Some Russian gamers are threatening to post dozens of GB of STALKER 2 leaks online if GSC doesn’t accommodate their demands.
A group of Russian players has issued an ultimatum to the developers of GSC Game World, threatening them to publish dozens of GB of STALKER 2 leak material if they do not comply with their requests, which include the re-inclusion of Russian among the supported languages.
The ultimatum was launched with a post on the VK social network, in which the group has attached some images and concept art of the game to demonstrate that their threats are serious and concrete. In the release, they state that they have a ” tremendous amount of material on STALKER 2 including the complete story, descriptions of cinematics, various concept art, global maps and much more. The total volume is calculated in dozens of gigabytes”.
To prevent such material from leaking online, GSG Game World is requested to comply with their requests by March 15, 2023, including an apology to Belarusian and Russian players, re-introducing Russian as a supported language, and stating in the official STALKER 2 Discord the NF Star user, who claims to have been blocked for no reason, is “unbanned”.
The group says they would not want to disclose the material they have because they know it “could lead to a postponement or cancellation of the game” and that is not their goal. They claim their “friendly attitude” is evidenced by the fact that they only released a small portion of their material despite. At present GSC Game World has not publicly responded to their threats.
As you may know, STALKER 2 is in development at GSC Game World, a studio located in Ukraine. The invasion of Russian troops into the country has in fact forced a large part of the developers to move to Prague where the new headquarters are located , while others have remained in the country and work remotely, still others are fighting for their homeland and unfortunately some of they perished in battle . All this has inevitably slowed down the work on the game, now scheduled for an unspecified period of 2023.
In March of last year, GSC Game World announced that it will not release STALKER 2 in Russia (and therefore will not work on the localization for this language either). In doing so he stated:
“We do not regret the loss of that part of the community that supports the war in Ukraine. We know that there are people who know what is happening and support Ukraine in this war, but you too will be unable to buy the game. Do a distinction is not possible.”
