Leaked STALKER 2 screenshots and artworks, game is officially canceled, GSC GameWorld is closing

DSOGaming writes: "All hell has broken loose today as there was a rumor that – according to UkraNews – GSC GameWorld would be closing its doors. And sadly, it has been confirmed. Yeap, GSC GameWorld is no more guys. Moreoever, there was a major leak of STALKER 2 artworks and screenshots just a few hours ago. Now frankly, we don’t know if this leak was intentional – as a means to calm the game's fans down – but we do know that STALKER 2 looked promising. What a shame!"

[Apotheosize]

FUCK

[pr0digyZA]

Double that.

[noxeven]

I agree i need more info

[norman29]

R.I.P.

[Winter47th]

That's what you get from making your games exclusively on a platform that's DOMINATED by piracy. Sad day, but they.had.it.coming.

[john2]

@noxeven: Bourkovski confirmed the game's cancellation :(

[noxeven]

Damn this sucks. hopefully someone picks it up or someone leaks all the stuff they had done so far

[Micro_Sony]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whats the point of living now.

[M1chl]

DOUBLE FUCK!

[narked]

:( sad day

[ATi_Elite]

This reason for closure and cancellation just doesn't make any sense.

They are making a STALKER TV show and Movie so the MONEY is there.

the STALKER game sold over 4 million copies. The Books sold over 5 million copies. They made 3 PC exclusives and made a nice bundle of money on each STALKER game.

Now all of a sudden they are making a console version and run into cash problems? THQ would gladly publish the game cause they have worked with Ukrainian Devs teams before like 4A Games or GOG.com and CD Project Red (The Witcher 2) would happily help their Eastern Europeans Brothers with the publishing.

STALKER has sold more games than Metro 2033 and The Witcher PLUS GSC has Cossacks and few other good selling games so i DO NOT understand the issues here with money unless someone has just raped the company.

I know I'm STALKER fanboy number 1 and may just be in denial but i still think this is just a rumor or a restructuring like GOG.com did when they said they closed down but re-opened back up.

Still no official announcement from Sergi or Oleg!

[caboose32]

Yea, there is something fishy about this. It just doesnt make sense to close down this far in development. Why would they of even started a project of this magnitude if money was that short?

[fireplace]

GOG.com and CD Project Red, those two are POLISH.

[Johandevries]

Thanks for your two cents ATIelite, I remember your comments on this site on STALKER threads as the best there have ever been

Anyway, I suppose something has INDEED raped the company. I dont like conspiracy theories but maybe they have had problems with the government, like the text in Ukrianian suggests

[ATi_Elite]

All day long no official comment from Sergei or Oleg (Ceo and PR man for GSC) but now word comes that GSC is moving to a new building.

Hence GSC closes it's doors.

Still nothing official but I hoping this is just a PR stunt as GSC moves to it's new offices.

[RyuDrinksTheDew]

gotta love the gaming industry.

creative games like this die off, while others keep doing the same thing year after year and get millions of dollars in revenue.

something needs to change...

[john2]

My thoughts exactly. Surely STALKER was buggy as hell but it was unique, had amazing atmosphere, had a high scope and offered something original to the gaming industry. It's just... sad :(

[RedDead]

Proof there is no God. This is balls. I hope they can finish it and get the money they deserve for it. I liked that they were going multiplat because I think it really deserves alot of sales. SoC is one of my favorites games this gen

[mynameisEvil]

I hope this was a joke. Because not enough people bought a game, there's no God? The world ain't perfect, simple as that. God shouldn't have to babysit us,especially a game developer. Kinda defeats the purpose of us being here.

And you LIKED that they were going multiplat? What in the hell...?

[a_bro]

Feels bad man...

[KillerPwned]

This....

[M1chl]

How could this happend?? This is most shocking game news since the closure of Bizzare Creations. World, I am really dissapointed, for letting this type of things happen : (

[Theo1130]

make a steam sale GSC, ill buy your games twice.

[Raider69]

Nintendo get this like you guys did with Project Offset.IT will be a nice game to had to WiiU library for hardcore gamers.

[nondecaf]

I don't think that was confirmed,I'm pretty sure that was speculation by some website.

[kramun]

I'm not going to look at the screenshots, it would be too depressing.

[mynameisEvil]

Well, they weren't screenshots, just art.

But they do look pretty damn good. Bear the pain and take a gander. You'll applaud them for looks to have been a great, atmospheric game.

[kramun]

'You'll applaud them for looks to have been a great, atmospheric game. '

That's why it's depressing, it was the game I was looking forward to the most. Seeing any screenshots or artwork now would make me even more sad about it.

[led1090]

dunno why this has happened. Its not like the series had bad sales. The first game sold almost 2 million copies. Maybe the company suffered from the classic debt crisis

[kevnb]

I hear it sold like 4 million copies now.

[caboose32]

Yea the Devs announced that the series together sold over 4 million copies, which is astounding. They even had a STALKER tv series and book which did very well, so I don't understand how money can be an issue.

[MasterD919]

How is Stalker 2 cancelled?

Capcom can put out 8 different versions of the same game and Stalker 2 gets canned?

[RunsFromRobots]

Terrible, terrible news.

[Spenok]

Yeah this really sucks. It came out of left field too. Sad day.

[LOLconsoles]

ಠ_ಠ

[pupa]

What a shame. I was looking forward to this game. Ahh well, not the end of the world. Just an end to an era.

[Mrmagnumman357]

Not happy about this, stalker was a great pc game, and i was looking forward to the sequel. I was hoping that the second would work out my GTX 570

[Mrmagnumman357]

This is a real shame. But the update said that the game was on hold, so maybe just maybe it will be made eventually

[SilentNegotiator]

Indefinitely on hold is a soft way of saying "canned"

[CapsLocke]

Shame...

[josephayal]

maybe is coming to consoles

[Pandamobile]

Did you not read the article?

" as well as a failed agreement with the publishers on the console front. "

[john2]

One of the reasons GSC closed was because the agreement with the publishers on the console front didn't work out

[WildStyles]

Sad to hear.

[BraveToaster]

Words can't describe how pissed off I am.

[yuval152]

Sucks,been waiting for it to come out alot of time.

[NarooN]

FUCK MY LIFE

[RyuDrinksTheDew]

here is pretty much all the leaked conceptual art and a few screens.

http://blog.ascian.me/2011/...

[BuffaloBoobs]

My most anticipated game; my favorite series ever created.
Gonna go fuck up some bloodsuckers to calm myself down.

[Johandevries]

Indeed, best series ever created, none of them I would call the best game I ever played but if you take them all together, you have the ultimate game series

[kevnb]

I wonder if this is a marketing ploy...

[SilentNegotiator]

With the VGAs a few days away, perhaps. And the official site doesn't say anything about closure at the time of me typing this.

[NYC_Gamer]

i hope all the staff members find work else where.

[kevnb]

But let's be honest, a game like stalker takes too long to make and is too niche. It can be a success on PC, but never on consoles. I'm sure they already sank tons of money into trying to go multiplat.

[jdfoster]

:( I loved the RTS games they made! LongLive Cossacks!

[Plagasx]

Well, goodbye guys. I'm off to kill myself.

[BiggsnWedge]

inb4 stalker 2 is a ps3 exclusive with Sony

[caboose32]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

No.