1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comAndy Chalk Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/andychalk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="l659KViNnt"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-fans-rejoice-gsc-releases-free-early-build/"><i>S.T.A.L.K.E.R.</i> Fans Rejoice: GSC Releases Free Early Build</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-fans-rejoice-gsc-releases-free-early-build/embed/#?secret=l659KViNnt" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>S.T.A.L.K.E.R.</i> Fans Rejoice: GSC Releases Free Early Build” — The Escapist" data-secret="l659KViNnt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> GSC Game World, those wild and crazy guys who put together the apocalypterrific FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, have decided to do their fans a solid by releasing a playable build of the game from 2004 – for free. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was announced in late 2001 and originally scheduled for release in 2003, but suffered from numerous lengthy delays which earned the game no small amount of Duke Nukem-style notoriety. The biggest obstacle facing the game was its ambition: It was set in an open-ended sandbox world around a fictional (we hope) Chernobyl, which had suffered not one but two separate […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/55/55571.jpg