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\nThe Ukrainian developer of Stalker 2, GSC Game World, has claimed one of its employee’s accounts has been hacked and the studio threatened with blackmail.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe hack, claimed by a community from a Russian social network, comes ahead of the game’s release later this year.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe studio has released a statement on Twitter in response, requesting fans refrain from sharing leaked material and spoilers.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ukrainian developer of Stalker 2, GSC Game World, has claimed one of its employee’s accounts has been hacked and the studio threatened with blackmail. The hack, claimed by a community from a Russian social network, comes ahead of the game’s release later this year. The studio has released a statement on Twitter in response,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26174,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[719,1252,3928],"class_list":["post-26173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-releases","category-nintendo","tag-developer","tag-the","tag-ukrainian"],"yoast_head":"\nStalker 2 studio defiant in response to claimed Russian hack | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Stalker 2 studio defiant in response to claimed Russian hack for free, here on XtremeServers. 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