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.
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