STALKER devs closed down?

[dux]

I'm hearing rumours on the grape vine that they have closed down today?

http://www.geekinvaders.com/?p=13914

[Skacky]

If it's true, then there's no more love in the world.

[-HP-]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/12 ... er-2-dead/

[Puddy]

Too bad, I would've liked a proper STALKER sequel (didn't care too much about Clear Sky etc).

I guess they took an arrow in the knee.

[-HP-]

Stalker2 concept art:

http://blog.ascian.me/2011/12/leaked-sc ... t-and.html

[Minos]

Today is the worst day in d3ads life

[Thrik]

[PogoP]

Aww that's quite sad news, I really enjoyed STALKER

[D3ads]

Damnit, I was wondering if we'd hear about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 for Christmas and now this That concept art just makes me feel worse about it, a example of awesome stuff we'll never get to play

[Algor]

Sucks to hear, STALKER was great. You can't overlook that it took them like 9 years to release it though, so can't say they had a sustainable business...

[Skacky]

Apparently it has been confirmed. Looks like that the head development team couldn't handle the console aspect of the game.

[D3ads]

GET BACK HERE STALKER!

[Buddy]

Yep

[Grinwhrl]

"Galenkin blames the inability to license a console version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to publishers for the team's demise. Without the ability to self-publish on the consoles, a PC-only release with a limited global appeal would not have sold enough to be sustainable." from Shacknews

Sad day, they were a good dev team doing what they loved and giving us something different. From my gamers perspective, I guess we will have to suffer with more call of duty crap

[Skacky]

It's a fucking shame and a fucking waste of potential. STALKER 2 was, with Dishonored and Diablo 3, the only game I was looking forward to in 2012. GSC joins Bullfrog and Looking Glass in the limbo of developers that died too young despite having never made a single bad nor average game.