PC Gamer reports that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is being made with the Unreal Engine and will support modding.
More information.Today we got another reason to be hopeful--maybe even cautiously optimistic--as the official Stalker 2 Twitter feed revealed that the new game will use the Unreal Engine.
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"User modifications help the world of the Zone to live on while we are busy with making a sequel, and we can't be more grateful for that," GSC Game World said in the announcement.
As for whether Stalker 2 could end up as an Epic Games Store exclusive (Epic also makes the Unreal Engine), the studio said only that it "will talk about this later."