Posts tagged F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2 DLC – insert ‘afraid of DLC’ joke here
Mar 10th
Pretty much as it says on the tin here... WBIE have announced DLC for F.E.A.R. 2 on all platforms (well, all it was released on... because giving Wii owners F.E.A.R. 2 DLC would be stupid, wouldn't it).
Not really much to go on re: content or price, but it will be available in April and comes with (at least) a new map-pack called Toy Soldiers (because Land of the Giants-style multiplayer maps are SOOOO original) and a 'premium theme & picture pack', which I'm going to go out on a limb and say is a 'console' thing.
Short, sharp and sweet really...
Press release after the cut.
The Evolution of F.E.A.R.
Feb 7th
Mere days before its release, Monolith have released a trailer which charts the evolution of both the game engine and the plotline of the F.E.A.R. series (as per usual, completely ignoring the add-on packs).
Find it, along with a healthy dose of scares, after the break...
F.E.A.R. 2 Gold – Scares mere days away
Jan 27th
Monolith & WBIE have announced that F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin has gone gold for all three formats it's due to arrive on.
The announcement comes via the F.E.A.R. 2 Community site which has the following mini press-release:
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is excited to announce that F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin has officially “gone gold” on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and will ship to retailers in North America on February 10, 2009.
The sequel to the critically-acclaimed supernatural first-person shooter F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin ushers in a new dimension of paranormal horror, cinematic combat and highly kinetic action.
The marketing juggernaut has also squeezed out a mock Armacham advert promoting FEAR AWAY, crucial for every fearful gamer. View that after the cut, then check out the official website and try and find the easter eggs.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin – Demo Impressions
Jan 23rd
The more astute out there may have noticed that Monolith and WBIE have put out demos of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin for all 3 launch formats.
The Xbox 360 & PS3 versions are available over their respective networks, whilst the PC demo is available at all good download repositories.
Impressions after the cut...
F.E.A.R 2 Demo to hit 22nd Jan, PC System Requirements Released
Jan 12th
Warner Bros have released the PC System Requirements for F.E.A.R 2:
Minimal specification:
- CPU: P4 2.8GHz (3.2GHz Vista)/Athlon 64 3000+ (3200+ Vista)
- GPU: Fully DX9-compliant graphics card with 256MB (SM 2.0b). NVidia 6800 or ATI X700.
- Memory: 1GB (1.5GB Vista)
- HDD: 12GB
- OS: Windows XP SP2/Vista SP1
- DirectX: 9.0c
- Sound: DX9.0c compliant
- Optical drive: DVD (boxed only)
- Internet: Broadband
Recommended specification:
- CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz processor family/Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (required for MP host)
- GPU: Fully DX9-compliant graphics card with 512MB (SM 3.0). NVidia 8600 GTS or ATI HD 2900 XT.
- Memory: 1.5GB
- HDD: 12GB
- OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1
- DirectX: 9.0c
- Sound: DX9.0c compliant
- Optical drive: DVD (boxed only)
- Internet: Broadband (768kbit/sec upstream required to host 16 players)
So all in all, not too bad, most gaming PC's will be able to run this.
The XBOX 360 and PS3 demos are currently scheduled to hit on the 22nd of January with a PC demo following a couple of days later.
We'll have more on F.E.A.R 2 over the coming weeks.
*UPDATE*
The PC demo has been cofirmed as arriving on the 22nd, the same day as the console releases.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Stuff – EPA Trailer & Demo Rumours
Jan 10th
In light of the continued absence of a sequel to one of Monolith Productions first games - Shogo M.A.D. - it seems we will all just have too make do with the upcoming sequel to the 2005 hit F.E.A.R.
The new trailer released at CES focuses on the EPA (which presumably means 'Enhanced Power Armour' or something) and how capable it is of blowing so much shit up in both Single & Multi-player game modes.
Also after the jump are two trailers released just before christmas that somehow got swept under the carpet in the mad release schedule - the former detailing the improvements made to the Lithtech engine powering the game and the latter as some cruel community christmas card that also just happens to feature some exclusive deathmatch footage - the teases...
UPDATE
There are a fair few rumours going around that a demo for all platforms is imminent. Qore (that PSN-zine thing) dropped hints that they would have an exclusive PS3 demo sometime in the next week or two. The post forced Monolith to play their hand, with this comment from Community Manager 'Yurei':
I can't give specifics on the release of the demo because of "marketing/pr strategy" but both consoles and pc will be getting a demo all around the same time. I'll release more specifics when I'm able. I've played the demo and it's a ton of fun. I can't wait for the Community to get their hands on it.
Here's hoping it's of the same calibre as F.E.A.R.'s demo, which was built up from several portions of the game to give a good flavour of what to expect.
Source - Blues News
F.E.A.R. 2 c.l.e.a.r.e.d. (for sale in Australia)
Dec 16th
Determined to prove they're as inconsistent as ever, the Australian OFLC has decided to reclassify the recently banned sequel to Monolith's shooter as MA 15+, allowing its sale at retail (probably to minors).
Games on Net carries the article following breaking the story of the games ban-titude a month ago.
This change of heart probably has something to do with fact that the guy making the announcement, a one Trevor Griffin, carries the title Acting Classification Review Board Convenor, which could signify a change of management at the government department that has drawn a fair amount of flak over the recent years for its un-necessary strong handed dealing with video games, as evidenced by the enforced removal of the drug morphine from Fallout 3.
The official word is...
After considering extensive submissions and demonstrations of game play across all levels, the Review Board concluded that the level of violence in the computer game, whilst strong, could be accommodated within the MA 15+ classification.
The collective sighs of many a lucrative video game import business in Australasia could be heard for as far as Katmandu!
Source - Blues
