Developer GSC Game World has announced that it’s working on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. The studio promises “a completely new multi-platform technology developed by GSC will make the core of the game.”

Sergiy Grygorovych, CEO of GSC Game World, said, “After the official sales of the series exceeded 4 million copies worldwide, we had no doubts left to start creating a new big game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe. This will be the next chapter of the mega-popular game players expect from us.”

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is scheduled for release in 2012.