S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was officially announced in 2020, after years of start and stop statements. After unveiling and swiftly scrapping NFT plans in December 2021 owing to fan criticism, the project came to a standstill in February due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where GSC is situated. Many workers in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, were compelled to flee their houses. Others decided to protect the city. Vladimir “Fresh” Yezhov, one of GSC’s designers who chose to fight, was recently murdered in action.
