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?

Project Offset (working title) screenshots

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:11:21 +0000

I have already spoken several times here about a PC First Person Shooter (FPS) video game currently known under the name of Project Offset (a working title htat will certainly be replaced before the project goes to distribution). Its innovation comes from replacing the tired old “Space marine in charge of wiping monsters out of Earth” with a medieval-fantasy world where -instead of shotguns and pulse beam guns- you will get sharp blades and bows.

If you want to check the current screenshots, you can find them on the developer’s web site. They look quite good (even if this does not tell us anything about the playability of the finished game).

First Person Shooter – Roumazeilles.net

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

Project Offset (working title) screenshots