Word on the street today has it that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky will be released on August 29th, developer GSC Game World having been promising a release this year for some time.

The game's story is positioned as a prequel to the events of the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, Shadow of Chernobyl, and we'll learn how many aspects of the first game came to pass.

The developer are promising that several features cut from the original game will be included in Clear Sky, chatter hinting that this new release will be closer to GSC's ambitious original vision.

More on this as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge