GSC Game World has confirmed that the survival first person shooter game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky has been dated and confirmed as a worldwide release for later this year.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky brings the players one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 2011. A group of stalkers has, for the first time, reached the very heart of the Zone-Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant-and brings about a cataclysm on the brink of a catastrophe. Publisher's Koch Media say that the game will feature a rich narrative and gripping combat action as players uncover new challenges and insights in the Exclusion Zone. A new version of the game engine, X-Ray 1.5, will apparently offer superior graphical details and realistic and non-scripted combat AI.

The date to pencil into your diaries is August 29, 2008.

“Our intention to deliver the game simultaneously worldwide is both a challenge and big responsibility to the many fans of the game around the globe. We are looking forward to achieve this ambitious goal in August.“ - said Sergiy Grygorovych, GSC World Publishing CEO.