S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Pripyat radiates to 2010

By Robert Purchese Published 23 September, 2009

PC sequel after Chernobyl prize.

German publisher bitComposer has pushed the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sequel Call of Pripyat to Q1 2010. Call of Pripyat had been pencilled for an autumn launch.

The company's website confirms (via VG247) the new date, whilst outing relatively painless system requirements for the PC game.

Call of Pripyat continues where the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. campaign left off, sending you, a Ukranian special agent, into the Chernobyl disaster area to investigate why a government mission to secure the zone has failed and no troops have returned.

Mechanically, A-life has been improved, and developer GSC has handmade 70 new quests in an effort to abolish the random nature of the first game.

Our Call of Pripyat page below has more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • moshegy #1 2 years ago

    Get out of here stalker.

  • Tomo #2 2 years ago

    Not really surprised tbh. Seemed like a pretty quick turnaround. Gives me more time to build a shexeh PC to play it on too.

  • john_silence #3 2 years ago

    What a relief! I get to keep my pants unsoiled all through 2009!

  • Snooz #4 2 years ago

    Handmade? Were the original quests made by an AI-questmaker? Now that explains a great deal. Only played the original, loved the atmosphere, was a hardcore fanboi for about 1 year. Tried to play through it a second time, but understood that a lot of the suspense was actually not knowing that some of the bunkers were almost completely empty, and the scary sounds and my expectations of something grand and terrifying were half the immersion. Haven't touched clear sky yet, and this is their 3.rd try to get it right? I really hope they make it, i really do.

    Edit: Oh, and some online game modes that actually are fun and stalker-like would be ace.
    Edited by 2 at 24/09/09 @ 11:29

  • MattyD #5 2 years ago

    Can't wait! It's actually coming out in Ukraine and Russia in October, so the first couple of patches should be out by the time it comes out here.