The team behind the STALKER series, GSC Game World have confirmed that they are working on the first true sequel to the game.

They announced on their official website that they are working on STALKER 2 with the aim of getting the game out in 2012.

Sergiy Grygorovych, CEO of GSC Game World explained: "After the official of the series exceeded 4 million copies worldwide, we had no doubts left to start creating a new big game in the STALKER universe. This will be the next chapter of the mega-popular game players expect from us."

In developing STALKER 2 GSC Game World are also working on a completely new multi-platform engine to power the game.

By Ewan Aiton