Random Access 10 things we’re into this month 6# MOD WATCH Sometimes, all it takes are a few good mods to pull you back into a game you’ve already beaten. That just happened with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Among the better ones: Float32 (for improved system performance), X-46...
The german anti-cheat engine BattlEye will be integrated in Stalker from patch 1.0006. BE have been used as a 3rd party anti-cheat for (i.e.) the Battlefield-games and were really appreciated by the community. They don't say why GSC/THQ choose BE. BattlEye (BE) was founded by Bastian Suter in O...
The guys over at GameSpy have been taking a look at S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky and have posted up their initial impressions. The prequel returns us to the same alternate reality where a second nuclear disaster has occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. As before, many factions are at the...
The guys over at IGN have been hanging out at GSC's booth previewing Clear Sky. With the German Games Convention being made up of so many recycled demos from this summer's prior trade shows, it's particularly gratifying that GSC has taken the time to show us some of the new things they have in st...
The guys over at Gamespot have been to GC '07 and have posted up their impressions of the upcoming game from GSC, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky will feature a total of 14 distinct locations (the original game had 18), and while many of them will be recognizable to fans, th...
"Still the Community waits strained for Patch 1,0004 and the Patch 1,1 following on it, however there is now a renewed delay on the part of the developers. Thus expressed itself developer Anton Bolshakov of GSC Game World: The thing is the following: During the transmittal of 1.0004 at THQ we be...
Also reporting their thoughts and impressions on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky demonstration at this year's E3, is IGN. If you're the type of person who absolutely must read all of the previews for a game, well, here's another one for you. Link below! :mepimp: While all of this is going on with...
Also offering up their views and first impressions of Clear Skies is Computer and Video Games's Will Porter. A very lengthy and in depth article; definitely worth reading for every Stalker fanatic. :D "The Zone is agitated... Energy seething..." intones Bolshakov solemnly. "The anomalies are extr...
As most of you all know by now, a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. prequel (Clear Skies) has been announced during this year's E3 event in Santa Monica, CA. Several lucky folks have already had the chance to get their paws on the newly announced S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, and with this, comes the first impressions of sever...
The guys at Gamespot.com got a first look at S.T.A.L.K.E.R. :Clear Sky... SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Ducking out of the summer sun into one of the biggest video game press events of the season could net you hands-on time with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. prequel, Clear Sky. It worked for us. The new game from G...
Here is part two of the interview with Anton Bolshakov, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. project lead...(this interview is from www.computerandvideogames.com) Over the weekend we brought you the first instalment in a two-part interview with GSC Game World looking back at S.T.A.L.K.E.R. This morning, we present yo...
Here is a nice interview with Anton Bolshakov, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. project lead... "Back in late 2001 we got our first look at an impressive game called Oblivion Lost, then a squad-based action game from GSC Game World. In 2007 the title that we now know as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl finall...
Our friends over at STALKER France have done an exclusive interview with GSC publishing and tried to get some reactions from the guys at GSC after S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S.'s release. Hi everybody and thanks for giving us some of your time. We are the Stalkerfrance.com Team, The French-speaking communi...
Nvidia has released a new driver for Vista today which fixes a boat load of problems...including games. Stalker is mentioned as well as others. The version for the new drivers is: 158.18. New Features • Adds support for GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, and GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 G...
The guys over at FiringSquad have posted up part one of a series they are calling 3D Performance with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. . As you may have guessed, they are going to see how S.T.A.L.K.E.R. runs on different hardware. Part 1 is on "MainStream Cards". Graphically S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’s X-Ray game engine...