Like a quick flicker of life in a useless Bloodsucker’s eyes, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Twitter account popped up with an announcement this week. The sequel remains to be being developed, and it’s being made within the Unreal Engine, the pixel powerhouse behind such games as Fortnite and—uh—Bacon Man: An Adventure. Developers GSC Game World appear to be getting awfully cosy with Epic Games, name-dropping them within the announcement as “colleagues”. I can obtain the engine totally free proper now, however I wouldn’t dare to name Tim Sweeney a colleague if he hadn’t personally proven up at my home and helped to rearrange my desk.
Here’s what they stated about it.
S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 is powered by Unreal Engine: pic.twitter.com/RdDWr4yYj3
— S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. OFFICIAL (@stalker_thegame) January 2, 2020
Note that coy point out of “digital stores”, aligned with Epic’s latest largesse in tying up exclusives for their storefront. I might see additional bulletins cementing this relationship. You can’t actually namedrop like that with out resulting in hypothesis, and Epic’s Fortnite {dollars} might simply assist one other journey to the Zone. There, I’ve speculated. They obtained me.
Though they’re claiming there will probably be modding assist, I’ll miss the X-Ray Engine and what’s been executed with it. It has seen me by some chilly, darkish, lonely nights, largely by creating them for me. Even now, I do know there’s a flavour of S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. on the market to match my temper. Just this week, the primary playable beta of Gunslinger was launched after a decade of improvement. It overhauls each side of the game’s weaponry and extra.
S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 was previously announced final 12 months as having a 2021 launch date, however any a kind of numbers might enhance at any time.
