bitComposer has been the digital publisher for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for a while now, so it's a natural progression. (What, you think THQ could afford to buy anything like this right now? Lol.) Not to mention, it's a huge opportunity for them to expand their catalog beyond Jagged Alliance, Air Conflicts, and a few other random indies. In a perfect world, they'd go back to the ex-GSC guys (now Vostok Games, making that F2P shooter Survarium) and make them an offer they can't refuse... Just merge the tech you're working on now with the content you were developing before, and make S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 a reality, dammit!