"Still the Community waits strained for Patch 1,0004 and the Patch 1,1 following on it, however there is now a renewed delay on the part of the developers. Thus expressed itself developer Anton Bolshakov of GSC Game World: The thing is the following: During the transmittal of 1.0004 at THQ we began to work on the Chinese localization of ST.A.L.K.E.R. Asiatic localizations are not simple. Although it is not the first time for us, there were problems. In order to go surely that the Chinese version is compatible with others, it must have it the same version as the Patch. Therefore release of the Patches is postponed, until THQ and the Chinese tester teams find the Chinese master Disc for good. When will that happen? I hope soon. The message is more pleasing that the Singleplayer SDK always still makes in is: In addition we had a very productive meeting with the American Microsoft. This increases hope for a faster DevKit (SDK) development. Also concerning the fears and speculations of many fans over the E3-Videos Anton Bolshakov clearing-up gave: To the E3 we showed the new kind of Action scenes. STALKER will lose not 1% of the classical Gameplays, remains it S.T.A.L.K.E.R., without drifting toward arcade. Again once it means thus waits, up to release..."