PC Survarium

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Survarium is a free-to-play online first-person shooter with role-playing and survival elements developed by Vostok Games through a venture capital following the purported cancellation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and closure of GSC Game World in December 2011.[4][5][6] Although Survarium is external to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.series, the developers intend to include comparable features, notably the anomalies and artifacts that reference the Russian science-fiction novel Roadside Picnic, and the 'ecological catastrophe' that renders much of the environment uninhabitable for humans.[1][7][8][9]

On 9 December 2011, video game journalists reported that Sergei Grigorovich, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GSC Game World, had allegedly expressed his disappointment at the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 during a meeting with employees. Despite the company's initial denials in response to press inquiries, the media widely reported that senior management had officially cancelled S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and dissolved the company.[10] In March 2012, former employees from GSC Game World founded Vostok Games with capital from Vostok Ventures Ltd, and announced subsequently the development of Survarium on 25 April 2012

So this game has been in development for a few years now, and it's now in BETA testing (as mentioned above). A little while ago I got a confirmation E-Mail to join the BETA testing - after about 2-3 months after registering. I though I'd get on and give it a look, and as expected it was just Russian servers (which I think they mentioned in the E-Mail). Despite the lag, I really enjoyed exploring the maps, and there is a bunch of things you can do. Also I think one of the main things they've been working on is sound, and pretty much everything sounds perfect.. From guns to foot steps.

I really hope this gets some people playing in Australia when it is released. I suck at PC shooters, so stay far far away from them but I can see myself playing this.