S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 studio facing uncertain future

I'm sure GSC got extra "funding" from EA to cancel Stalker 2... who wants good competition...

Take your time, take a break, what have you. Don't let some publisher tell you what to do for their hopes of making a quick buck, which will in the end result in disaster for the franchise.

My most played series of shooters... Second only to GTA. Truly legendary. I don't think i'd ever grow bored of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. It sure would be a killing bummer to see this cancelled.

Many people talk about that damn Battlefield and Call of Duty (I like both :) ) But no game ran over S.T.A.L.K.E.R. STALKER is the best game ever man...It really does have the best atmosphere and lots of good characters like Strelok or Scar :D Anyway I wish GSC good luck and I want to say only 1 more thing : GET THAT GAME DONE ALLREADY!!!!I WANNA PLAY IT MAAN!!!!! :D

You can't really do this to your selves!!! We are eagerly waiting for this.

i normally don't play games that have poor or no story line..but here i seem to have fallen in love with STALKER just because it has an outstanding gameplay and mind blowing atmosphere..it would be really stupidity for GSC to shut down..when i came to know about it i really felt like to cry..

I'm Waiting for their real statement "it was piracy that killed us".

I agree with most comments here. I bought all 3s, and Stalker is the best shooter EVER!! No game EVER has toped up the atomsphere provided. You "feel" the environment sorrounding you when playing STALKER without the need of 3D or any futuristic gaming device... I do hope you guys can make it

1. Hopefully if they sell the STALKER IP, it will be to a developer who will continue to eschew consoles and focus on single-player action/storyline/atmosphere. 2. If it's to truly die, please make some sort of mod tool that anyone can use (without requiring the purchase of a US$3000.00 design tool). That way, WE can make STALKER live on - without you. I'd gladly write code that makes anomalies disappear / reappear / move around, and other mods. Make it more like "Roadside Picnic" in some ways. 3. Next time, focus all your efforts on STALKER. Do NOT try to make a new non-STALKER game while trying to make a huge technological advance with STALKER at the same time. That costs a lot of money. Make sure STALKER gets funded, because it keeps your company alive. I bought every STALKER game. I didn't buy the other one - I like STALKER, not the other game. Don't try to sell me something I don't want and then take away the game I DO want. That's the height of stupidity. 4. Get some cash, re-open the STALKER studio, and get that game done already. I'm waiting. :)

I concur. STALKER is the best FPS I've ever played (mind you, I don't do multiplayer). If you need money, I'll pre-order STALKER 2 right now. You've got a huge number of ways to expand the storyline, and with the idea of the noosphere, you can set the story anywhere in the world (not just Chernobyl). The game has the best detail and atmosphere you can imagine. To lose this game now would be the height of stupidity. For crying out loud, this game put GSC World on the map!!! Tell me you're going to fix this. It would be a crime not to continue this series.

Stalker was the 1st video game I ever played, and nothing has topped it. I will give kudos to BioShock , HalfLife2, and the first Crysis games, but the Stalker series is the best. Over the last couple of years I have enjoyed hundreds of hours playing those games. But, over the last year I have had to settle for crappy games while waiting for Stalker2. And now you tell me Stalker2 may not happen! This is a sad, sad day for me. Hell, if you need money, sell the game in advance. I doubt that I am the only person willing to pay now for another Stalker in 6 months.

I hope nothing happens to the game company but if it did i would hate it if EA got their hands on the stalker IP.

these games,companies will die and will never make games like bio shock,stalker which has something called originality,realism but it's only because 90% of the ppl wants typical retarded games,which has nothing to offer except graphics and bad ass retard hero whose gonna save the world

You have to make STALKER 2!!!! I still play the others and whit the mods will play them for along time to come...

I LOVE U STALKER........... DON'T LEAVE ME IN THIS PATHETIC WORLD OF CRAPY GAMES

It's sad then talented game companies like GSC bite the dust while comapnies like Infinity Ward never seem to die out.

Come on.. I've bought everything you made. Give me more.

This game series is the awesome if you play the English version. But if you played it in real Russian version you will never feel right playing Fallout 3 anymore. Lets hope it doesn`t end like this. Hope dies the last.

I can't add much to what's already been posted here. STALKER is one of my favorite game series of all time. The brooding, and at times beautiful, ATMOSPHERE...is what stood it apart from the rest of a crowded and often mediocre field. Not to mention the free-roaming and immersive play of the game. I can only hope the Ukranians reconsider and give us STALKER 2.

It's rich that Gamespot is reporting on this. It was Gamespot that gave the first STALKER 85% sighting bugs, gave 85% to STALKER CS sighting less bugs, and then gave the SAME 85% to STALKER CoP while stating there were no bugs! It must have been infuriating for GSC to not get improvement recognised! Also, go watch the Gamespot review of the first STALKER. The reviewer states within 30 seconds of each other "the graphics are sub standard" followed by "you can just stop and admire the sunsets"! So which one was it Gamespot?! If the media is going to crap all over the small/medium sized developers like GSC at the same time they fawn all over the large developers like Valve and Blizzard, should we be surprised about articles like this?

This would be a crying shame, to not continue with a series that is still as popular today as it was on day one. Some invester out there has to see the positive future of this series.

i think this game looks promising.i am pleading with activison to help the developer involved not to let this game die.it could be a banger.

I am always amazed how some people complain, how a game isn not good because it is unpolished and not high end graphics. Who cares about graphics??? This is an open post nuclear war world with an awesome atmosphere , the npc personality and expressions are very good and the shooting is also good. Please don't bash games because they aren't the usual and like all the rest that the "broad audience" love so much.

What??? No STALKER 2 ? WTF ? Grigorovich !!! You Ucranian shmuck & bolshevic! You made millions of euros with the three STALKER released and now you thought to go away with our money ? FU ! Stay and finish the job as promised otherwise your relatives will be visited by russian mob and guned down, you worthless POS!! lol

well said bubsy6087 ... well said!

STALKER is one of my favorite game series of all time. I was legitimately angry and depressed when I heard the news of GSC. Let's just hope if STALKER 2 can still come out, it isn't consolized. I would rather see the series die, than to have it made "streamlined" and an "all new experience."

Personally, I would be much happier to give $50-60 to GSC for an innovative, graphically intense, PC-centric FPS than I would be to give it to the other jokers that dump pathetic console ports on me.

Hey, Infinity Ward, think you could toss over 1 or 2 mil for the smaller, more imaginative, more awesome GSC to keep going? No? Oh. Then keep enjoying your money bath..

suckish fps's like MW3 get millions. Great games like stalker sink and dissapear. lol

Hope this is just a publicity stunt. STALKER is one of the best games ever...it must continue!!!

chernobyl cant kill marked one...but this corrupt game industry can.

the issue with stalker games is it takes 3 years to kill a single monster :(

@CarlosY2Jericho I wasn't saying to transform Stalker into Metro but to use the Metro game engine. As for metro I would love quite the oposite, that Metro to transform into Stalker gameplay style. IMO. And for the sake of this game (STALKER) is best for all that this should be bought from 4A instead from some other stupid devs.(sorry 4 bad EN)

I enjoyed the STALKER games but none of them are really what you could call "good." I mean they are very unpolished and rough around the edges. Lots of good ideas and I hope these guys find new projects in the future, but I can't say this surprises me.

I will give you my money for stalker 2 now if it means you continue to make these game, they are among the best. the whole Chernobyl area was so much fun to explore even with mutants swarming everywhere. Please stay alive stalker.

Studios with great game have to close and studios that cant make game is filling up the market. What the **** wrong with game industry nowadays ?

?????

Don't give up the ghost yet , there's too many fans of this game out there !

The worst part about this is seeing an article right next to it talking about how many copies of MW3 have sold when not one COD game has even come CLOSE to being even a fraction as good as any of the Stalker games.

You can do it,we support you ! One of the best atmospheric games out there!

STALKER is one of my favorite games ever. Hope they dont have to close up.............

Its never good to hear a studio is closing, most notable are the ones that tried to mix gaming up a little. Heres hoping they can pull it together.

Oh this is bad. The STALKER games and Metro 2033 (which has some employees from STALKER) were a real blast.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R is one of the best and uniqe game sires ever its a real shame and a huge loss to see such a creative game goes dead i have all stalker games and replayed each at lest 7 times and i still wait for some great mods to come out to pick them up again reading those bad news really depressed me if GSC realy closes we will never see a game like stalker ever again

Lets hope it doesnt end up like Duke Nukem Forever

"get outta here stalker !!!" c'mon this game is my most anticipated for next year...along with a list of other games ofcourse

hope they recover, iv sunk over 200 hours into the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games, and they remain my favourite FPS series to date.

CoP was definitely my favorite. Please make STALKER 2, would make me sooo happy.

Nooooo.... played all 3 STALKER games and I looove them. Even made a review on CoP. I really hope they somehow get an investor or raise money to continue. I have looked forward to S2 for so long.

It's not fair for us gamers to lose a game that has so much potential...I wonder why (stupid)people still buy games like MW3 and waste their money when they can invest in something that deserves a lot better..what a shame :(