Stalker 2 Developer Cancels the NFT Auction

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GSC Game World, the Stalker 2 developer, has made an announcement to cancel the NFTs auctioning.

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NFTs are expensive receipts that provide an in-game presence to the owners.

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The NFT promo material showcases how to become "the first metahumans" in the "Stalker metaverse".

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This announcement has been made on Wednesday from GSC official Twitter account.

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GSC said that they don’t want Stalker 2 to become a "blockchain-based game".

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The fans were waiting for the auction to own a Stalker NFT.

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But GSC has cancelled all their plans to sell NFTs.

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The developers added that they have made this decision after feedback from the fans.

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The Skeptical onlookers were taking this as a market to make some money.

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Randy Pitchford, the CEO of Gearbox Software, said that you don’t need NFTs to pre-sell unique customized stuff.

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