According to rumors, the creators of STALKER agreed with the new ban for residents of the Russian Federation

In support of his words, he posted a photograph of a letter with such an offer, and received a positive response from the company.

Recall that they decided to remove the Russian voice acting from the sequel. Only English and Ukrainian localizations will be available to players. The information was confirmed by the PR manager of GSC Game World Zakhar Bocharov. In this case, Russian subtitles will not be deleted.

On March 2, GSC Game World froze the development of STALKER 2 for an indefinite period. On March 8, the pages of the studio's games were no longer available for users from Russia.