so there has been significant care and attention to detail to ensure this classic PC game can be enjoyed for a whole new console audience," Microsoft said.

The next entry in the main series, Heart of Chornobyl, releases September 5, 2024 on Game Pass and other platforms.

For more, check out all the biggest news from the Xbox Partner Preview event.