Ukraine-Based S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Developer Returns from the Dead - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 December 2014 / 4,616 Views
GSC Game World, the developer for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise, has returned from the dead after it shut down in 2010, according to GamesIndustry. The Ukraine based studio was closed originally by the former CEO after the realization they couldn't reach the quality for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 they were hoping for.
"It was a difficult decision, because the team was working towards a full-scale game, but they and our CEO understood that the game just wouldn't be at the level we wanted from STALKER 2," said studio representative Valentine Yeltyshev.
"There was also a problem getting interest, and the right money, from publishers. We were offered funding once we reached alpha. Actually we would have been able to fund the entire development ourselves, but we still weren't sure we'd be able to sell it once we'd got to alpha."
GSC Game World has a solid team and they aren't looking to hire anymore staff at this time. They have a good team and are currently developing an unannounced game.
"We're pretty sure about our fans," said Yeltyshev. "The market we're in is quite old fashioned, they're not 16 year olds, they're 25-40 years old. We don't think free-to-play is the right model for the game we want to make. So we're making an old-fashioned, full price game, we think our audience will be happy about that. We're expecting a lot of our old audience!"
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