[crimsonheadGCN]

Original Source: http://stalker-gsc.ru/news/s_t_a_l_k...012-04-25-1764

Source: http://www.ps3trophies.com/forums/pc...-k-e-r-ip.html

I understand that this conception will be not interesting for many gamers. I decided to remove all the work. Announcement will not be shown instead, all that the team managed to do without me. STALKER brand into the hands of Bethesda games. I'm leaving the game development - fed up with ...

Note:

The original development team is working on a new game that's not STALKER: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471658

[Qwomo]

Just when I thought the news couldn't get any worse.

[legend166]

Well that sucks.

Oh well, I'll always have the Complete mods.

[Jenga]

he was a good stalker

[-PXG-]

And queue the sighs of disappointment and bitching...

[Gravijah]

oh my god gwahahaha

[Solo]

R.I.P. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. F.R.A.N.C.H.I.S.E.

[Snuggler]

What.

I mean, maybe it's better than no STALKER ever again, but I would hate to see the series "reinvented" in the same way as Fallout. Please don't water it down, STALKER needs to instill dread in the player. The things that make the series so great are like the anti-thesis of how modern Bethesda designs their open world games. I guess we'll see if anything even comes of this, though.

[Red Arremer]

STALKER having retarded AI but instead pretentious looks in 3, 2, 1...

[thekonamicode]

Does that mean the next Stalker game will be incredibly buggy or hardly playable on some formats?

[daviyoung]

There's going to a be some very STALKERish looking trees in Fallout 4.

[snoopeasystreet]

Isn't it a bit close to fallout in terms of content?

I know there's a pretty big difference myself but will the general.public be able to tell the difference between an irradiated Chernobyl and an irradiated US city?

[BlazingDarkness]

Now with 200% more bugs

[Ignis Fatuus]

Welp.

[EatChildren]

Gamebryo STALKER.

[Hot Coldman]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vs Fallout: New Age of Apocalypse

[AppleMIX]

I would rather give it to Bethesda then let the franchise die off.

[Chacranajxy]

I don't know if this means more bugs or fewer.

But it will definitely be broken.

[Blizzard]

Now with 200% more bugs

Coming from the first STALKER that would be a sight to behold. :P I haven't played the new ones though, so they may be much better.

[Sliver]

I'd rather have it dead than this. Terrible news.

[markot]

wat

[Starfish_Oxide]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Fuck you Bethesda.

[The Grim Heaper]

I don't think this will end well.

[Vulcano's assistant]

What?!

[disappeared]

Gamebryo STALKER.

IT'S CREASHUN ENGINE GOSH

[crimsonheadGCN]

Gamebryo STALKER.

Can you put rumor on the thread title? No one else has confirmed this yet.

[Solo]

I actually think Bethesda did half decent with Fallout, but they cannot do STALKER justice. Not even close. Atmosphere and unique environments aren't Bethesda's strongsuits.

[Jenga]

I would rather give it to Bethesda then let the franchise die off.

At least let it die with dignity like it deserved.

[MRORANGE]

oh dear, I doubt there going to re-hire the studio who did the stalker games :|

[Snuggler]

I know there's a pretty big difference myself but will the general.public be able to tell the difference between an irradiated Chernobyl and an irradiated US city?

"Hey! It's that place from Ghillies in the Mist!"

[Mafro]

Bloody hell. Wouldn't want a "traditional" western dev anywhere near this franchise.

[BHK3]

Kill me.

[Nirolak]

oh dear, I doubt there going to re-hire the studio who did the stalker games :|

That studio is working on a new game: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471658

[Dipswitch]

How the fuck did they get the licensing rights? THQ published the game, correct? And why would they buy the rights when they already own the rights to another very popular series with an apocalyptic setting? Doesn't gel with me.

[FLEABttn]

They'll skyrim the IP. How do you say "fus ro dah" in Russian?

[Discotheque]

Oh God worst news ever. I hope franchise stays dead

[MarshMellow96]

I used to be a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. like yourself, but then I took an anomaly to the knee.

[Haunted]

Bethesda are the only US dev who can match Eastern European studios' jank factor, great fit.

I used to be a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. like yourself, but then I took an anomaly to the knee.

I laughed then I frowned.

[Kifimbo]

Can we trust the original source ?

[crimsonheadGCN]

Thanks for changing the thread title!

[-PXG-]

Bethesda are the only US dev who can match Eastern European studios' jank factor, great fit. I laughed then I cried.

Looooool

[Emitan]

Never could get into SoC but this is still a shame.

[Snuggler]

Can we trust the original source ?

I've never heard of it, but with the team moving on to that MMO and STALKER 2's current state of development (or lack thereof), it's definitely believable. Now would be a better time than ever for a publisher like Bethesda to swoop in and buy the rights.

[Mauricio_Magus]

Maybe it would have been better to let it die

[disappeared]

But why the need to own another post-apocalyptic IP?

Unless they're handing Fallout 4 over to somebody else?

[HotHamWater]

This is just....

[Derrick01]

Man today has just been one punch in the balls after the other.

Stalker 2 cancelled
Devs moving to a MMO
Bethesda owns Stalker.

I'm not going to be able to have kids anymore at this rate.

[Red Arremer]

They'll skyrim the IP. How do you say "fus ro dah" in Russian?

Сьебись!

[Hot Coldman]

They'll skyrim the IP. How do you say "fus ro dah" in Russian?

Fus bro dah

[Jenga]

joke about vodka and sweetrolls in stalker 2 confirmed