Stardock has released Impulse's weekly top ten sellers list for the week ending in November 7.
This is an addon for the STALKER Complete 2009 1.4.1 mod by Artistpavel. It increases weapon damage and accuracy for a more realistic gameplay.
Valve has released their weekly top ten sellers list on Steam for the week ending on October 31. For the second week in a row Borderlands topped Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders along with the rest of the field.
THQ's shooter RPG S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl has been given a 75% discount on Steam. The title runs $20 standard, but can be picked up for only $5 through November 2.
GamersGate is holding their own THQ catalog sale this week, offering 50% off several of the publisher's games including discounts to the Red Faction, Dawn of War and Company of Heroes series.
From Strategyinformer.com: "STALKER Complete is a mod by various authors that tries to make the newest STALKER a more visually appealing experience, both visually and technically."
In an interview with Russian community site, Stalker-Portal, GSC Game World's Oleg Yavorsky has talked openly about porting their award-winning PC survival-horror franchise to consoles.
A modder from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. scene has put together his own tribute to Michael Jackson, who sadly passed away a few days ago.
Gametap writes 'Developed in the Ukraine by GSC Game World (who also brought you Heroes of Annihilated Empires and Cossacks), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a landmark first-person shooter with RPG elements from THQ. Set in the city of Chernobyl after a fictional 2006 nuclear disaster, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a "sandbox" style game, allowing players to explore the large in-game world as they please in a non-linear fashion. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a remarkable game, and has sold over 2 million copies to date.'
STALKER Complete 2009 - The mod for STALKER:SOC that is the 2nd most downloaded mod on Strategy Informer, now has a 1.2 patch. This adds over 10 new scopes, a repair system for both the player and the bar keeper, allows user to tweak motion blur, along with the same graphical overhaul and menu changes from 1.1. A must have.
Due to popular demand, GSC Game World has released an old version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - 'xrCore' build 1935, Oct 18 2004.
This mod from xRatx changes the Ecologist faction found in Yantar to the "Clear Sky" Faction.
This mod from Trojanuch features a dynamic weather system composed of 7 unique 24h cycles, fully implemented sun (and moon) flares, smart dynamic scheme creating random yet realistic weather condition chains and much more.
As part of Steam's weekly sales offers, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is 75% off. If you never got around to playing STALKER you can pick it up for $4.99 this weekend only.
The patch optimizes the performance of Clear Sky approximately 5 %. In addition to that the patch improves the overall stability of the game and fixes potential load/save issues. Further the balancing of the multiplayer mode has been changed.
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.
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.
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.
GamersGate press release: