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

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 and Xbox Series. 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 (though there was no mention of the PlayStation version during GSC Game World’s announcement).

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.