What a mess. Ever since former developers GSC Game World died a slow and agonising death, the future of the STALKER series has been up in the air, with former GSC staffers moving onto a spiritual successor after a rights dispute.
Long-time fans of the game series probably already know this, but bleak open-world shooter STALKER isn’t an entirely original concept, as it’s based loosely on the premise of a 1979 art film called Stalker.
It looked for a while there like it was end of the line for the STALKER franchise, as developers GSC Game World were on the brink of going out of business.