They’ve done it again. Deep Silver announced that due to “a manufacturing problem,” S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky will hit retail stores in North America on September 15, 2008. Unfortunately, the digital download release date has not yet been determined.

There were no other details mentioned in Deep Silver’s press release (like you know, what this “manufacturing problem” is). One thing’s for sure though: this has to be the third setback for the FPS/RPG. If you recall, a first delay was announced when S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky went gold. The second delay had something to do with CD keys being left out. Third time is indeed a charm.

If Deep Silver keeps this up, we’ll soon have a successor to Duke Nukem Forever.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky gets delayed again in North America

If you’re paying attention to details like release dates, then it’s likely that you’ve been expecting European-developed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky to hit store shelves any day now. After all, publisher Deep Silver promised that despite the initial delay, the FPS/RPG is expected to arrive on September 5, 2008.

Forget what Deep Silver said because there’s going to be another delay. In North America, at least. The reason? Somebody forgot to put in the CD keys. You know, the all-important info that makes our games work. Apparently, there’s been a recall of copies that have been distributed to North American retailers.

According to 1UP, the game’s European release will remain unaffected by this delay.

Image of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is courtesy of Deep Silver.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky recalled in North America

Early news was quite scant on details regarding the nudity, but we’ve later learned that a map editor tool being bundled with the game is the culprit. The content in question is a picture of some guy revealing his bare ass when a certain error occurs.

Because of this, Microsoft notified the ESRB, which in turn added the words “Partial Nudity” in the game’s description. M$ also had to put in new stickers with the correct ESRB information, and future releases will have the content removed. It’s no surprise Halo 2 was pushed back to May 31.

Microsoft surely thinks that this half-assed attempt to crack a joke isn’t funny. Imagine, a last-minute bug that shows up before their PC shooter’s opening.

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Bare ass causes Halo 2 delay