OnlySP writes:
"Earlier today, bitComposer Entertainment AG issued a press release indicating that they had purchased the "exclusive worldwide rights for future video game adaptations of the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. brand" and that the event "ensures that the successful series will continue". Great news for fans of the atmospheric series, especially in light of the apparent closure of original developer, GSC Game World, earlier this year which meant that it was widely deemed dead. As it transpires, as noteworthy as this turn of events would be in its own right, things are a bit muddier that they appear."
[Here is for hoping in vain!]
As sucky as it is, STALKER seems to be dead.