S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky is done, shipping Sept. 5

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Aug 18th 2008 at 12:15PM }

With the sun setting on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. prequel Clear Sky's development, GSC Game World has let us know that it's finally safe to venture outside -- provided you're packing enough firepower to keep the ravenous and irrevocably irradiated hordes at bay. The anticipated FPS is finally ~~dawn~~ done and should be taking us for a first-person stroll through Chernobyl's utterly charming neighborhood on September 5th (yes, that counts as a minor delay).

If you're the sort who can tell your GPU from your PPU (doesn't that fit into the SKU?), you should be pleased to note that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky will feature support for both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 chipsets. You'll be wanting those hideously deformed mutants to look their best when they tear your throat out.

Gallery: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky

Tags: Clear-Sky, Deep-Silver, FPS, GSC-Game-World, Stalker, Stalker-Clear-Sky

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Einhanderkiller @ Aug 18th 2008 12:23PM

The delay kind of sucks, but oh well - it's only a week.

I'm sure the small wait will be worth it. Clear Sky looks, from what I've seen of it, really, really good.
( IGN posted a bunch of screens from a preview build here: http://media.pc.ign.com/media/945/945039/imgs_1.html )

LordChimp @ Aug 18th 2008 12:31PM

I need to finish building my new computer before then. Why does my laptop have to be so slow. :(

The_Punisher @ Aug 18th 2008 12:32PM

That was.....unexpected....

I think i'm going to be buying Hell's Highway on Steam over this though (comes with Road to Hill 30 free).

Marty @ Aug 18th 2008 12:42PM

I really like S.T.A.L.K.E.R., but it crashes too much for me to really get into it. My computer handles it beautifully (when it works)... but the game likes to make it reset all the time for some reason.

deadjesterx @ Aug 18th 2008 1:00PM

First one was pretty good. Might pick it up since it's before the fall avalanche. I just hope they spent more time fixing the bugs in this one. If there was one major problem with the first title, it's that it was buggy as hell.

JohnMazz @ Aug 18th 2008 1:07PM

Sept. 5, eh? Ok, so I have exactly 48 hours to buy, and beat this game before Warhammer 2 Open Beta... I should do live streaming video of my marathon play session.

Jakka - The Heavy wants his sandwich back! @ Aug 18th 2008 2:08PM

It's really not hard.

STALKER could be done in eight hours if you stopped all the exploring bullshit and got straight to the story.It could also probably be done in less than 3 hours if you knew what you were doing(hidden special weapons,shortcuts etc.)