
We have faced blackmail, acts of aggression, attempts to hurt players and fans, and efforts to damage the development process of the reputation of our company,” said team concerning the Russian hackers. The team was initially blackmailed by the hackers but it did not falter the studio earlier addressed the impending concerns on its Twitter handle.Ī message from GSC Game World team /rqRM0tFZmO The other rumor concerning who leaked the dev builds is much more sinister, as it relates to recent threats made by some Russian hackers to leak Stalker 2 files if specific requests were not met. If the rumor is to be believed, then the file sizes may have inflated with extra content and tools that could be slashed away in the official release, reducing the disk space requirement. One speculation suggests that the team itself has leaked the title by accidentally setting the files to “public,” as the dev builds were allegedly created for testers to tinker around the game.

Stalker 2 dev builds were recently leaked online, requiring nearly 200 GB to be downloaded. Images of both leaked in-development builds have also been saved, with many rumors unfolding about the leaks.

Regardless, there is no hope for the anticipating players to relish in the dev builds ahead of the release because encryption is protecting the builds from becoming playable.īoth the Stalker 2 builds seemingly require a lot of disk space to download, needing a whopping 193.82 GB and 193.78 GB respectively just to get the files on your system. The unexpected leak has reportedly emerged on specific a specific torrent site causing some gamers to be excited while others to be wary. Stalker 2 has just suffered a massive leak, causing the whole in-development builds to surface online ahead of the official release. Recently, the game’s Ultimate Edition suffered a price hike. Stalker 2 will release on December 2023 for the PC and Xbox Series X, but a potential PS5 release later down the road is also possible.The other speculation is much darker, hinting at the recent blackmail attempts by Russian hackers who threatened to leak the game files if demands were not met.

