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This week on Zero Punctuation: Yahtzee goes in the zone to nuke S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky or as he calls it ESS-TEE-AY-ELL-KAY-EE-ARR clear sky. As always, coarse language ahead.

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GSC Game World has announced that STALKER: Clear Sky, the prequel to last year’s survival shooter STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, has gone gold and is set for worldwide release on September 5th, 2008. A slight delay after its initial August 29th date.

Clear Sky takes place in 2011, and puts players in control of a mercenary stalker as you navigate both new and old environments in a story set before the events of the original game. Clear Sky will be compatible with DirectX 8-10, and will introduce a fast-travel feature, dynamic day-night transitions, weather effects, and an expanded multiplayer mode for up to 32 players, reports 1UP.

Watch some action-filled STALKER: Clear Sky gameplay.

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STALKER: 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. STALKER: Clear Sky is the official prequel to the renowned STALKER: game by the Ukraine-based GSC Game World studio. The game is set in 2011 and brings forth the events to have preceded the third campaign of Strelok to the Zone center. STALKER: 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.

The game will be available worldwide on August 29, 2008. — The sky is clear but the path is dangerous. Watch this STALKER: Clear Sky developer walkthrough video:


STALKER: Clear Sky takes place in a dangerous wild environment.

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Developer GSC Game World announced the worldwide release date for STALKER: Clear Sky is August 29th, 2008. Aside from retail, the prequel game can also be downloaded through Valve’s Steam. “Our intention to deliver the game simultaneously worldwide is both a challenge and big responsibility to the many fans of the game around the globe. We are looking forward to achieve this ambitious goal in August.” - said Sergiy Grygorovych, GSC World Publishing CEO.

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.

Watch a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky DX10 Tech Demo:

Key game features include:
* Atmosphere of the Exclusion Zone
* Research of new depths of the Zone – Red Forest, Limansk, Pripyat Undergrounds and more.
* A-Life-driven War of the Factions
* Possibility to play and lead any faction to victory
* Advanced A-Life system
* Varied behaviour of NPC stalkers in the A-Life world
* Advanced spectacular storyline scenes
* Improved AI of computer-controlled characters
* Skirting around dynamic obstacles by NPCs
* Use of grenades by NPCs
* Fast Travel
* Improved concept of detectors, artifacts and anomalies
* New system of upgrades for weapons and armor
* Weapons and armor repair
* Reworked HUD and PDA
* New version of the game engine - X-Ray 1.5.
* DirectX 10 renderer
* Improved DirectX 9 renderer - parallax bump, soft particles, depth of field, motion blur, eye adaptation effect.
* Cutting-edge and detailed game graphics (normal map)
* Inverse kinematics
* New animation engine