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by Xav de Matos, Dec 12, 2011 3:00pm PSTS.T.A.L.K.E.R. developer GSC Game World has acknowledged and confirmed rumors that the studio is in trouble.
Last week, a report indicated the Ukraine-based developer would close its doors, citing its "inability to license a console version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to publishers" as one of its primary issues. When it was announced in August 2010, GSC Game World said S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was built upon "new multi-platform technology," but promised PC was the primary platform for the 2012 release.
GSC Game World initially denied rumors that pointed at the studio's closure, but retracted statements made on Twitter regarding the situation, and offered no comments when clarification was requested.
"We will do our best to continue. However, at this point, nothing is certain," GSC Game World's Twitter account noted earlier today.
In a more precise Tweet an hour later, the company promised its website, "with the forum [and] tech support" would continue. "The shop will continue until the nearest planned items sell out," the Tweet added.
According to UkraNews [via Eurogamer], GSC founder and CEO Sergei Grigorovich was unhappy with the progress of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and had decided to close the company. The report also stated "Ukranian law enforcement was interested in taking control of the company."
If you're a fan of the franchise like me, you should check out GSC Game World's official store for your last opportunity to pick up S.T.A.L.K.E.R. related swag.
[Image above from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky]
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developer GSC Game World has acknowledged and confirmed rumors that the studio is in trouble.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developer GSC Game World has acknowledged and confirmed rumors that the studio is in trouble. : Shacknews
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The 00s brought back consolidation of power. You can't be a successful businessman unless you've got someone in the government backing you up.
Even foreign investors aren't safe. There was one guy who ended up telling his story to CNN in an hour-long special (I don't remember names, sorry). The Russian side of his company got "raided". He, the owner, managed to get out of Russia, but his Russian partner did not. The partner was taken into police custody and beaten in order to get a confession. He refused to sign anything and ended up dead.
Again, not necessarily what was going to happen to GSC Game World, or what happens in Ukraine in general, but a lot of the former Soviet places follow the Russian realities pretty closely.
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