S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat may Only be Released Next Year for Most of us

After S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat went gold the other day, a release date was revealed for the Russian version, which will be early October. The German release is November, and the rest of the world will have to wait until...Q1 2010! What!? That could be anywhere from January until the end of March!

This has led to people making bets about how much this title will be pirated. Only thing is, they'll regret downloading an overseas copy if the game is as buggy as Clear Sky was. That's kind of the one big deterrent I can think of. The other being that they won't understand a thing being said without some sort of translation mod, if anyone bothers.

Speaking of which, if S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat comes out next year, then that's fine, but I expect the game to be nearly bug-free! Do you hear me GSC GameWorld? If S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is anywhere near as buggy as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky was on release, then I'll be really pi$$ed.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Fans Annoyed With Pripyat Release Dates