S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Latest Updates

STALKER 2 has no connection to cancelled 2012 version

A recent interview has revealed much of nothing about the upcoming STALKER 2 game, though some crucial tidbits did get through.

GSC Game World Developing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Releasing In 2021

The good news is that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is back in development at GSC Game World, but the bad news is that it isn't going to be released until 2021.

West Games "trying to steal money" with unauthorised S.T.A.L.K.E.R. campaign, says GSC Game World

Valentine Yeltyshev is back with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. creator GSC Game World, having left for a while to pursue other goals. Now the studio is back up and running and is working on its next project.

Will it be another S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? What's definitely not another entry into the series is 'STALKER: Apocalypse', says the public relations director. That's a 'scam' by West Games who've 'no expertise' with the IP.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R series latest to avoid GameSpy server shutdowns

The post-apocalyptic survival series S.T.A.L.K.E.R is the latest to survive the GameSpy server shutdowns, with a new Steam patch moving the multiplayer servers for every incarnation of the series over to developers GSC Gameworld's own.

If you don't own the games on Steam you can manually download the patch, which affects all editions, on the series' official website.

GSC Game World disputes bitComposer claims on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. license

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series looked, for a moment, secured. Publisher bitComposer Entertainment have announced they acquired the license for video game adaptation, but GSC Game World says otherwise.

While bitComposer is adamant they "hold the license for PC and video games", Eugene Kuchma from GSC claims trademark filings show bitComposer doesn't own rights to make S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.