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‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone Trilogy’ is Available Now on Xbox Series, Xbox One and PlayStation 4

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fans got a treat with the announcement that GSC Game World has launched the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone Trilogy for Xbox One, Xbox Series and PlayStation 4. Available now, the compilation was revealed earlier by Gematsu, who reported that the collection is up for pre-order in Japan for the PlayStation 4.

Revealed during the Xbox Partner Preview yesterday and available on the Microsoft Store for $39.99, the Legends of the Zone Trilogy includes all three games that make up the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Trilogy: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat. Per Xbox Wire, Microsoft states that “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.”

Being that none of these games have appeared on console before, the developer had to make the obvious necessary changes and tweaks to ensure a smooth transition. “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has been a PC franchise for a long time, so the key priorities were concentrated around adapting the experience for consoles as a whole (including, but not limited to, native controller support for console interfaces),” explains GSC Game World PR Specialist Zakhar Bocharov. “We created everything from scratch, ensuring that the game was both easy to control and comfortable to play.

The version available now Xbox One and Xbox Series is as close to the original version of the game’s PC version. Later this year, GSC Game World will release a patch for Xbox Series version that will bring additional graphical enhancements and other features.

This, of course, is all in preparation for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which will be releasing on PC and the Xbox Series on September 5.

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Survios Announces VR Title ‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’, Coming This Year [Trailer]

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Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.

Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”

Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.

And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.

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