S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 - Announced Early For Publisher Interest

Gamingbolt reports that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was announced early to try and get publisher interest.

According to Epic Games’s director of publishing Sergey Galyonkin, the game is currently only in the design doc phase- so it hasn’t even properly begun development. The only reason it was announced as early as it was was to generate some publisher interest for it this E3. Which makes sense- but which is likely to make the wait for the fans brutal and unrelenting. Just as Square Enix fans how they feel about games tat take years to come out because they were announced before they properly began development.

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