S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is Gold, Drops Sept 5th.

[modeps]

Get ready for some prequel goodness. VE3D is Reporting (http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/40742/S-T-A-L-K-E-R-Clear-Sky-Goes-Gold-Hits-Shelves-September-5th) that its ready to roll.

GSC Game World, computer games developer, its publishing subdivision GSC World Publishing and Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, today announce that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky has gone gold. The international release date of the game has been set to September 5th of 2008.

[Schnoogs]

I absolutely cannot wait to play this.

So glad class is done...I can dedicate some serious gaming time for this!

[Phunkshun]

Oh great, I can't wait to play this either.

Unfortunately classes start next week, so I'm stuck squeezing in little bits of gaming time.

[Sly Marbo]

Another wallet catastrophe.

[alienchild]

This is a must-buy title, no doubt about it.

[Phades]

I've had the first one sitting on a shelf for a while and haven't played it. I probably should, I think I'll like it.

[Wedge]

*Salutes*

More S.T.A.L.K.E.R, I welcome you.

But wasn't it supposed to launch on 29th August? That was what my clock was set to. Fuck it, no biggie. More time for Castle Crashers.

[Worldcrafter]

Awesome! Looks like all those years of struggling with the Stalker engine paid off in the end if the team can add all that new content and features so quickly.

[grandepolloloco]

sigh.. I now i need to finish up the orginal by then. Damn you warcraft for stealing all my time. Loving the first one tho, just wish I could actually play something consistently without warcraft interupting.

[Dukefrukem]

steamers get it earlier.... :)

rofl @ steamers

[Dukefrukem]

edit: wtf they pushed it back on steam toO!!!

[Schnoogs]

Get out of here Stalaker

[Wackman3000]

Looks like I'm making my first trek through nuclear wastelands in Chernobyl before I can make my way stateside and play through a wasted Washington.

Yay for nuclear disasters!

[modeps]

I installed the latest STALKER patch before checking to see what the mod community was about, so I honestly put the original aside after only playing a little bit until the time when I felt I could uninstall and start over with the 'proper' patch.

[bryan]

The site I regularly get games from could no longer get Bioshock after I already paid for them, so I got some store credit. I expect to be using that credit on this. PLEASE BE GOOD.

p.s Got a 2nd hand Bioshock.

[Zurik]

Will this game be a big gameplay jump over the first Stalker? There's alot of things I really hated about the first one, but I really love the setting and atmosphere.

[Wasson_]

Looks like I'm making my first trek through nuclear wastelands in Chernobyl before I can make my way stateside and play through a wasted Washington.

Yay for nuclear disasters!

Damn Straight.
But through your first wasteland, no silly auto aim or pausing time. Stalker could be pretty unforgiving, hence it's extreme awesomeness.

[Wedge]

Will this game be a big gameplay jump over the first Stalker? There's alot of things I really hated about the first one, but I really love the setting and atmosphere.

From what I gather the changes to gameplay are minor, like 90% of any game sequel (prequel). What didn't you like about the gameplay of the the first one?