S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky to be Released Digitally as a Steam Exclusive
By Stephany on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 4:03 PM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry
The prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl titled S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky will be launching simultaneously in retail outlets and as a digital exclusive on Steam and you can expect this to happen, well, sometime this year possibly. Release dates have ranged from Q1 2008 to January 2, 2009 depending on the source – so check back with us as more information on the release is forthcoming.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky brings the players one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 2011. A group of stalkers has, for the first time, reached the very heart of the Zone-Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant-and brings about a cataclysm. Through narratives and combat action, players uncover new challenges and insights in the Exclusion Zone, along with a new version of the game engine, X-Ray 1.5, which promises to deliver superior graphical details to the game along with realistic and non-scripted combat AI.
For more information on Steam, visit the official site. For more information on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, check out our previous posts.
Via: Press Release
This could be both great and HORRIBLE.
For one, I know hundreds of people that HATE steam.
And not only that, but what about people without internet access?!
Oh well.
Good news: Digital download for a game.
+New screens look great (at least for STALKER)
Vedicardi: It’s being realized DIGITALLY exclusively on Steam. You can buy it in a store. Hence the mentioning of retail outlets. And to the people who don’t have internet access: fuck them. If someone doesn’t have internet access, they probably wouldn’t have the fucking specs to run this game on their PC either, would they? No, they wouldn’t.
Oh. XD
Well then there’s really nothing wrong with that. It really just means that it’s not going to be on direct2drive, which is really the only other big digital distributer.
As for people without internet, I’m talking about people with dial-up that don’t have access to high-speed or people in different countries.
For example, you can’t buy games via Steam in Columbia (some one I know lives there).
And for more information about the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Games click my name!!! [/shameless advert!!!]
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