GSC Closed - STALKER 2 Cancelled

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GSC Game World has reportedly shut and canned development of STALKER 2.

News of the studio's closure first broke on Ukrainian news site UkraNews, which said owner Sergei Grigorovich had informed staff earlier this afternoon.
According to Rock Paper Shotgun, GSC initially denied the report via Twitter before deleting its denial.

The studio declined to comment when contacted by RPS, but things don't sound good.

Initially set for release in 2012, STALKER 2 was set to be the first game in the series to launch on consoles, although GSC said earlier this year that it was being developed primarily for PC.

The game was said to have more of a "survival element" than its predecessors and take place "in the triangle of CNPP, the cities of Chernobyl and Chernobyl 2, containing more of the haunted X Labs and spooky underground bunkers from the first games".
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Was just gonna post about this, apparently is only a rumour at the moment according to joystiq.com but still shocked and gutted to read this :(
Hope its not true.....
 
Wow, that's unexpected. I thought the series had a bright future.

Toaster will cry himself to death somewhere in the corner of the Zone. :(
 
That's a real shame, and I'm very surprised considering the success of the series. :( :( Funnily enough I was just watching some Stalker mod videos on moddb before I dropped in here.
 
I'm absolutely gutted about this news, S.T.A.L.K.E.R is one of my favourite games. :(

I pray to God that someone will either pick up their old work or bail them out because the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series is such a gem that hasn't been replicated by anyone.

Some concept art:

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http://blog.ascian.me/2011/12/leaked-screenshots-concept-art-and.html
 
I find it hard to believe that something good won't eventually turn out, a new dev team, change of office politics and a fresh start etc. Still, I never saw that one coming.
 
I bought stalker in a steam sale earlier this year, I'm still to get round to playing it.

Real shame, i heard great thing about stalker.
 
It makes me so angry, that copy and paste soulless trash like Call of Duty sells millions every year, yet rare gems like Stalker are left by the wayside. :mad:
 
Oh well, so be it. I played the absolute crap out of SOC with several mods & might play through COP again for old time's sake.

The new Metro game will be out before long which IMO is the only game to get near the atmosphere created in the STALKER series, so there are similar games in the pipeline.
 
bainbridge said:
Oh well, so be it. I played the absolute crap out of SOC with several mods & might play through COP again for old time's sake.

The new Metro game will be out before long which IMO is the only game to get near the atmosphere created in the STALKER series, so there are similar games in the pipeline.
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I didn't think Metro was anywhere near as good as STALKER though.

It's a damn shame. I've never played Clear Sky, but SoC and CoP were fantastic. They're the kind of games you dig out over and over again for a little bit of nostalgia.
 
I've spent some very eerie but hugely enjoyable nights in the zone, i'll be totally gutted to see this series die.:(
 
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