RUMOR: bitComposer German company bought the rights to the brand STALKER

Germans out of bitComposer continue to speculate on the Ukrainian-known brands AAA class STALKER According to their statement on the official website, they have acquired the right to play the brand from the Borka Strugatsky.

Later that evening, the official site GSC published a statement that the above bullshit :). Rights to the brand was, is, and will remain, Sergei Grigorovich.


From an official site bitComposer:

bitComposer Entertainment AG has acquired exclusive rights to future adaptations of well-known brand of game STALKER from Bernstein Boris Strugatsky. This is the second "strong" international transaction which Eschborn-company acquired in recent years, and this step will ensure that the successful game series will continue. More information will be released soon.

"The acquisition of the license STALKER is an important basis for further international orientation bitComposer Entertainment AG", - says Stefan Weil (Stefan Weyl), executive board member AG bitComposer. "For us, this brand is very important. We wish to express our gratitude to Boris Strugatsky Bernstein."

"STALKER - is reputable brand with a long successful history. Today STALKER game series has sold several million units worldwide," says Wolfgang Dahr (Wolfgang Duhr), Member of the Executive Board bitComposer AG. "Naturally, we would like to connect to the success of this series, and we see great potential for the future."

Beginning with the first part of the game STALKER: "Shadow of Chernobyl" series has received numerous national and international awards. Drive with the game "Shadow of Chernobyl" has sold more than 300,000 copies in the German-speaking countries. Series has been exceptional reviews around the world, with an average rating of 82% (Metacritic) for "Shadow of Chernobyl" and 80% (Metacritic) for "Call of Pripyat". So far, three titles in the STALKER энциклопедия series has been released for Windows PC.

STALKER game in the series based on the novel Roadside Picnic by the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which was also the basis of the film. The film Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, was produced in 1979 and is considered a classic of Soviet cinema.

bitComposer Entertainment AG has acquired the rights to adapt the brand's future games STALKER. All other rights are retained by the Strugatsky brothers.

Read the official statement, please visit: bitcomposer.com

And here is the official statement from the site-denial GSC:

In connection with the rumors that appear in the press and announce that GSC Game World and Sergei Grigorovich remain full owner of all intellectual property rights to the game STALKER and the brand as a whole, including trademarks, the game universe, technology, etc. This is easily checked by trademark information in the online services.

Online from time to time there are news that STALKER brand of a company. We explain the interest in its exclusive brand popularity. Even buying the rights to create games based on the book "Roadside Picnic" small publisher is presented as an extension of the franchise STALKER We are doubts about the above products from bitComposer (publisher game STALKER: Call of Pripyat in some areas ), since the latter is essentially "owed" to the implementation of their obligations under existing between our companies contact.