Having never played the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R., I can’t really say all that much about it other than the obvious: there are a whole lot of periods in the title and it’s a first-person shooter that received alright reviews. However, it must have also been moderately successful, because Koch Media today announced that they’re going to handle the global publishing of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, a prequel to the game that will be released at some unknown point in the future. To prove that they’re really involved with this, they also sent along some information on the game and some screenshots. Like I said, I’m not an expert, so I’ll just intersperse the press release between the new pictures.

“S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the official prequel to the renowned S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game by the Ukraine-based GSC Game World studio.”

“The game is set in 2011 and brings forth the events to have preceded the third campaign of Strelok to the Zone center.”

“S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky introduces an alternative look onto the events of the original game and offers the player to try himself out as a mercenary s.t.a.l.k.e.r. in search of his own path in the world of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.“