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Feature: Five PC games console gamers would love to play

by John Callaham Oct 1st 2009 @ 12:00PM

How many times have we been told that the PC game industry is dying? Console games get the vast majority of media attention and sales for a number of high profile console games reach millions of copies sold. However there are still a number of game franchises that have remained, at least for now, strictly for PC gamers only. We know that console gamers would love to play all of the following game titles:

Check out five PC games that console gamers would love to play after the jump

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Filed under: Features, FPS, MMO, RPG

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat secures worldwide publisher

by John Callaham Aug 19th 2009 @ 9:00AM

The worldwide publishing rights to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat have now been announced during Gamescom. German-based bitComposer Games has secured the rights to publish the third game in the first person shooter series from developer GSC Game World.

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series has had three separate publishers in it's short history. The original game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. was published by THQ in 2007. The second game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (which served as a prequel to events in the first game) was published by Deep Silver in 2008. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is a sequel to the events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Confused? So are we. The third game is due for release this fall.

Gallery: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Filed under: FPS

Even more PC game sales hit the net

by John Callaham Aug 13th 2009 @ 9:00AM

We've already had a lot of downloadable PC game sales this week so what's a few more between friends?

Steam has announced that it will be offering titles from casual game publisher PlayFirst on its service. From now until August 19 all 10 PlayFirst games via Steam will have a price cut of 10 percent. Also the recent platform action game Trine has a 25 percent price cut until August 19 Direct2Drive has the same price cut offer for Trine.

Meanwhile, GamersGate has announced that the 2008 released first person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky gets a big 50 percent price cut from now until Sunday.

Finally the retail site GoGamer.com has a number of PC games on sale from now until 3 am ET Saturday, including the original Operation Flashpoint for just $5.90, Vietcong 2 for $4.90 and a number of upcoming PC games for smaller discounts. Enjoy the savings.

Filed under: Downloads, Action, Casual, FPS

New PC game sales return to GoGamer.com

by John Callaham Jun 7th 2009 @ 9:00AM

After taking a few days off (perhaps because they didn't want to compete with E3 2009 coverage), the GoGamer.com web site has posted up some new PC game sales cuts that will end at 3 am ET on Wednesday.

The sale includes some games that are prices at $4.90 including Sid Meier's Railroads, Nox , The Settllers VI: Rise of a Nation and a CSI Double Pack. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky is also on sale at the site for just $17.90, the Europa Universalis III Complete Collection is priced at $12.90 and the retail release of X3: Terran Conflict (with the Aldrin Missions expansion) has been priced at $26.90.

Filed under: Biz

Gamersgate puts out some weekend deals for end of revamp week

by John Callaham May 29th 2009 @ 12:00PM

As we reported a few days ago, the Gamersgate web site has gotten a significant revamp in terms of both features and looks for the game download service. Today the web site offers up some final relaunch weekend deals for a few games on their site.

One is for the first person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky which is being sold this weekend for $14.95, 50 percent off its normal price. If you like ultra-cheap games then you can grab Paradox Interactive's turn based stategy game Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power for a mere $1.99 this weekend. Finally for just one day the space strategy game Sword of the Stars Ultimate Collection is being sold for $14.95. Yep, that's another 50 percent drop.

Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Strategy

S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat web site launches; system specs revealed

by John Callaham May 18th 2009 @ 4:00PM

Just a few weeks ago GSC Game World announced their plans for S.T.A.K.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat, their third game in their post-apocalypse shooter series. Today the developer launched the official web site for the game with even more info and some new screenshots (which we have added to our gallery).

While the game isn't due for release for several months, GSC Game World have already revealed the system specs your PC will need to run the game:

Minimum System Requirements
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz / AMD XP 2200+
512 MB RAM
128 MB DirectX 8.0 compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 5700 / ATI Radeon 9600

Recommended System Requirements
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 / AMD 64 X2 5600+
2 GB RAM
512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD 4850

Gallery: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Filed under: Hardware, FPS

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat officially announced

by John Callaham Apr 30th 2009 @ 7:00PM

Confirming rumors that were circulated a few weeks ago, GSC Game World has now officially announced plans to release S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, the third game in their post-apocalyptic first person shooter series. Slated for release this fall the game takes place after the events of the first game in the series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (the second game in the series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky was a prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl).

The story has the player taking on the role of an agent for Ukraine's Security Service that is sent into the radiation zone to investigate what happened to a failed military mission. The game uses real life locations in the Ukranine for its settings and will feature new quests, monsters, a new user interface and more. A publisher for the game has yet to be announced. GSC Game World has already released the first two screenshots from the title.

Gallery: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Filed under: FPS

Download: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky v1.5.09 Patch

by Steven Wong Apr 28th 2009 @ 6:45PM

This patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky updates the game to v1.5.09 and addresses a number of gameplay issues. Continue reading after the jump for patch notes. The digital patch applies to versions purchased from Direct2Drive and other outlets, but Steam customers are encouraged to use the client's auto-updater.

Download S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky v1.5.09 Retail Patch (67 MB)
Download S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky v1.5.09 Digital Patch (67 MB)

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Filed under: Downloads, Patches, RPG

Rumor: More S.T.A.LK.E.R. coming?

by John Callaham Apr 10th 2009 @ 9:00PM

GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of post-apocalyptic first person shooters have become world wide best sellings, The first game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, was released in March 2007. A stand alone prequel, S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky, shipped out in September 2008.

Now translations of a recent Russian based interview may indicate the developer isn't done with the franchise. Both ClanBase and the TTLG Forums claim the original Russian interview with GSC Game World's Sergey Grigorovitch indicates a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R add-on is in the works for fall 2009 (although its not clear if its a true add-on or a stand alone continuation like S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky). In addition a full fledged sequel to the series is supposedly in the works as weli. Since some things can and do get lost in translation we are putting this item in the "rumor" section for now.

[Via Blue's News]

Filed under: FPS, STALKER Clear Sky

Play like it's 2004 with alpha S.T.A.L.K.E.R. build

by John Callaham Mar 3rd 2009 @ 2:00PM

It's rare that the general public gets to play a version of a game that's actually older than what the finished product turned out to be. GSC Game World has given gamers that chance by releasing an alpha build of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Oblivion Lost. That's not a typo; that's the original name for their post-apocalyptic shooter before they changed it into S.T.A.LK.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl.

The final game was years in the making before it was released in 2007. The release of this earlier build of the game comes from 2004 and contains all of the levels plus many that were cut along with other features that didn't make it into the final version. As you might expect there's no official support for this build; it was released just for fun so don't cry if your system crashes.

Filed under: Downloads, FPS

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