The history of the Stalker series, its developer, the off-shoots it spawned, and the community of players who continue to mod the games and find new ways to play them to this day, is something well worth talking about. These are all reasons why the odds against Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl are stacked.
]]>During Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase Extended today, Ukrainian developer GSC Game World revealed a new trailer for Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
]]>Stalker 2 isn't out for a while yet, but you can still look over the PC specs to see if your system will be up to par upon release.
]]>We got our first look at Stalker 2 gameplay today during the Xbox + Bethesda E3 2021 showcase.
]]>STALKER 2 developers have returned with an update.
]]>GSC Gameworld has released some additional information on the STALKER 2 in-engine gameplay teaser it released a couple of weeks back.
]]>STALKER 2 has reemerged with a new trailer giving us a first look at its world.
]]>The STALKER 2 developer has clarified some of the details left out at the game's reveal.
]]>The STALKER 2 trailer revealed during yesterday's Xbox event has been viewed more times than both Halo Infinite and Fable.
]]>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will launch on Xbox Series X first. It's also coming to PC.
]]>Stalker Online has suffered a major hack, according to report.
]]>Developer GSC Game World has released the first screenshot for its long-planned sequel to Stalker.
]]>STALKER 2 is apparently still happening, at least judging by the game's updated website.
]]>STALKER 2 is the design document stage, and there's a reason why it was announced this early.
]]>GSC Game World has announced that STALKER 2 is now development.
]]>Fear the Wolves has been announced by Vostok Games, creators of Survarium, and former developers of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.
]]>GOG is celebrating the addition of a Russian language version of the store with the release of six new DRM-free games as well as a "reclaim your game" initiative.
]]>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.
]]>West Games, developers of the troubled Areal project are back to the scene with practically the same pitch as before, just with a new name: Stalker Apocalypse.
]]>Areal, the first-person shooter that claims to be developed by ex-STALKER developers, has its first prototype video.
]]>S.T.A.L.K.E.R's supposed successor Areal has been called out as fraudulent by Survarium developer Vostok Games. West Games has now suggested that the scandal between West Games, modder Misery and Vostok Games was created by the media.
]]>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. development veterans have banded together to build a spiritual successor to the cult favourite survival series.
]]>The beta for this free-to-play first-person shooter is atmospheric, brutal and tense - Matt Martin dons a gas mask and digs himself a bunker.
]]>Humans Must Answer developer Sumon Games has released a free demo of its chickens in space shmup on Kickstarter. The ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. coders have 22 days left to meet the campaign's funding goal, with just under £4,000 left to raise.
]]>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.
]]>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!!
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>A few brief snippets of evidence reveal the remnants of GSC Game World may have coalesced on a second new centre.
]]>Owl Game Studio, a group made up of Russian modders, has announced its S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-inspired Crysis mod, CryZone: Sector 23, will be released as a full game using CryEngine 3.
]]>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. creator and GSC boss Sergei Grigorovich has nixed rumors that Bethesda was trying to acquire the rights to the game franchise.
]]>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 started work on the new title. A Q&A session will be held on Twitter tomorrow with Oleg Yavorsky and Joe Willburn. A video outlining the studio's plans is below. Thanks, RPS.
]]>In the religious spirit of Easter, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 appears to have resurrected.
]]>Footage of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Online, in development at CyberTime System, has appeared on the net and it's posted below, courtesy of Beefjack. Currently only planned for release in Russia, GSC and DSOGaming have confirmed the footage is indeed that of the MMO and not of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. The game is currently in open beta, and according to the game's official forum, a multi-language pack is in the works, so until it's released, you'll have to play it in Russian. Hopefully, you can read and speak it.
]]>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.
]]>We missed this last night. Steam's latest batch of money-savers that went live yesterday include STALKER for £2.49, Civilization V for £14.99, Monday Night Combat for £2.49 and Deus Ex 1 and 2 for £1.49. You can get those and other deals here. Be quick, though: they last until 6pm BST tonight. After that, a new batch of offers.
]]>The last day of the work week is almost here. Have some shorts to get you through until then.
]]>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.
]]>A teaser site and a pilot for a television series of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and funded by the game's developer GSC Game World has surfaced online.
]]>Steam has a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Bundle on sale this weekend for 75 percent off until August 23.
This means it will only run you $9.99.
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