Tuesday, September 9, 2008

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Hits US on Sept. 15th

Putting the manufacturing mix-up behind them, Deep Silver and GSC Game World have announced that their highly anticipated first person shooter, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, will be hitting store shelves in North America on September 15th. But please note, this date only covers the boxed retail version of the game. No word on when the digital download edition will be released.

Anyways, here's the official word:

Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, today announced that due a problem in manufacturing, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky will hit retail stores in North America on September 15, 2008. The di 2088 gital download release date has not yet been determined.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game for PC based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the official prequel to the renowned S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game by the Ukraine-based GSC Game World studio. The game is set in 2011and brings forth the events to have preceded the third campaign of Strelok to the Zone center. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky introduces an alternative look onto the events of the original game and offers the player to try himself out as a mercenary s.t.a.l.k.e.r. in search of his own path in the world of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Official game site: www.stalker-game.com