GamesRadar - STALKER: Clear Sky

Confusing game endings explained (Feature)

Feb 17, 2009

Astrophysics are a touch bewildering. And love is a bit of a noodle-scratcher. But a convoluted, multi-layered plot about a genetically engineered pensioner; now that’s really complicated.

The following game endings are all either vague, slightly ambiguous or just downright indecipherable without advanced degrees in picking up on minuscule - but vastly important – plot details. In an effort to make things a little easier, ...

STALKER: Clear Sky (Review)

Sep 17, 2008

Let’s see a show of hands from those who played the original STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl. All of you with your hands down: shame on you. Despite its lack of polish, the appeal of its immersive open world, shooter/RPG hybrid gameplay, and gritty atmosphere earned it an 85 percent score last year. But those who skipped it will have an advantage in STALKER: Clear Sky, a prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl. ...

STALKER: Clear Sky (Screenshots)

Sep 17, 2008

Deep Silver Announce Games Convention Line-Up (News)

Aug 11, 2008

Deep Silver & Partners are presenting a broad range of different games for every taste at the Leipzig Games Convention 2008. From long-awaited action Role-Playing Games to thrilling adventures, from the fantastic Japanese RPGs to dark RPG First-Person Shooters, from educational handheld games for a young audience to challenging strategy games – Deep Silver and its Partners will offer all of this to the visitors of the Games Convention 2008.

On each day of the convention, there will be live presentations with the game developers, trailers and video shows as well as numerous other surprises that will take place at Deep Silver's exhibition booth...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Website launched (News)

Jul 29, 2008

Deep Silver has launched an official website for GSC's upcoming FPS - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky.

E3 2008 - Deep Silver Lineup (News)

Jul 9, 2008

GamingShogun writes, "Deep Silver, Inc, a publisher of interactive entertainment for PC and consoles today announced the company's lineup for the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit to be held July 13 - 16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky for PC, Deep Silver will showcase three titles..."

Next-Gen's 30 most anticipated games of E3 (Feature)

Jul 7, 2008

In choosing games for this list, we kept an eye on games most likely to succeed at the market. We also tried to keep in mind potential critical reception based on developer track record, previous franchise performance, and how the titles have been presented in the media thus far. Naturally we also picked the titles we are most excited to play at the show, but in short, these are the games to keep an eye on, because these are the games that ...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky System Requirements Revealed (News)

Jul 6, 2008

WorthPlaying writes: "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game 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. Clear Sky will run on a Intel Pentium 4 mit 2 GHz / AMD XP 2200 +, but is recommended on a Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 / AMD 64 X2 4200 +"

STALKER: Clear Sky - Atmosphere (Video)

Jul 3, 2008

A first-person shooter that has you returning to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to kill ugly, ugly things; that's still fun, but not all that different from our last excursion there.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky - New Details Revealed (News)

Jun 27, 2008

Deep Silver has released new details on the upcoming S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for Windows PC.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl was one of the best-selling first-person shooters of 2007. In late August 2008, the Ukrainian developers from GSC Game World and the publisher Deep Silver will invite gamers to join them on a new foray into the nuclear zone: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky is set one year before the events of part 1 - at a time when the Zone is changed forever by a huge anomalous eruption of energy.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. misunderstood in US - Not bright or flashy enough, says GSC (News)

Jun 16, 2008

Eurogamer writes: "GSC Game World has said S.T.A.L.K.E.R. struggled across North America because no one cared about a silly old nuclear disaster in Russia.

Developer mouth Oleg Yavorsky was speaking exclusively to Eurogamer, and said finding a topic to interest distant cultures was tricky.

"We've never had problems with getting Europeans to understand our games, and we have had problems with North America and Asia," said Yavorsky. "We've always tried to find local topics that will be relevant and interesting to people all over the world."

First S.T.A.L.K.E.R. hamstrung by over-ambition (News)

Jun 16, 2008

Eurogamer writes: "GSC Game World has tried to explain why S.T.A.L.K.E.R. took so long to make, admitting that inexperience and over-ambition were to blame.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. took six years, and GSC's Oleg Yavorsky sees the funny side of this. "Children are born and start going to school within that period," he told Eurogamer in today's interview. "Our big problem was we were developing our technology and the game simultaneously, which for us was a lot of headaches.

"When we wanted to try out a gameplay element, it wouldn't work because there would be some problem with the engine, which was still not finished. Then there was just this ambitious concept: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was to be the ultimate game, with a mix of pretty much everything - shooter, RPG, survival horror, driving."

Console S.T.A.L.K.E.R. depends on success of PC prequel (News)

Jun 5, 2008

A 360 and PS3 game based on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series depends on how successful upcoming PC-only prequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky proves as well as how fast developer GSC Game World can master console development.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at a press event for Clear Sky, GSC Game World's Oleg Yavorsky, who described the consoles as "basically a platform to let you earn some cash for the company", said that the team has "plans" for new IP it might release on consoles but "it's too early to talk about it".

"We received all the necessary permissions and licenses and dev kits and we're just starting to get familiar with the technology. It's a different type of development you need to do, lots of things to comply with, restrictions of the consoles. We are experimenting at the moment. But the plan is to bring something to the console later. Clear Sky is going to be PC only. Later on it depends on how successful and how fast we can master it."

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky To Get A New Publisher (News)

May 6, 2008

Deep Silver, Inc., has taken over publishing duties for THQ on the upcoming prequel to GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

STALKER: Clear Sky - DX10 trailer (Video)

Apr 23, 2008

A first-person shooter that has you returning to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to kill ugly, ugly things; that's still fun, but not all that different from our last excursion there.

STALKER Clear Sky out August 29 (News)

Mar 27, 2008

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky has been slapped with an August 29 release date, developer GSC Game World staying true to its promise that the game would be out in 2008. Clear Sky acts as a prequel to events portrayed in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl. A number of features planned for the first title that were eventually dropped are returning, meaning we're expecting a game far closer to its original vision for the first outing in the Zone. ...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky release date announced (News)

Mar 27, 2008

GSC Game World, computer games developer, its publishing subdivision GSC World Publishing and Koch Media, a leading marketer of video games, today announced the planned release date for the title S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. According to the agreed plan, the game will ship August 29, 2008 worldwide. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky will be published by the games labels Deep Silver and GSC World Publishing.

"The topic of the release date for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky has created a lot of interest among gamers, press and fans. We're pleased to announce an exact date for this highly anticipated game now," said Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, Managing Director of Koch Media.

"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.

DX10 screens and video from S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky (News)

Mar 13, 2008

German site PCGH.de were lucky enough to get their hands on a tech demo from S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear sky showing impressive Direct X 10 effects (especially the rain, smoke and god rays). They did some screenshots (obviously from a monitor) and a video from a flyby scene.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky dated for August (News)

Mar 5, 2008

Koch has told videogaming247 today that GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is slated for an August release.

The prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl had gone without a date since the publisher took control of the game in January.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Coming in May ? (News)

Feb 29, 2008

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a prequel to its survival FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, bringing the players one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 2011. Steam's "Coming Soon" title list indicates that we may see the second installment in GSC World's action game in May.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky NOT delayed, no Xbox360-port envisioned (News)

Feb 19, 2008

From Playfuls.com: "After contacting GSC, we've obtained confirmation that the skies are clear and that an easy take off for the DirectX 10-stuffed prequel is in sight. Oleg Yavorsky, senior PR manager at the Ukrainian company, told us that "Currently the official date is Spring 2008. There's no exact release date determined as of now. We should have it announced in few weeks."

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

Feb 12, 2008

Contributors: Jim Rossignol & Tim EdwardsSTALKER was remarkable in many ways, but it was far from the revolutionary freeform vision originally conjured for us. Now developer GSC is making a game a little closer to that original dream. Our second journey into the Chernobyl exclusion zone promises great things.As a prequel, Clear Sky will include a storyline which explains a little more about Strelok’s past, and how he ended up in the ...

Deep Silver to publish S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky + screens (News)

Jan 31, 2008

Koch Media announced today the conclusion of a publishing agreement with GSC Game World that sees it gain worldwide publishing rights for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Prequel Gets Simultaneous Steam Release, New Screenshots, Video (News)

Jan 24, 2008

Shacknews is reporting that Valve announced today that GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC) will be made available as a digital download exclusively on Steam, and unveiled a handful of new screenshots of the upcoming standalone prequel.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is tentatively scheduled for simultaneous retail and digital release later this year.

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

Jan 15, 2008

Jan 15, 2008 Last years bravest game, STALKER, asked players to explore the area around the ruined Chernobyl reactor. Filled with physical and biological anomalies, it demanded players swallow their fear and go for long, lonely walks in the haunting countryside. Clear Sky is a prequel that offers similar low-beat thrills. Rather than focusing on a single storyline and channeling you down a linear path, in Clear Sky youre free to choose a faction (the original game let you choose missions from ...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky - nine new screens (News)

Jan 3, 2008

Jan 3, 2008 Nine new screenshots from GSC's new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. project, Clear Sky, have bombed onto the internet. Take a ...

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

Oct 10, 2007

Oct 10, 2007 We had to wait 70 gajillion years for the first Stalker game to come out, and now GSC are preparing another game for early next year. It's a prequel to the freeform Chernobyl-based shooter, giving you control of a Stalker mercenary active in the Zone a year before the original game. Clear Sky sprang into life at GSC as an expansion pack, but swelled like a radioactive polyp into a game in its own right, bringing territorial battles, four new zones, and some spectacular new engine ...

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

Aug 15, 2007

After a gestation period that could only be rivaled by the collective efforts of 15 pregnant elephants, GSC Game Worlds STALKER eventually became the most atmospheric and original shooter in recent years. A lovable rogue of a game with a fair few rough edges in presentation that belied some razor-sharp gunplay and genuinely unsettling wanders through the wilderness. And now, the Zone wants us back. Clear Sky kicks off a year before Shadow of Chernobyls amnesiac lead character, one Strelok, ...

Stalker: Clear Sky trailer (News)

Aug 2, 2007

Thursday 2 August 2007 If a developer takes literally years to complete an incredibly amibitious project, as with GSC Game World's Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, it's totally understandable that said developer would want to get as much gameage out of the one project as possible. Cue Stalker: Clear Sky. As you can see from this first vid, Clear Sky paints with the same muted (but beautifully atmospheric) visual palette as Stalker. And, from experience, the gunplay action looks much the same too. ...

First STALKER: Clear Sky gameplay footage (News)

Aug 1, 2007

The first gameplay trailer from GSC's STALKER: Clear Sky has dropped into our laps and, running for around two minutes, is the developer's way of showing changes it has made to the shooter action for the follow-up to Shadow of Chernobyl. Clear Sky is set one year prior to events in the original game. You'll be dropped into the boots of a mercenary who is embroiled in events that led to the creation of the Zone up to the point from which the original STALKER game begins. August 1, ...

STALKER: Clear Sky - Gameplay trailer 08-01-07 (Video)

Aug 1, 2007

A first-person shooter that has you returning to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to kill ugly, ugly things; that's still fun, but not all that different from our last excursion there.

New details on new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gameplay mode (News)

Jul 31, 2007

Back in June GSC revealed its plan to release a new gameplay mode - Freeplay - for S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and the developer's now expanded on the details it originally provided.

Planned for inclusion in the next patch for the game, Freeplay's a brand new single-player mode that's accessible once you've completed the game.

"In a nutshell," GSC senior PR manager Oleg Yavorsky has told us, "it's you and A-life only, no story scene limitations whatsoever - you can roam freely (players complained they couldn't properly explore some places, like Pripyat), accomplish random quests (a bunch of new tasks were written specifically for this mode), [and] find some new opportunities, such as picking up tasks from the military, for example."

E3 07: Debut shots of STALKER Clear Sky (News)

Jul 12, 2007

STALKER: Clear Sky is the prequel to developer GSC Game World's troubled but ultimately worthy FPS adventure, STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl. It's expected to arrive on the PC in the first quarter of 2008. And with the first game spending some five and a half years in development limbo, you'd be forgiven for thinking such a release date to be a world-warping anomaly. Good thing we've got new screens, then, eh? Click the Images tab above, and at least you can see how far along it's already ...

New S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game revealed - first details (News)

Jul 11, 2007

GSC Game World's made no secret about the need to be prepared for new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. announcements, but news that a full new irradiated shooty adventure in the pipeline is set to release in the first half of 2008 will likely raise an eyebrow or two. It's called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.

Revealed in the latest edition of PC Zone magazine, Clear Sky is a prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl. Without giving away too many plot for fear of spouting spoilers, it fleshes out the origins of one of the main characters in the first game who, stepping into the boots of a stalker from a rival faction this time around, you're out to kill.

STALKER: Clear Sky Beginner's Guide (FAQ)

Nov 21, 2008

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GamesRadar - STALKER: Clear Sky

Confusing game endings explained (Feature)

STALKER: Clear Sky (Review)

STALKER: Clear Sky (Screenshots)

Deep Silver Announce Games Convention Line-Up (News)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Website launched (News)

E3 2008 - Deep Silver Lineup (News)

Next-Gen's 30 most anticipated games of E3 (Feature)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky System Requirements Revealed (News)

STALKER: Clear Sky - Atmosphere (Video)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky - New Details Revealed (News)

Further Reading (Feature)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. misunderstood in US - Not bright or flashy enough, says GSC (News)

First S.T.A.L.K.E.R. hamstrung by over-ambition (News)

Console S.T.A.L.K.E.R. depends on success of PC prequel (News)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky To Get A New Publisher (News)

STALKER: Clear Sky - DX10 trailer (Video)

STALKER Clear Sky out August 29 (News)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky release date announced (News)

DX10 screens and video from S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky (News)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky dated for August (News)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Coming in May ? (News)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky NOT delayed, no Xbox360-port envisioned (News)

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

Deep Silver to publish S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky + screens (News)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Prequel Gets Simultaneous Steam Release, New Screenshots, Video (News)

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky - nine new screens (News)

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

STALKER: Clear Sky (Preview)

Stalker: Clear Sky trailer (News)

First STALKER: Clear Sky gameplay footage (News)

STALKER: Clear Sky - Gameplay trailer 08-01-07 (Video)

New details on new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gameplay mode (News)

E3 07: Debut shots of STALKER Clear Sky (News)

New S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game revealed - first details (News)

STALKER: Clear Sky Beginner's Guide (FAQ)