STALKER 2 Expansion Cost of Hope Adds Iron Forest and Pripyat, Arriving Summer 2026

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope is the first major expansion to Heart of Chornobyl, launching in Summer 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, Xbox Cloud, and PS5, and will introduce two long-awaited regions—Iron Forest and the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant—along with a new storyline starring Skif that runs parallel to the base game. The DLC is described as a lengthy, choice-driven chapter that expands the Zone’s lore and is the middle installment in the Legends of the Zone trilogy, continuing the game’s multi-platform Play Anywhere approach.