GSC Closing; No STALKER2 :'(

http://ukranews.com/ru/news/ukraine/2011/12/09/59663

English Translation:


Sergei Grigorovich, founder and CEO of the largest developer of computer games in Eastern Europe - Kiev company GSC Game World - decided to close the company.
On this to Ukrainian News reported an informed source.
According to him, today, December 9, Grigorovich announced the closure of the company at a meeting of the workforce.

He explained his decision to personal reasons, without specifying them.
Employees were promised that they owed wages to be paid prior to February 2012. According to sources, the company employs about 40-50 people.
Interlocutor of the agency said that part of the personnel of the company with close ties discontent Grigorovich the progress of development of STALKER 2, and some - with an interest in the company from one of the security forces, which began, according to the interlocutor, for about two months ago.

The source stressed that the above reasons - this is only speculation and version.
The company GSC Game World is working in the computer games industry since 1995. She has released more than a dozen of its own gaming projects, including "The Cossacks", "STALKER", "The Conquest of America", "Heroes of Annihilated Empires." The first two have become blockbuster, and even places of worship in the Ukrainian community of gamers.
Grigorovich became an entrepreneur in 2010 in Ukraine, according to the company Ernst & Young.


In addition, supposed STALKER 2 concept art leaked, though no much use for it.

I personally think THQ will now be trying to get those members of GSC. I really hope some game company (a good one) can acquire the STALKER series now.

The stalker games are awesome.

Elabajaba wrote:

The stalker games are awesome.

Yes, and this comes from someone who just bought Stalker on the 5th of Dec.

But yeah, seeing how 4A Games (who make the Metro series) is made up of former GSC employees, I feel they will try to attract them to their company, which should be good.

As in S - T - A - L - K - E - R ?

CivBase wrote:As in S - T - A - L - K - E - R ?

As in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl

you can play stalker in real life, its very fun