UK Pub Deep Silver to bring S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky to North America

by Jason Dobson { May 6th 2008 at 9:25AM }

With S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky shipping worldwide on August 29, Deep Silver has announced that it will handle publishing duties in North America for developer GSC Game World's upcoming prequel to 2007's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. We think it's particularly interesting that Deep Silver, a UK-based studio that only established a US footprint last month in Los Angeles, has been trusted to steer the game's North American debut instead of THQ, which handled the original game's release last year.

As the latest in GSC's considerable plans for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe, the game promises a "what-if" look at the events leading up to last year's FPS/RPG hybrid, and according to Deep Silver was "created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies" -- especially, we assume, any tech that can give rise to hordes of radioactive beasties.

Tags: deep-silver, deepsilver, gsc-game-world, gscgameworld, s.t.a.l.k.e.r., stalker, stalker-clear-sky, thq

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fernando Rocker @ May 6th 2008 9:46AM

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Einhanderkiller @ May 6th 2008 10:06AM

Obviously, you do not appreciate good games.

Fernando Rocker @ May 6th 2008 10:10AM

mmmm... I was talking about the comments.

Einhanderkiller @ May 6th 2008 10:11AM

Oh, I see.

KilgoreTrout XL @ May 6th 2008 10:11AM

I've always liked the looks of this game & am patiently waiting for a port to the 360. Wasn't there a story about GSC hiring a bunch of console developers fairly recently?

xFenixKnightx @ May 6th 2008 10:23AM

A 360 port would be nice and thats what I thought they were talking about until I saw the (file under)

BigD145 @ May 6th 2008 2:20PM

Why bother with the 360? One of the nice things about STALKER is that it's modable on the PC.

KilgoreTrout XL @ May 6th 2008 2:26PM

You know the answer already.

I knew I would get at least one of these responses to my perfectly reasonable post. Thanks for filling the quota.

Zootittles @ May 6th 2008 10:56AM

My nipples explode with delight!

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was easily up there with the best PC games of last year. Of course, it was overshadowed by the fantastic slew of games that came out in the fall.

BigD145 @ May 6th 2008 2:19PM

I may avoid this title if it manages to get infected with Starforce.

born2expire @ May 6th 2008 4:06PM

STALKER was easily the best game of last year, incredible story and atmosphere, cant wait for Clear Sky.

If your worried about Starfoce buy it on Steam (like everyone else!).

LaughingTarget @ May 6th 2008 5:09PM

Exactly, when I saw this, I wondered what they were thinking with them pimping it out on Steam for the past month.

Beatle_Meyer @ May 7th 2008 2:11PM

I for one would LOVE STALKER on 360. Shadow of Chernobyl was one of the richest single player experiences I ever had (along the ranks of Deus Ex 1) but I'm tired of spending the cost of a new console every year to upgrade my machine! Never thought I'd become a console gamer, but fuck it, 360 rocks!