{"id":523565,"date":"2026-03-05T09:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stalker-2-development-shifted-to-the-side-lines-due-to-ongoing-war-with-russia"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:21:18","slug":"stalker-2-development-shifted-to-the-side-lines-due-to-ongoing-war-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stalker-2-development-shifted-to-the-side-lines-due-to-ongoing-war-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalker 2 development &#8220;shifted to the side-lines&#8221; due to ongoing war with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stalker-2-development-shifted-to-the-side-lines-due-to-ongoing-war-with-russia.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>GSC Game World has announced <strong>Stalker 2<\/strong> development is on hold due to the ongoing war with Russia but will resume once Ukraine is triumphant.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a video, the team said the week before Russia&#8217;s invasion it was editing a new video which was to go over the motion capture process. 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