Pripyat Precipitates Feb 5th

Koch Media have confirmed February 5 as the release date for S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat in the UK, Italy, and "Nordic", although which countries that stands for isn't quite clear. Russia, Germany and the rest of Europe have had their versions of the game for a while now, and all feedback points to good. I've spent quite a lot of time with the early English-language version myself, and wrote up impressions here. In short: strong stuff, especially in the direction of open-endedness, but I have a few reservations. I'll be playing the hell out of it when the full version arrives too, obviously. There's no news about what's happening with a US version, but presumably it'll find its way to digital download before long.