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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>UK Pub Deep Silver to bring S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky to North America</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/uk-pub-deep-silver-to-bring-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-clear-sky-to-north-am/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/uk-pub-deep-silver-to-bring-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-clear-sky-to-north-am/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/uk-pub-deep-silver-to-bring-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-clear-sky-to-north-am/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/firstpersonshooters/" rel="tag">First Person Shooters</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rpgs/" rel="tag">RPGs</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/s-t-a-l-k-e-r---clear-sky-north-american-release-plans-revealed---summary--it-s-coming-out-there"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/stalker-clear-sky-490pxa.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
With <em>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky </em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/27/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-clear-sky-ships-august-29/">shipping worldwide on August 29</a>, Deep Silver has announced that it will handle publishing duties in North America for developer GSC Game World's upcoming prequel to 2007's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/stalker"><em>S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl</em></a>. We think it's particularly interesting that Deep Silver, a UK-based studio that only established a US footprint <a href="http://www.deepsilver.com/index.php?id=13&amp;L=0&amp;tx_ttnews[tt_news]=69&amp;tx_ttnews[backPid]=47&amp;cHash=99730e57b1">last month in Los Angeles</a>, has been trusted to steer the game's North American debut instead of THQ, which handled the original game's release last year. <br /><br />As the latest in GSC's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/16/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-dev-plans-several-follow-up-titles/">considerable plans</a> for the <em>S.T.A.L.K.E.R.</em> 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.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/s-t-a-l-k-e-r---clear-sky-north-american-release-plans-revealed---summary--it-s-coming-out-there>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/uk-pub-deep-silver-to-bring-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-clear-sky-to-north-am/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1187620/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/uk-pub-deep-silver-to-bring-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-clear-sky-to-north-am/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>deep-silver</category><category>deepsilver</category><category>gsc-game-world</category><category>gscgameworld</category><category>s.t.a.l.k.e.r.</category><category>stalker</category><category>stalker-clear-sky</category><category>thq</category><dc:creator>Jason Dobson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-05-06T09:25:00+00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>