tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28270191274027595812011-12-15T21:51:38.940+02:00All about adventuring in the Zone.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827019127402759581.post-48596676235854416492009-11-09T20:13:00.001+02:002009-11-09T20:16:05.113+02:00

I just posted about this on AAA. There are a whole batch of new (22) screenshots of Stalker: Call of Pripyat on pcgameshardware.com showing off some DirectX 11 visuals at maximum detail. They certainly do look pretty.----http://www.pcgameshardware.com

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IGN got to have a hands-on experience with Stalker: Call of Pripyat, and they have three new gameplay videos to show off what made them pee their pants.

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I've just had a look at some comparison shots of the two different versions of Stalker CoP. What I mean by that is, one running on DirectX 10 and the other DirectX 11. This game will supposedly be one of the first games to use this new technology. They actually look to be quite impressive, the differences.The full gallery is here.

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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,

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Just to show that the anticipation for the next game in the series is at an all time high, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat has gone gold.The developers claim that the game will be released in early October- in Russia. The western release dates were at one time scheduled for November. That was the case with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky- it came out a month later after the initial release.Voodoo

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There's some new CoP screenshots that I've seen at Voodoo Extreme. Check the whole gallery as well- there's some I haven't seen there- some that aren't even on the official site. Then again, that's the same case vice versa. Sources:S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat Screenshots

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Some dudes in Russia got together to do some Stalker-style cosplay last month. This isn't the first time- they've done it before, and Kotaku had two articles that report on these previous outings.I reckon this is pretty cool stuff. The nearest I've ever come to doing this sort of thing is when my brother, a friend, and I went and bought some authentic camouflaged jackets from some military

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I read something interesting today: a guy over at ttlg.com forums has taken it upon himself to recreate the guitar tracks from the Stalker series. Which guitar tracks? You know- when the stalkers sit around the campfires and whip out an acoustic guitar from their back pocket and start strumming some catchy tunes.Anyhow, he's done most of them and he's provided them for download here.These songs,

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There are some more trailers and interviews in the video/downloads section on deepsilver.com.Source:S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is Creepy

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There have been rumours since May or so this year, with many hopefuls wishing that Stalker might make an appearance on consoles- the Xbox 360 in particular.GSC Game World, the developer of the series, which so far includes Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, Stalker: Clear Sky and the upcoming Stalker: Call of Pripyat, has said in an interview with Stalker-Portal that there won't be a console port

Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827019127402759581.post-34550080323971501832009-08-20T22:48:00.002+02:002009-08-20T22:56:05.413+02:00

Quite a fair bit of Call of Pripyat news lately.Stalker: Call of Pripyat (some spell it as Prypyiat) now has a publisher in bitComposer Games. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl had THQ, and Clear Sky had Deep Silver. I don't know what the hell's up with joystiq- they claim that Namco Bandai is the publisher. The official site says it's bitComposer Games... Call of Pripyat, despite rumours and earlier

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In my experience, one of the buggiest games I've ever played, has been patched...again.I'm still running the game on 1.5.07.

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Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl is available for free on GameTap.The only thing is, you’ll have to put up with the ads and of course, you can’t use mods.If you want to read more about what you can't do, you can head over to the article on Rock,Paper,Shotgun. Honestly, they have the nerve to call Stalker: Clear Sky "the rubbish one". It wasn't that bad, once you loaded the several patches.Sources:

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Stalker: Call of Pripyat has a new website, and on it is a bunch of four new screenshots as well as some information on the game including an encyclopedia of sorts detailing the factions, enemies, dangers and items found in the game.The screens seem to indicate that the other stalkers you find in the game will now have typical stalker behaviour, like using detectors to find anomalies and

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This originally appeared when I typed it on the TTLG forum last year, in order to explain my point:"S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is nowhere near finishedI’m very disappointed with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. To think that they released this eagerly anticipated title with all the promise of enhanced graphics and gameplay, and what do I get? A rushed, very raw and buggy title; what a waste of money and

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The list, otherwise known as "Things That Could Make S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 the Perfect Game" has reached the one hundred point mark.96. Better translation into English.97. More contraband items, like cigarettes, drugs, some explicit magazines.98. Brothels in run down areas.99. Full body awareness, like F.E.A.R.100. Player can carry a radio or has an mp3 player on his

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1. Fewer bugs upon release.2. Faster Loading times.3. New interesting plot twists.4. More isolation coupled with the occasional firefights.5. More emphasis on exploration.6. More locations (including ones in both SoC and CS, as well as entirely new ones).7. Increased interactivity with the environment.8. More side missions.9. More types of side missions.10. New enemies, anomalies, mutants and

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It turns out that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, touted as the second add-on for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, might actually not be “just” an expansion after all. Bluesnews has settled for “third stand-alone game”, because it might not be a sequel either (please, not another identity crisis!). In any case, they say it will be here sometime in Q3 2009. The game is using the X-Ray v 1.6

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This is my new, second blog, Anomalous Artefact, and it's meant to be all about S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the games, the atmosphere, Chernobyl, Pripyat, and anything and everything to do with the Zone of Exclusion.So far, there's the Stalker Store on the sidebar where you can get S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, as well as official guides and other things. You'll also find

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