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Valve president and co-founder, Gabe Newell, revealed that he has been playing a lot ofSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylas of late. His shoutout to the game further underscoresSTALKER 2’s global success.
When he’s not gaming or running Valve,Gabe Newell occasionally answers fan emails. Though he’s not exactly soliciting such communications, his work email address leaked online many years ago and he has never bothered changing it, instead opting to engage with fans every once in a while.
In yet another apparent example of this trend, Newell recently allegedly responded to an email inquiring about what he’s been playing as of late. “A bunch ofSTALKER 2,” he wrote back on March 3, according to a screenshot of his response shared by Twitter user TheCSTimes. While the very existence of this response aligns withNewell’s track record of engaging with fans, Game Rant was unable to verify the authenticity of the email.
Gabe Newell Has Reportedly Unlocked All STALKER 2 Endings
The widely circulated message also saw Newell seemingly reveal he was close to completely beating GSC Game World’s post-apocalyptic shooter as of early March 2025. “I should get the fourth ending tomorrow,” the March 3 email reads, suggesting the Valve co-founder has already seen the entirety of the game’s story as of this writing.Unlocking all fourSTALKER 2endingsis no simple feat, as even the easiest way of doing so requires replaying the challenging final stretch of the game multiple times. The most common ending, She Will Never Be Free, was only seen by 8.1% of the game’s Steam players, while just 1.7% ofSTALKER 2owners on Valve’s storefront unlocked the Today Never Ends ending. Even fewer have likely seen all four endings.
Newell did not clarify on which ending he was yet to unlock as of March 3.STALKER 2endings can be obtained in any order, as they depend solely on player choices during the game’s final stretch. Anyone looking to follow in Newell’s footsteps without having to replay the game four times can do so by progressing toSTALKER 2’s Legends of the Zone missionand making a manual save—which they’ll revisit whenever they are ready to go for another ending.
After completingSTALKER 2, Newell has presumably moved on to something else. “I’ll have to figure out what I’m going to play next,” he revealed in response to his recent fan email. Newell is one of 6 million people who have playedSTALKER 2as of early March 2025, when developer GSC Game World shared the game’s latest player count report.
