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The authors of the game STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl from the studio GSC Game World moved largely to Prague after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to our information, there was a fire in the team offices last night. We received the report from two independent trusted sources who wish to remain anonymous. An electrical installation fire broke out in a high-rise building in Na Pankráci Street. Five fire units responded to the scene. Several dozen people were evacuated. According to the Prague municipality website , there were 30 people, according to the Požary.cz website , 20 people. Fortunately, there were no injuries in the fire and the damage was tentatively estimated at 1.5 million crowns.

One of the three floors of the GSC Game World studio was said to have been affected by the fire. We have a photo from the scene which indicates that the fire devastated the office equipment and the interior itself. However, we cannot publish it. It was said to be the most important floor with backup servers. The other two were not affected by the fire. We have no information at this time as to whether this event may affect the completion of the game in any way.

We are investigating further details. If we learn something new, we will update the article.

V pražských kancelářích autorů hry S.T.A.L.K.E.R. hořelo » Vortex

V pražských kancelářích autorů hry S.T.A.L.K.E.R. hořelo. Vývojáři potvrzují, že studio GSC Game World postihl požár, který poničil jedno z pater

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[feynoob]

This studios has suffered a lot of bad stuff. Hopefully they are safe. No studio deserves this kind of luck.

 

[acm2000]

hmm, i wonder who couldve done such a thing

 

[64bitmodels]

Development hell. Literally. The studio's in fire and brimstone

 

[Draugoth]

 

[Barakov]

Sheesh. This team can't catch a break.

 

[The Fuzz damn you!]

That’s the spirit!

 

[Arsic]

Most likely self sabotage. After all the previews saying the game demo at gamescom saying it was pre alpha status, someone needed another delay and extension.

Oh and the visual downgrade.

/sarcasm for some thickheaded ones.

This game is going to launch in a worse state than RedFall, bet on it. This is not sarcasm.

 

[splattered]

Most likely self sabotage. After all the previews saying the game demo at gamescom saying it was pre alpha status, someone needed another delay and extension.

Oh and the visual downgrade.

This game is going to launch in a worse state than RedFall, bet on it.

Wow Asshole of the Year award, congrats!

 

[Arsic]

Wow Asshole of the Year award, congrats!

Partly sarcasm . Obviously no one intentionally burned the floor down.

I forget sometimes Gaf users are also tiktok tiny brains who need to be explicitly told /sarcasm in order to see the obvious.

Clueless guy of the year award.

But I do think this game is destined to launch worse than RedFall .

 

[Dane]

When you get a job at GSC

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

Partly sarcasm . Obviously no one intentionally burned the floor down.

I forget sometimes Gaf users are also tiktok tiny brains who need to be explicitly told /sarcasm in order to see the obvious.

Clueless guy of the year award.

But I do think this game is destined to launch worse than RedFall .

Sarcasm usually has some hint of humor to it, or at least the tiniest sliver of being thought through.

That may be why he missed it.

 

[StueyDuck]

damn that sucks, hope they'll figure it out

 

[StueyDuck]

Partly sarcasm . Obviously no one intentionally burned the floor down.

I forget sometimes Gaf users are also tiktok tiny brains who need to be explicitly told /sarcasm in order to see the obvious.

Clueless guy of the year award.

But I do think this game is destined to launch worse than RedFall .

eish you should maybe have a second go at trying humor.

ironic making mention of tiktok when calling it self sabotage is essentially tiktok brain. even if it is humor

 

[BlackTron]

OF COURSE it was the most important floor with the backup servers.

 

[keraj37]

hmm, i wonder who couldve done such a thing

There was Putin's passport found nearby....

 

[poodaddy]

Partly sarcasm . Obviously no one intentionally burned the floor down.

I forget sometimes Gaf users are also tiktok tiny brains who need to be explicitly told /sarcasm in order to see the obvious.

Clueless guy of the year award.

But I do think this game is destined to launch worse than RedFall .

Wow.....you're an impressively horrible human being. Congratulations on being so thoroughly unlikeable, it's kind of an accomplishment at this level.

 

[SportsFan581]

They have certainly had a bumpy ride trying to get Stalker 2 out of the door. At least no one was injured.

 

[Arsic]

Wow.....you're an impressively horrible human being. Congratulations on being so thoroughly unlikeable, it's kind of an accomplishment at this level.

 

[SJRB]

hmm, i wonder who couldve done such a thing

What does this even mean

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

More info. I've added it to the OP.

 

[Koenigssee]

Damn this game is cursed.

 

[CatLady]

This studio has gone through so much shit. I hope their game is GREAT and does really well.

 

[acm2000]

What does this even mean

the same thing it meant when they revealed who was responsible for the hack

 

[KuraiShidosha]

Conspicuous as hell. This game is a mess.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Wow.....you're an impressively horrible human being. Congratulations on being so thoroughly unlikeable, it's kind of an accomplishment at this level.

I think its fair to have doubts. Seems to me, a lot of replies here share the same suspicions. Obviously chances are they are wrong, but what if they're not? Bad news all in all, the game seems cursed.

 

[poodaddy]

I think its fair to have doubts. Seems to me, a lot of replies here share the same suspicions. Obviously chances are they are wrong, but what if they're not? Bad news all in all, the game seems cursed.

Having doubts is absolutely fair, the guy was just being an absolute cock about it, but you know why. The devs have been through hell and back, concerns about the game are understandable, but can we just try to have a modicum of class?

 

[The Cockatrice]

but can we just try to have a modicum of class?

On gaf?

Cmon, we all shitpost here.

 

[poodaddy]

On gaf?

Cmon, we all shitpost here.

 

[Redneckerz]

Most likely self sabotage. After all the previews saying the game demo at gamescom saying it was pre alpha status, someone needed another delay and extension.

Sarcasm usually doesn't work through text and requires a lot of context to work. For a studio such as this, making the bolded statement isn't sarcasm, its thinly veiled shitposting.

Oh and the visual downgrade.

/sarcasm for some thickheaded ones.

This game is going to launch in a worse state than RedFall, bet on it. This is not sarcasm.

Still launches better than your attempts at sarcasm.

In my experience people who tend to attract controverse end up getting banned. You may want to consider this, unless you don't care about your account ofcourse.

 

[Mediocre Arachno-Lad]

Damn this game is cursed.

Last game these people worked on spent 9 years in early access before closing down.
Let's not breed superstitions here, every talented dev from the original Stalker team is working at 4A Games.
Stalker 2 is never coming out folks. To everyone who knows who Sergiy Grygorovych is, this was obvious right from the announcement .
If not for THQ officials kicking his lazy ass back in the day, there would be no Stalker 2.
Because the first one would still be in development.