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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a first-person shooter survival horror video game franchise developed by Ukrainian game developer GSC Game World.The series is set in an alternate version of the present-day Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, where, according to the series' backstory, a mysterious second Chernobyl disaster took place in 2006.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. takes place in an area called the Zone. The Zone is based on the real-life Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and is also inspired by fictional works: Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's science fiction novella Roadside Picnic (1972) which was loosely adapted into Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker (1979), as well as the film's subsequent novelization by the Strugatsky brothers.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a first-person shooter with survival horror elements. It takes place in the post-apocalyptic exclusion zone of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The game world is divided into several territories, some of which are initially inaccessible.
GSC Game World hopes to release Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl next year.
Before boarding the rescue helicopters, the player is given the choice to leave the Zone forever or stay. If the player decides not to leave the Zone, then the game enters into free-play mode. During free-play mode, the player can freely explore areas and finish side-missions, while given the option to leave at any time through NPCs.
Title Genre Developer/Publisher Platform Release date Notes The 7th Guest: Interactive movie, adventure, puzzle supernatural: Trilobyte: MS-DOS, Windows, CD-i, OS X, iOS: 1993-04 [1]
On 15 May 2018, GSC re-announced S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. [64] [65] The game was released on 20 November 2024, [66] for Windows and the Xbox Series X/S. [67] In 2020, Ukrainian businessman Maksym Krippa acquired a 40% stake in the company, and in 2023, he acquired an additional 42%. [68]
Stalker: Clear Sky uses the digital rights management (DRM) software Tagès as copy prevention. Some versions can only be installed on a limited number of machines (5). Some versions can only be installed on a limited number of machines (5).