Posted on Mar 14, 2023
Russian Hackers Threaten Ukrainian Stalker 2 Devs, Things Go Badly
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On the 11th of March, a post on a Russian fan page for the Stalker series boasted of having hacked the in-development Stalker 2, and started making threats to the Ukrainian developers of the game. Those developers have now responded, and basically told them to go to hell.
The post and hack appear to be in response to developers GSC Game World’s decision not to localise the upcoming shooter for the Russian market, and for the way Russian members of the series’ community are being treated in the wake of their country’s invasion of Ukraine last year. The hackers ask GSC to “rethink your attitude towards players from Belarus and Russia”, and to “apologize for the unworthy attitude towards ordinary players from these countries”.
On the 11th of March, a post on a Russian fan page for the Stalker series boasted of having hacked the in-development Stalker 2, and started making threats to the Ukrainian developers of the game. Those developers have now responded, and basically told them to go to hell.
The post and hack appear to be in response to developers GSC Game World’s decision not to localise the upcoming shooter for the Russian market, and for the way Russian members of the series’ community are being treated in the wake of their country’s invasion of Ukraine last year. The hackers ask GSC to “rethink your attitude towards players from Belarus and Russia”, and to “apologize for the unworthy attitude towards ordinary players from these countries”.
Russian Hackers Threaten Ukrainian Stalker 2 Devs, Things Go Badly
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."With regards to the lack of a Russian localisation, they write “Fans are waiting for it from your official company. It is not necessary to spoil the game for people because of politics.”
The hackers say they have in their possession concept art, story details, maps and “much more”, adding up to “tens of gigabytes” worth of data. They say that if GSC Game World haven’t responded by March 15, they’ll release this imagery and information onto the internet."...
..."With regards to the lack of a Russian localisation, they write “Fans are waiting for it from your official company. It is not necessary to spoil the game for people because of politics.”
The hackers say they have in their possession concept art, story details, maps and “much more”, adding up to “tens of gigabytes” worth of data. They say that if GSC Game World haven’t responded by March 15, they’ll release this imagery and information onto the internet."...
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