You may have been surprised at the reimbursement of Stalker 2. However, the latter does not in any way mean the cancellation or yet another postponement of the game according to the developers. Originally scheduled for April this year, this second installment has been pushed back to the first half of 2023. Nevertheless, the fact that there is no real release date would be the reason why Xbox is offering refunds.
We had to postpone the game to 2023 with no exact release date yet. We made the announcement at the E3 Microsoft Extended show, alongside the Dev Diary and intro cutscene.
Microsoft is refunding pre-orders for games without an exact release date. When we announce the exact release date later, pre-orders will once once more be available on Xbox. Pre-orders on PC (Steam, EGS, GOG) are not affected by this measure.
A GSC spokesperson at PC Gamer