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Monday, January 30 2006

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is Vapourware?  by Craig D at 00:25

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There's a prettyy strong rumour going about that GSC GameWorld's much anticipated shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is in big trouble and may not ever see the light of day GameGuru Mania have atranslation of this gamemag.ru article which suggest that THQ have stopped financing the project pending a full review. Rumour also has it that large parts of the original deisgn team are no longer employed at GSC GameWorld and that the game was never much more than a bunch of ideas. Fascinating stuff.
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Jammin
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30 January 2006 02:51
shame, i was looking forward to it really...
Re0sLess
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30 January 2006 12:50
It did not look to original to me, it seams as though game developers make 2 types of FPS, WW1/2/3? ones and Zombie ones (FEAR/Doom style) this would fall into the latter.
Spitfire
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30 January 2006 14:04
It is a shame as this FPS was akin to the X series sandbox environment .
Mani
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30 January 2006 15:59
Would seem these are jsut rumours or indeed a hoax.

GSC assures it's "working full throttle on completing the game" in response to recent reports of doom and gloom

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php?id=133377
DJDevilMaster
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30 January 2006 22:38
From the official site;

Clarifying rumours on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - 30/01/2006


To clarify the concerns of some fans regarding S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-related rumours to have appeared recently on the net, GSC Game World believes it necessary to explain the following:
The project is on the stage of beta approval and is being actively developed in close cooperation with the publisher.
The team has undergone certain reductions, particularly in the art section, due to all the graphics-related works being almost complete (out of 40 people 5 were dismissed). None of the leads, programmers and moreover, testers may not be reduced at any time.
Regarding the technology leak, none of the designers gone has the rights to the game's engine (all the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. technologies, including the X-Ray engine and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-2 engine belong to the company). Even if the current or next-generation engine would appear on the net, their legal u
Mani
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31 January 2006 01:08
cheers


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