What you need to know
- Last week, STALKER developer GSC Game World shadow dropped ports of all three of the games in the original STALKER trilogy — 2007's Shadow of Chernobyl, 2008's Clear Sky, and 2010's Call of Pripyat — on Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
- Shortly after the launch, a fan shared several leaked design documents on the STALKER subreddit that show how GSC, at one point, planned to release STALKER games on both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Portable (PSP).
- The former would have had STALKER's trademark non-linear FPS gameplay but would have had one of two stories centered around conflict with the Freedom faction, while the latter would have been a portable-friendly adaptation of Shadow of Chernobyl (or a game heavily inspired by it) with third-person shooting and linear levels.
- Both projects were ultimately scrapped and never saw the light of day, though it's interesting to see the ideas GSC was considering 20 years ago for Xbox 360 and PSP titles.
