Ill-fated fate: a fire broke out at the developer of the game Stalker: heart of Chernobyl

CTOnews.com, September 9 (Xinhua)-- according to the Czech game website Vortex, a fire broke out in the office of GSC Game World, the developer of Stalker: heart of Chernobyl, on the night of September 7, damaging important equipment.

CTOnews.com quoted the media as saying that the fire broke out on the sixth floor of the house at 60 Na Pankr á ci Street, where the GSC Game World studio is located.

The fire lasted about an hour, caused no casualties, evacuated more than 30 people, and the damage was estimated at 1.5 million Czech kroner (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 485000 yuan).

As for the cause of the fire, the preliminary conclusion is that it was caused by an electrical failure that affected the location of the GSC Game World. According to the photos at the scene of the accident, the fire destroyed facilities such as office equipment, and the most important equipment, redundant servers, was also damaged.

Officials have released the game's first trailer titled "Bolt and bullets" again, showing some of the ways to play the game, which will be released in the first quarter of 2024. The impact of the fire on the release of the game is uncertain.