GOG adds two of the original Stalker games to its preservation program, with huge discounts to boot

This week’s big release is GSC Gameworld’s Stalker 2, the long-awaited sequel that PCG’s Joshua Wolens found “is still Stalker, down to its bones” (for good and bad, mostly the former). Good Old Games has taken the opportunity to announce that it is adding two of the classic Stalker games (confusingly, Stalker 2 is the fourth game in the series) to its new Preservation Program—Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, and Stalker: Call of Pripyat.

The announcement comes alongside a hefty 75% discount on both titles, and GOG’s Preservation Program represents the platform’s commitment to maintain the games’ compatibility with current and future PCs. GOG tends to apply a light touch, the idea being preservation after all, though it does sometimes apply custom improvements and quality-of-life tweaks. The two Stalker games join a list of over 100 titles in the program, including the likes of Alpha Protocol and the first three Resident Evil games.