Stalker 2 wins PC Gaming Show’s Most Wanted award - director thanks fans for their ‘unbreakable trust’
“Your passion has guided us throughout the journey”
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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylhas been voted as the number-one most-wanted game by the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted council.
During thePC Gaming Show: Most Wantedevent yesterday (November 30), the top 25 most highly anticipated PC games - voted for by 70 members of the council (composed of individuals in the games industry, content creators, and journalists, including TechRadar Gaming’s editor in chief, Jake Tucker) - were spotlighted.Stalker 2, a first-person shooter developed by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World, came out on top.
In his acceptance video, the CEO of GSC Game World andStalker 2’s game director, Evgeniy Grygorovych, thanked fans for their support, and said: “Being here proves that several elements much larger than myself aligned for this moment to happen.”
He went on to talk about fans’ dedication to the firstStalkergame, noting that players “enriched it with stories, love, and life, ensuring the legacy continues through the years” even after things had been planned to conclude there. “You’ve shown us that there are still goals to achieve and stories to tell,” he said. “Your passion has guided us throughout the journey, and I can never express enough gratitude for that. I consider this award a symbol of your unbreakable trust.”
Continuing, he dedicated the award to the developers working onStalker 2, and spoke about the extraordinarily challenging circumstances in which the game has been developed. “It was ambitious from the beginning, but evolved into an ultimate challenge,” he explained. “It holds extreme significance, and a deeply personal connection for us, crafted amidst the most stressful conditions imaginable - including the pandemic, war, relocation, cyberattacks, life threats and more.”
Grygorovych also spoke about all the people - including GSC Game World employees - who are currently fighting on the front lines, calling them “real heroes.” He added: “Not all of them were trained for this, they simply couldn’t turn away.”
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylis set to release in the first quarter of 2024 on PC andXbox Series X|S.
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Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
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