http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/g-2005138888000000020780 en http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/further-reading/a-2008061810483192004/g-2005138888000000020780 More games than you’d realize have their roots in novels. See which books are worth a look feature Jun 18, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-157970.aspx 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. news Jun 16, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-157961.aspx 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. news Jun 16, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-153641.aspx 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. news Jun 5, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-100461.aspx GamersGate press release: New York, USA (January 16, 2007) ¿ Leading global download portal GamersGate announced today that it has entered an extensive PC digital distribution partnership with publisher giant THQ Inc. The initial agreement includes worldwide access, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Company of Heroes®: Opposing Fronts and Supreme Commander®: Forged Alliance as well as the original titles Company of Heroes® and Supreme Commander. In addition, several catalog titles like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and Full Spectrum Warrior® will be made available on the platform as well as recently released Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights and upcoming Frontlines: Fuels of War. news Jan 16, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/stalker-dev-considering-an-mmo/a-2007121711343328019/g-2005138888000000020780 GSC spills beans in a community Q&A news Dec 17, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/stalker-on-360-imminent/a-2007112610171786050/g-2005138888000000020780 GSC Game World becomes certified Xbox developer, presumably meaning they fancy making Xbox games news Nov 26, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/new-details-on-new-stalker-gameplay-mode/a-20070731164522697091/g-2005138888000000020780 GSC tells us more about Freeplay, which will be part of the new patch news Jul 31, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-55778.aspx 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. news Jul 31, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/gsc-new-stalker-patch-very-soon/a-20070730155815283029/g-2005138888000000020780 Developer responds to patch issues - new game mode features in next patch news Jul 30, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/original-pc-gaming-miscellany/a-2007072615196879040/g-2005138888000000020780 A compendium of meaningless facts from your favorite games feature Jul 26, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/stalker-community-on-strike/a-2007072413838302096/g-2005138888000000020780 THQ blamed for poor support news Jul 24, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/the-professionals-enchantments/a-20070622133559929004/g-2005138888000000020780 Uncovering the lies and slander perpetuated by PC gaming feature Jun 22, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/big-update-planned-for-stalker/a-20070612171712484075/g-2005138888000000020780 New multiplayer content in the pipeline news Jun 13, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/new-stalker-titles-in-the-works/a-2007051713421461047/g-2005138888000000020780 Several new entries in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe to be revealed at this year's E3 news May 17, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-40038.aspx After the successful completion of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, GSC Game World continues its work on the series. The studio is about to announce several subsequent new products in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe already at the upcoming E3 Media & Business Summit-2007 to take place July 11-13 in Santa Monica. We are very happy of the players' positive reaction to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. all over the world. This fills us with confidence the team is on the right track and adds us strength to go for next exciting accomplishments. It will be very soon that we present our new interesting ideas and solutions, said GSC Game World's CEO Sergiy Grygorovych. news May 16, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-39333.aspx The soundtrack of S.T.A.L.K.E.R is now freely downloadable from the official site of the game. news May 12, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-35322.aspx The internet was a-storm over the weekend with rumours that textures had been found in STALKER's game engine that looked similar to textures found in Half-Life 2 and Doom 3. theInquirer.net reports today that the water textures used by both Valve and GSC GameWorld, the makers of STALKER, come from a texture pack sold by Marlin Studios. news Apr 16, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-34356.aspx This week, threads have started showing up on various forums containing what appears to be evidence that GSC Game World's recently released shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl makes use of a number of graphical assets taken directly from commercially released games such as Valve's Half-Life 2 and id Software's Doom 3. Many forum posters are speculating that the assets were used without authorization. news Apr 7, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/news/stalker-patch-screws-up-game-saves/a-20070327152621808079/g-2005138888000000020780 68 bugs addressed in patch, save games from previous versions don't work after patching news Mar 27, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/videos/g-2005138888000000020780/v-2007032113841572059 video Mar 21, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/screenshots/g-2005138888000000020780 screenshot Mar 6, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/screenshots/g-2005138888000000020780 screenshot Mar 6, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/screenshots/g-2005138888000000020780 screenshot Mar 6, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/videos/g-2005138888000000020780/v-200701400000000000002114 video Jan 19, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/videos/g-2005138888000000020780/v-200701400000000000001970 video Jan 9, 2007