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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – some news

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:21:31 +0000

These days, I received a number of news in preparation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky launch. This is an FPS video game for PC that should attract many players already in love with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky will be shown by GSC Game World in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (with probable availability in the stores around the end of August)
Image gallery 1 on IGN
Image gallery 2 on IGN
Analyse/preview du jeu en français sur JeuxvideoPC.
Analyse/preview du jeu en français sur ImpactVirtuel.
And still the required PC configuration to play S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

Link to GameVideos

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – game requirements

Yves Roumazeilles — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:50:02 +0000

To play with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, you will only need a small PC configuration. This FPS video game will accept:

Minimum requirements

Processor: Athlon XP 2200+ or Intel 4 @ 2GHz
Memory: 512 MB SDRAM
Graphics card: DirectX 9c on an (old) graphics card with 128MB memory

Recommended requirements

Processor: CPU dual core (Intel CoreDuo E6400 / AMD 64 X2 4200+)
Memory: 1.5 GB SDRAM
Graphics card: DirectX 9c on an (old) graphics card with 256MB memory (or DirectX 10 card, of course)

News from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:43:33 +0000

It’s coming! The new FPS video game for PC is arriving. We had seen the first opus of the saga hitting our minds and PCs in 2007: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. A game definitely attractive, where the player can really go anywhere in several square kilometers, where there is always something happening (you’d better be cautious). Now comes the prequel (not the sequel, but the a part of the story coming before the original title) under the -always too difficult to type- name of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (or STALKER: Clear sky, for lazy typists).

It seems that the game is pretty well done and a few interesting bits are leaking on the Internet.

Transitions day-night-day

Link to GameTrailers

Alpha trailer

Link to Rutube

Always the same lovely atmospheres of abandonned landscapes around the old soviet nuclear power plant. But you can’t really consider this as a poster for tourism in modern Ukraine.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Clear Sky, images and reviews

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:44:26 +0000

Like all Internet reviewers, I hate this title because of the strain it puts on the writer just to put the name down on the keyboard. However, it has received a number of reviews. Let’s see some of them:

JeuxVideoPC.com (screenshots)
GameSpy (in English)
CVG (in English)
EuroGamer first impressions (in English)
IGN (screenshots)
Hooked Gamers (in English)
All trailers
Guru3D DX10 screenshots
PCHG DirectX 10 video (Auf Deutsch)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, available on Steam download

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:01:26 +0000

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, the game prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (FPS PC game we appreciated a lot last year here at Roumazeilles.net) is now available for download at the Steam video game distribution web site of Valve. More, it will only be available there (no boxed DVD on the shelves).

It seems that this is proving the success of Steam as a distribution media (Valve did not limit it to its own games) and the efficiency of the channel (for the producers, it allows near immediate correction of bugs, removal of packaging-shipping, and coordinated distribution in all parts of the world; for the customers, it simplify the process and offers immediate pleasure – on the condition that you have a broadband connection).

When will Steam be considered as monopolistic?