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And PC gaming collectively mourns the loss of a great developer. I wonder what happens to the IP?
If one of the big companies scarfs it up I'm going to likely be sick. THQ or Bethesda would be best case scenarios and even those wouldn't be great.
If one of the big companies scarfs it up I'm going to likely be sick. THQ or Bethesda would be best case scenarios and even those wouldn't be great.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This is some of the worst gaming related news I've ever heard. The S.T.A.L.K.E.R series is one my favourites, I was really looking forward to playing part 2. Shitballs :(
well THQ is the official publisher of the series so let's hope that 4A Games - makers of Metro 2033 and creators of original Stalker will finish the work on Stalker 2 and handle the future development of this franchise. Stalker was always the game that Fallout 3 and New Vegas should have been.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdhXi2SP7UE
The body is a metaphor for my soul. The player: the state of the world.
The body is a metaphor for my soul. The player: the state of the world.
Fuck the world if this isnt salvaged
Its a shame the stalker series doesn't get a lot of cred
To anyone that was thinking about getting into series i highly recommend shadows of chernobyl and call of pripyat
Its got the precision of COD, The torment of dark souls, and the open world of bethesda games
Great fuckin game, you will be missed GSC
Its a shame the stalker series doesn't get a lot of cred
To anyone that was thinking about getting into series i highly recommend shadows of chernobyl and call of pripyat
Its got the precision of COD, The torment of dark souls, and the open world of bethesda games
Great fuckin game, you will be missed GSC
Really sorry to hear this, S.T.A.L.K.E.R was a great game and the sequel would have been extremely welcome on my new gaming PC.
I at least hope the employees get jobs elsewhere, I don't exactly how big the eastern european game development job market is, but consider even ours seems so small sometimes, I expect that one to be even smaller.
Good luck guys, and thanks for an awesome game :(
I at least hope the employees get jobs elsewhere, I don't exactly how big the eastern european game development job market is, but consider even ours seems so small sometimes, I expect that one to be even smaller.
Good luck guys, and thanks for an awesome game :(
Bourkovskidoesn't actually work there, but it has been confirmed by one of their publishers guys.
Looks like they may have closed shop for reasons other than a lack of funds.
I hope that means a few members from the development team may have the resources to start a project elsewhere.
I hope that means a few members from the development team may have the resources to start a project elsewhere.
Dmitri Bourkovski doesn't even work in GSC, he just knew that. No official reply from Sergey Grigorovich (company CEO) yet. Most complete information so far was collected here: http://galyonkin.com/2011/12/09/pro-zakryitie-gsc/ (in russian) by Galyonkin (who just twitted you), know figure in ukrainian and russian gaming press, who worked with 1c publishing for a long time.
Most likely cause of closure is simple - GSC couldn't find investors and publishers for the new PC story-driven game, most popularity of which would be in the Eastern Europe area. And while Grigorovich himself was thinking about closing the studio for some time, as evidenced by those who know or work with him, this closure was unexpected as is the complete lack of comments from Grigorovich himself (who doesn't reply calls at this time). I'd still wait untill we get all the info to know the facts for sure, and to know what happens with the IPs of GSC (Cossacks, Heroes of Anihilated Empires and STALKER).
Most likely cause of closure is simple - GSC couldn't find investors and publishers for the new PC story-driven game, most popularity of which would be in the Eastern Europe area. And while Grigorovich himself was thinking about closing the studio for some time, as evidenced by those who know or work with him, this closure was unexpected as is the complete lack of comments from Grigorovich himself (who doesn't reply calls at this time). I'd still wait untill we get all the info to know the facts for sure, and to know what happens with the IPs of GSC (Cossacks, Heroes of Anihilated Empires and STALKER).
My stupid wife while reading her feed reeder google shit asked what GSC was. I explained "they made Stalker, but me and Stalker are done." I really wish she had given me some context on why she asked me what GSC was, because now me and Stalker are really done. I wonder if someone will buy the IP and do it without all the charming eastern European hardcore bullshit that made the game interesting in the first place?
THQ's Metro is what came to mind immediately. Not the least, because the boners who made it worked on Stalker. I loved it, but they toned it back from Stalker. It was still a fun mess of mechanics, but it wasn't nearly as complex as Stalker. Which was a bummer.
It was so awesome wandering in that wasteland trying to figure out what the fuck everything was and what was going on. Who the fuck is Jim Sterling? No. Who the fuck is Strelok!
THQ's Metro is what came to mind immediately. Not the least, because the boners who made it worked on Stalker. I loved it, but they toned it back from Stalker. It was still a fun mess of mechanics, but it wasn't nearly as complex as Stalker. Which was a bummer.
It was so awesome wandering in that wasteland trying to figure out what the fuck everything was and what was going on. Who the fuck is Jim Sterling? No. Who the fuck is Strelok!
Maybe THQ will pick up the project I'm sure they could get the guys that worked on Metro 2033 to finish it. [/optimism]
I think someone will pick up the torch on this and hire part of the development team. At least, I hope someone has enough sense to do that.
This probably wouldn't have happened if the game weren't so impossibly buggy. They had all the right ideas, but let's be honest, how many players were able to get past the various game breaking bugs?
Holy fucking shit. This is some really bad news, enough to ruin my whole day. I hope so much that this turns out to be false.
That sucks. I really enjoyed the first Stalker. I think it has the honour of being the last PC game I purchased in a physical shop. I was looking forward to picking up Call of Pripryat when the mood for some STALKing struck me during a steam sale. Now I'll be bummed the money isn't going to the team who made it. I hope the games don't get taken down as a result of all this.
@Proto Cloud
Haha! You mean you actually played the vanilla game?
Everyone knows stalker needs a little bit of mod grease
ballistics mod FTW
http://stalker.filefront.com/
Haha! You mean you actually played the vanilla game?
Everyone knows stalker needs a little bit of mod grease
ballistics mod FTW
http://stalker.filefront.com/
@supergauntlet: if you think piracy isn't a massive problem for PC producers trying to get finance, you really need to wake up to yourself.
Stalker 2 was going to be released on the consoles, too.
I saw that they released a ton of concept artwork on some website, too.
Bet if they release their concept art and some of the other art/story assets, modders will make their own version of Stalker 2 on the Pripyat engine. In fact... I'm about 99.9% sure they would lol.
I saw that they released a ton of concept artwork on some website, too.
Bet if they release their concept art and some of the other art/story assets, modders will make their own version of Stalker 2 on the Pripyat engine. In fact... I'm about 99.9% sure they would lol.
@Cudgeon
Yes, use the fallacious jackass publisher excuse.
Never made the game sold spectacularly on Steam, and the fact that the company has had practically no incoming revenue from not having had a release in years.
Yes, use the fallacious jackass publisher excuse.
Never made the game sold spectacularly on Steam, and the fact that the company has had practically no incoming revenue from not having had a release in years.
@Cudgeon
Never made the game sold spectacularly on Steam, and the fact that the company has had practically no incoming revenue from not having had a release in years.
Not really. They released no less than 3 games in the last 4 years.
Anyhow, this is quite surprising and sad. I loved Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky and I'm about to begin Call of Priyiat. Last year they proudly announced the series had sold 4 million copies, I wouldn't have expected this, and I hope the IP will live on.
BTW, for those who considering diving into the world of Stalker, make sure to install the Complete mod. It makes a huge difference!
Never made the game sold spectacularly on Steam, and the fact that the company has had practically no incoming revenue from not having had a release in years.
Not really. They released no less than 3 games in the last 4 years.
Anyhow, this is quite surprising and sad. I loved Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky and I'm about to begin Call of Priyiat. Last year they proudly announced the series had sold 4 million copies, I wouldn't have expected this, and I hope the IP will live on.
BTW, for those who considering diving into the world of Stalker, make sure to install the Complete mod. It makes a huge difference!
That is rather shocking for me. The Stalker series is very popular in my country (Poland) and the news about the entire studio shutting down really saddens me. I hope this won't happen to other great eastern european gaming studios.
They didn't close because of piracy. I'm callin bullshit on that.
They had 4 million from STALKER just recently. I don't see how that just *disappears.*
They had 4 million from STALKER just recently. I don't see how that just *disappears.*
I'm gonna try one last time to get into STALKER after I go through Unreal. I'm hoping I can finally enjoy it, especially after I waited 9 years for it.
@Stinky
Piracy is by and large irrelevant. It's how many sales you get.
The fact is the majority of those pirates are never ever going to be an income source.
Whether you have 100 pirates or a million pirates is irrelevant. If your still only going to get the same 3 million sales.
STALKER 2 was meant to be a multiplat title as well. Meaning that it would have had more money making avenue's and one's fraught with less piracy.
Maybe they are stalling it for the next generation of consoles who knows
Piracy is by and large irrelevant. It's how many sales you get.
The fact is the majority of those pirates are never ever going to be an income source.
Whether you have 100 pirates or a million pirates is irrelevant. If your still only going to get the same 3 million sales.
STALKER 2 was meant to be a multiplat title as well. Meaning that it would have had more money making avenue's and one's fraught with less piracy.
Maybe they are stalling it for the next generation of consoles who knows
@Stinky
Piracy is by and large irrelevant. It's how many sales you get.
The fact is the majority of those pirates are never ever going to be an income source.
Whether you have 100 pirates or a million pirates is irrelevant. If your still only going to get the same 3 million sales.
STALKER 2 was meant to be a multiplat title as well. Meaning that it would have had more money making avenue's and one's fraught with less piracy.
Maybe they are stalling it for the next generation of consoles who knows
Piracy is by and large irrelevant. It's how many sales you get.
The fact is the majority of those pirates are never ever going to be an income source.
Whether you have 100 pirates or a million pirates is irrelevant. If your still only going to get the same 3 million sales.
STALKER 2 was meant to be a multiplat title as well. Meaning that it would have had more money making avenue's and one's fraught with less piracy.
Maybe they are stalling it for the next generation of consoles who knows
From RPS
"LATEST UPDATE: 1c Ukraine’s Sergey Galenkin has blogged about the closure of GSC. He states: “GSC is closed, a fact confirmed by all. The team is almost completely dissolved, the state has only a few people.” Galenkin blames the cost of developing a PC only shooter for a European audience, and a failed console publishing deal, for the collapse of the developer."
So by the looks of it they were probably hoping on paying a chunk of their development cost's off with the potential console sales.
Which is probably because the publisher decided that STALKER is too niche or as a friend put it he spent too much time doing thing's that weren't shooting.
"LATEST UPDATE: 1c Ukraine’s Sergey Galenkin has blogged about the closure of GSC. He states: “GSC is closed, a fact confirmed by all. The team is almost completely dissolved, the state has only a few people.” Galenkin blames the cost of developing a PC only shooter for a European audience, and a failed console publishing deal, for the collapse of the developer."
So by the looks of it they were probably hoping on paying a chunk of their development cost's off with the potential console sales.
Which is probably because the publisher decided that STALKER is too niche or as a friend put it he spent too much time doing thing's that weren't shooting.
It's always sad when a company goes under because of all the lost jobs, but I've got to say, after they announced the DRM for STALKER 2, I wasn't planning on buying it anyway.
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