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

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

"A few weeks ago, an extremely unexpected and radically depressing statement flew across the internet like wildfire: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developer GSC Game World announced that they were closing, and that the official second game in the series would be canceled.

After teasing us for weeks on end, those crazy guys and gals over at GSC have given us an early Christmas present."

Electronic Theatre reports on the availability of a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Patch 1.5.08 is now available from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky's official website.

"Today, 2nd January 2009, is the ninth day of Christmas. It may seem like Christmas is all but over-and-done with now, but Electronic Theatre are staying true to tradition and heading-on through those infamous twelve days! On this ninth day, The Twelve Games of Christmas enters its ninth edition, and today we run through the top-performing disc-based releases of September 2008. Hold onto your hats, it’s going to be bumpy from here-on out!"

The games should start arriving this week at retailers Wednesday, September 17, and they should have a good truckload this time. Tons of stuff out to coincide with the fall season, and a nice bit of it is very promising. From Dragon Quest IV to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to Crysis Warhead to WAR to Rock Band 2, gamers won't have trouble finding their blockbuster title of choice, though the trouble may be in finding how many one can afford.

"Deep Silver have announced that due a problem in manufacturing, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, which was released in Europe last week, will hit retail stores in North America on September 15th, 2008. The digital download release date has not yet been determined.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a Survival First-Person Shooter 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 technol..."

PCGH was able to get their hands on the retail version of the FPS titled S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and have also revealed the system requirements for the game.

There are four different types of requirements: Minimal, recommended, optimal, and extreme. All I know is that you better have a pretty good computer in order to run the game using the extreme requirements.

Check out the screenies, the one on the right is showing the minimal graphics, while the others are showing recommended, op...