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Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat were great and all, but let’s face it: they were basically STALKER 1.5 and STALKER 1.51. Also, for a while, we thought Call of Pripyat was just the Russian version of Call of Duty. Anyway, an all new frolic through irradiated, mutant-packed Mother Russia is finally on the way, but with one major caveat: it’s not a PC-exclusive anymore.
"After the official sales of the series exceeded 4 million copies worldwide, we had no doubts left to start creating a new big game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe. This will be the next chapter of the mega-popular game players expect from us,” said Sergiy Grygorovych, CEO of GSC Game World.
“Completely new multiplatform technology,” of course, is a double-edged sword if we ever saw one. On the upside, the game will probably receive a fresh coat of paint, which the series has been sorely in need of ever since about a year before STALKER came out. But shiny new tech means all kinds of kinks, glitches, and bears – oh my! Well, maybe not bears, but you get the point. So, for now, GSC Game World’s pegged the game for 2012 release. Let the frustratingly long wait commence!
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