In view of the rumors appearing in press, we find it necessary to inform that GSC Game World and Sergey Grigorovich remain to be the sole owners of all the intellectual property rights to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series and the brand overall, including all the trademarks, the game universe, the technology etc. This can be easily verified with the trademark services online.

From time to time news on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. brand purchase by this or that company appear over the Internet. We relate such a keen interest in the brand to its exceptional popularity. Even the purchase of rights to create a “Roadside picnic” book-based game by a small publisher is presented as the continuation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise. We have doubts regarding the mentioned product by bitComposer (the publisher of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat on some territories), since the latter has significant debts in terms of fulfilling the obligations under the existing contract between our companies.

As the saying goes, another man's mind is a closed book, while your own one is closed even tighter. You may argue the charm and beauty of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. world can only be understood in full by the ex-USSR residents. However, the fan community of the series grew well beyond the boundaries of the now disbanded USSR, and the German writers such as Bernd Frenz and Claudia Kern have been working hard on novelizations of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s setting. Almost a year ago Mr. Frenz gave an interview (German version) to GSC-Fan.Com, and now his colleague Claudia joined S.T.A.L.K.E.R. community with the answers.

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During the latest S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Reality 6 airsoft role-playing game, a suit contest was announced among the participants. A selection of over 20 s.t.a.l.k.e.r.s have contested the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-branded wear prizes offered by GSC Game World. As the results are drawn now, we are happy to introduce you the participants and winners. Check out this page with an array of photos here.

This June another big-scale airsoft cosplay – S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Reality – took place in Kiev vicinity. Traditionally, the tournament provoked great interest among the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. community and the airsoft enthusiasts. The cosplay offered its participants unmatched atmosphere, true game spirit and a plethora of unique costumes hand-crafted after the computer game prototypes. Today we are glad to present you our photo report of the event.

Notably, for the first time at S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Reality there was held the best suit contest. You are welcome to check the competing costumes and vote for your most liked one at YaStalker.com.

A quarter century ago at 1:23 a.m. an extremely powerful heat explosion happened at the Chernobyl NPP, resulting in over a hundred tons of radioactive substances thrown out into the environment. The fallout equaling the explosion of 500 Hiroshima bombs dropped in 1945, it changed the lives of hundreds of thousands witnesses and liquidators of the disastrous accident for good.

Today we express our deep respect and gratitude towards these courageous and selfless people who have protected us from the trouble.
Thank you... Let's have a moment of silent grief and remember the ones who are no longer with us.

On behalf of GSC development team, let us send our spring greetings of the International Women's Day of March 8! May this warm sunny day bring you joy and love! We wish you happiness!

The laborious cooperation with Intel has yielded good results: we are happy to offer our glorified Cossacks: Back to War strategy game via AppUp, a netbook-targeted digital distribution platform developed by Intel.

The downloadable version includes full Cossacks: Back to War game as well as all the campaigns from the previous Cossacks titles, including Cossacks: European Wars and Cossacks: The Art of War.

This is a not-to-be-missed chance to prove your netbook is not only a typewriter, but the ultimate gaming platform :)

The National stage of Entrepreneur of The Year contest held by Ernst & Young in 50 countries throughout 24 years is over now. Ernst & Young Entreprenuer of the Year Awards ® is the only international contest of entrepreneurship in the world. In 2006 Ukraine officially joined the international programme.

At the awards ceremony held on February 5 in Kiev Sergiy Grygorovych was declared the best Entrepreneur of 2010 and also won the Innovative Business Ideas nomination. In June 2011 Sergiy will represent Ukraine at the contest's international Grand Final in Monte-Carlo (Monaco).

We congratulate Sergiy Grygorovych on this outstanding acknowledgment and wish him good luck for the international Grand Final of the contest!
Many thanks to all of you who supported Sergiy on his way to winning the Entrepreneur of The Year title!

S.T.A.L.K.E.R., without exaggeration, is popular not only in the former Soviet Union, but also with players from all around the globe. The universe of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. attracts more and more people internationally and the growth of interest in the mysterious Zone continues.

Now and then, we may ponder, what do the developer-native Russian-speaking community think of the game? What do they like about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and what are their expectations of the future sequel?

The Official S.T.A.L.K.E.R. community group on Facebook has initiated the collection of questions to the Russian-speaking fans of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. You have a wonderful opportunity to look at the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe through the eyes of game fans living in the ex-USSR part of the world, where the project originated from. Post your questions in the Facebook group page, just make sure they are written clearly and concisely. Try to come up with an interesting question, be inventive.

Have fun communicating with s.t.a.l.k.e.r.s all around the world!

On behalf of GSC Game World, let us congratulate you on the upcoming New Year!

Throughout the 2010 we fruitfully worked on the new engine for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 project and made public announcement of the game in development. On top of that, in the past year we experimented and tried some new endeavors - movie production, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trademark wear. Expect to see more pleasant surprises in the upcoming year.

May 2011 become a year of joy, smiles, happiness and excellent games! Good luck to you and be healthy!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Always yours,
GSC Game World Team.

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