S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Killed

Source: gamechannel.hu

In a company announcement by Ukrainian video game developer, GSC Game World, they have decided to shut down their studios, resulting in the cancellation of the post-apocalyptic shooter sequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. The reasons for the shut down is that no agreement was reached between the rights owners of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and the new investors, as you can see from their post on their official facebook page. More posts by the facebook page administrators and GSC Game World employees, Joe Mullin and Oleg Yavorsky, show that the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. team was working on the sequel without pay as they were trying to find new investors, which turned out to be a disappointment.

Problems were first revealed back in December of 2011, as the CEO of the studio, Sergei Grigorovich, reported that he decided to shut down the studio, although, work still continued...

Out with the sad news, as there is good news for you fans. A new studio had been opened by the team members, Vostok Games, in which they are currently working on a free-to-play MMO (massively multiplayer online) first person shooter. The title for this project is called Survarium, as the game will take place somewhere in the near future. The plot is that a "mass-scale ecological" catastrophe has hit Earth, as the reasons for the event is unknown, causing countries to collapse and anarchy to take over. The website for Survarium is quite new, as there isn't any information available besides a short description and a planned release date. Check it out here.

Source: compua.com.ua

Survarium is currently in development as it uses the new Vostok Engine created by Vostok Games. The planned release date for Survarium is somewhere near the end of 2013, and for only the PC.

[Gamespot]