After the closure of GSC Game World, the team has moved on to form a new studio: Vostok Games. Although the group's next game follows S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s post-apocalyptic setting, the team are focusing on multiplayer-based titles to stay afloat.
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Gamers who need their S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fix after GSC Game World was shuttered, torpedoing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 along with it, will be pleased to hear that Cryzone: Sector 23 is moving from being a Crysis mod to a full standalone game in its own right.
We've already seen the formation of Vostok Games after the break-up of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developer GSC, but it looks like another company is emerging from the stricken studio's ashes.
A rumor claiming that Bethesda has acquired the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. license has resurfaced, as Ukrainian blogger Sergey Galyonkin claims a "very reliable source" told him that the studio had bought the IP.
The post-apocalyptic world lives on as publisher bitComposer Entertainment has acquired the "exclusive worldwide rights" to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. license for all "future video game adaptations". They're excited to now own the "reputable brand" of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. which has sold millions of copies. All other rights for the franchise "remain with the Strugatsky brothers," so no movies.
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.
The relationship between a PC gamer and his mouse is a sacred one, which is why the release of Windows 8.1 is causing a virtual nightmare to unfold. Apparently the updated OS has tinkered where it shouldn't. Something has altered in how Windows 8.1 updates where the cursor is on screen, meaning games that don't take direct raw input from the mouse are suffering terrible cursor-jumping lag.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl came out for PC back in 2007, but a long development time with several delays and problems meant that some content was cut from the final release. Now a group of fans have released the Lost Alpha mod, six years in the making, which restores those cut levels and adds new features and improvements.
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.
West Games, a new studio founded by former members of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. creators GSC World and 4A Games, are creating what they describe as "the definitive spiritual successor" to the cult post apocalyptic shooter. Project Areal will be West Games' first title, set in a huge open world filled with a variety of mutated creatures intent on eating your eyeballs for dinner.
Well that escalated quickly. No sooner had West Games' Kickstarter campaign for a planned "spiritual successor" to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl begun, than the team were facing accusations of false claims and possible legal action. The key issue is whether West Games lied about their members being former developers from S.T.A.L.K.E.R creators GSC Game World.
The Zone is as unforgiving and rusty as you remember.
If you’re getting a bit fed up of the wave of me-too shooters over the last year or two, you could do much worse than keeping an eye on this one.
Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl is an ambitious title from GSC, one that succeeds and amazes in some areas but almost horridly trips and stumbles along in others.
Clear Sky fails to amaze this time around, but does offer a solid shooting experience. Consider it a warm-up for the holiday season, a game to...