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• STALKER 2 announced, coming in 2021

  GSC Game World has announced that STALKER 2 is now development.

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. dev prepared to fight imitators, details West Games relationship

  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developer GSC Game World is back in action, and willing to throw shade at other companies purporting to be carrying its legacy forward.

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 'Lost Alpha' mod opens up game world

  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha is a new mod for GSC Game World’s title currently in development courtesy of modding group Dezowave. The group hopes to restore the spirit of GSC’s early alpha concepts for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. which followed a more open, survival horror-based route.

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. rights disputed as GSC Game World claims it still has ownership

  The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. license was said to have changed hands earlier this week, as German publisher bitComposer issued a press release to state that it had acquired the rights from author Boris Natanovich Strygatsky, who passed away in November. Shadow of Chernobyl developer GSC Game World has stepped in to dispute bitComposer’s claim. FIGHT!!

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game adaptation rights acquired by bitComposer

  bitComposer Entertainment AG has acquired the rights for future adaptations of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. brand from Boris Natanovich Strygatsky, according to a press release on the firm’s official site.

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 collapse was 'forced move': Survarium dev explains all

  S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 development collapsed unexpectedly in 2011 and it led to the formation of Vostok Games, developers of incoming MMOFPS Survarium. Team member Oleg Yavorsky has discussed with VG247 the nature of the game’s cancellation and the demise of developer GSC Game World, calling it a ‘forced move’. He also revealed that the team tried […]

• Report - Bethesda bags rights to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game

  Russian blogger Sergey Galyonkin has said Bethesda now owns the rights to publish a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, but that extended rights remain with Sergei Grigorovich.

• Union Studio founded by former S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs

  A few brief snippets of evidence reveal the remnants of GSC Game World may have coalesced on a second new centre.

• Rumour - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. license sold to Bethesda

  Chalk this one up as “wishful thinking” if you like, but reports out of East Europe suggest S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 may not be ready for burial just yet.

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development "frozen", ex-GSC devs form new studio

  Veterans from GSC Game World have formed a new studio called Vostok Games, and the first title from the firm, Survarium, is a free-to-play MMOFPS homage to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The firm’s official website noted since S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development has been “frozen” since December, and since the firm being “unable to secure the IP rights to continue with the Stalker franchise,” it […]

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 video shows off animations

  In the religious spirit of Easter, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 appears to have resurrected.

• GSC: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 still on track, no date yet

  GSC has yet again moved to assure fans that work on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is still ongoing.

• GSC Game World titles coming to GOG starting with Cossacks Analogy

  GOG has announced the addition of GSC Game World titles to its digital library, starting with an entry from the studio’s tactical RTS series Cossacks. The anthology bundles together Cossacks: European Wars with the expansion packs Cossacks: Art of War and Cossacks: Back to War. The Cossacks Analogy lands today for $5.99 and comes complete […]

• Don't panic: GSC continuing work on S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2

  GSC’s confirmed that development is continuing on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 after the Christmas break, calming fan nerves the sequel was canned. However, a spokesperson for the firm has admitted that in order for development to proceed, funding is needed.

• GSC Game World: "Nothing is certain", studio will do its "best to continue"

  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developer GCS Game World has issued its promised statement on the studio’s future. Short version: it’s not good news.

• GSC to release statement on state of affairs Monday

  GSC Games World has tweeted that a statement regarding the current situation at the firm will be released on Monday, December 12, after internet reports steaming from a Ukrainian news site called UkraNews reported that GSC had been closed down by owner Sergei Grigorovich, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development cancelled.

• GSC - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to have always-on DRM

  In an interview with Ukrainian site KP, GSC Game World studio head Sergey Grigorovich explained how the DRM would work in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 when it is released.

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl is 99 cents at GFWMP

  S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl is on the cheap today. Really cheap.

• GSС wants you to create a quest for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2

  GSС Game World’s holding a contest for the best quest ideas, and whomever comes up with the best idea, may get their quest creation put into the game.