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THQ has confirmed to Eurogamer that much delayed PC first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is now on track for release early next year.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is set in the year 2012 and sees you playing as a mercenary who's been tasked with entering the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Which, wouldn't you know it, is populated by all manner of scary mutants who are out for blood.
The game has been in development for more than three years now, and that release date just keeps getting pushed back. Last we heard it was due out in April - so much for that.
Apparently the game will indeed hit the shelves in quarter one, 2007, though, and not as suspected the year in which it is set.
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Inquisitor
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25/05/06 @ 15:31
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It'll be 2012 by the time its actually released, then they'll have to put the game in development another couple of years to make it look more futuristic ;)
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Last news I heard on it they had bought in an external consultant to get the game into a playable state so that they could actually release it while it still can get some sales off the back of the hype that has surrounded it.
It basically sounded like a lot of the open ended RPG nature of the game was being stripped out to make it more into a straight forward shooter that they could ship far more quickly. If this is not a huge disappointment that everyone has forgotten all about a month after it has been released I will be very surprised. |
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Thamuhacha
25/05/06 @ 16:43
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>The game has been in development for more than three years now
Considerably longer than that. I'd say 5. It's on it's third publisher too. |
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Empedocles
25/05/06 @ 16:44
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I won't hold my breath, still good to see DK's crack PD team has had such a dramatic effect on finishing the title, oh hold on..........
Anyway Oblivion has done everything STALKER was supposed to do now anyway. |
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asphaltcowboy
25/05/06 @ 17:06
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Please please please release this soon - and please say the dev time was spent making it as good as you said it was going to be! I too played it at Gamestars, and was suitably impressed AT THE TIME - let's hope it's been buffed up or something in the meanwhile!
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ralphwolfenstein
25/05/06 @ 18:35
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Anyway Oblivion has done everything STALKER was supposed to do now anyway
aw, bless! |
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Empedocles
25/05/06 @ 18:53
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Hey it even took STALKER's original name, has day, night and weather cycles, independent NPC's, creature ecosystem and weird happenings caused by errant AI.
What more can you ask? |
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NemesisEnforcer
25/05/06 @ 20:48
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has been in development for 5 years. It's about time it got released. The once phenomenal graphics look merely ok now. Apparently, the highly touted A.I. has some scripted moments, and there are going to be quite a few elements removed, such as eating, sleeping and possibly even vehicles, which would totally suck ass.
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Empedocles
26/05/06 @ 08:50
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I'm sure i'ts not last words, In Autumn it will be 'next summer' ad infinitum..........
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the creeper
27/05/06 @ 17:03
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This looked great when it was originally supposed to be released a couple of years ago. Let's hope it doesn't end up looking decidely "last-gen" when they finally get around to releasing it.
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animal_mother
04/06/06 @ 11:31
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Has there been a PC game that hasn't been delayed this year? Hellgate:London, QuakeWars, UT2007, Prey and now Stalker. This is the PC gamers' equivalent of cock-teasing.
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