Survarium

Survarium[1]
Developer(s) Vostok Games[2]
Publisher(s) Vostok Games[2]
Engine Vostok Engine[3]
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows[4]
Release date(s) TBA
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Distribution Download

Survarium is a free-to-play online first-person shooter with role-playing and survival elements developed by Vostok Games through a venture capital following the purported cancellation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and closure of GSC Game World in December 2011.[5][6][7] Although Survarium is external to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, the developers intend to include comparable features, notably the anomalies and artifacts that reference the Russian science-fiction novel Roadside Picnic, and the 'ecological catastrophe' that renders much of the environment uninhabitable for humans.[1][8][9][10]

Development

On 9 December 2011, video game journalists reported that Sergei Grigorovich, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GSC Game World, had allegedly expressed his disappointment at the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 during a meeting with employees. Despite the company's initial denials in response to press inquiries, the media widely reported that senior management had officially cancelled S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and dissolved the company.[11] In March 2012, former employees from GSC Game World founded Vostok Games with capital from Vostok Ventures Ltd, and announced subsequently the development of Survarium on 25 April 2012.[12][13][14]

On 13 May 2013, the alpha test started in Russian-speaking territories.[15] The alpha launched internationally a few weeks later.

The closed beta testing is currently in progress for the PvP mode although it does not even have 50% of the planned content implemented.[16] Every minute, a user on the official Survarium website is chosen to participate in the beta test.[17]

At this point in development and for the foreseeable future, Survarium is not an MMOFPS despite Vostok Games listing it as such on the game's website. According to Vostok Games their "ultimate goal is to eventually combine the entire world of Survarium into one massive game world"[16] but no mention has been made of increasing the number of players allowed to interact simultaneously in the game world to achieve the status of being a true MMOFPS.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smith, Adam (9 July 2012). "You Winarium Or You Diearium: Survarium". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Grayson, Nathan (26 April 2012). "Survarium Is "STALKER Idea’s Next Evolutionary Step"". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Survarium: answers to your most frequent questions | Vostok Games
  4. ↑ Onyett, Charles (9 July 2012). "Ex-STALKER Devs Show Off New Shooter". GameSpy. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Purchese, Robert (26 April 2012). "Former STALKER team will develop Survarium openly with community". Eurogamer. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Rossignol, Jim (25 April 2012). "Stalker 2 Dead (Again), But Now There’s Survarium". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (7 July 2012). "Survarium: First in-game screenshots of first title from former Stalker 2 devs". Eurogamer. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Nature Declares War on Man in These Gorgeous Apocalyptic Screenshots". Kotaku. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  9. ↑ Williams, Katie (8 July 2012). "Survarium: First Screenshots". GameSpy. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "GameStar.ru Shooting range. Ruslan Didenko: "Today is a great time for experiments".". Игровая Звезда. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (9 December 2012). "GSC denies Stalker 2 cancelled rumour". Eurogamer. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "About us". Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  13. ↑ Narcisse, Evan (25 April 2012). "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Cancelled, Developers Say, But New Game Survarium Will Follow in Footsteps". Eurogamer. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  14. ↑ Purchese, Robert (26 April 2012). "Former STALKER team will develop Survarium openly with community". Eurogamer. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  15. ↑ http://survarium.com/en/news/survarium-alpha-test-has-begun
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Survarium • View topic - Wasted potential". Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Survarium • Beta Test". Retrieved 7 October 2014.

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