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Kotick’s “Skepticism” Make Cameo At Modern Warfare 2 Event
6:00AM Stephen Totilo | File this in the category of a company able to have some fun at their own expense, even the mighty Activision. More »
Media
F.E.A.R. 2 Trailer Employs Beaten-to-Death Joke, Bewbs
5:00AM Owen Good | Monolith put up an Armacham site promising to chase all your fears away, and flacked it with that infomercial above. Ha ha. OK. Yeah. I get it. Shrug — wait, boobie?! More »
F.E.A.R. 2 Now Actually Named F.E.A.R. 2
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | When we first heard that the proper sequel to horrific first-person shooter F.E.A.R. was to be christened Project Origin, a warm, immediately bored feeling washed over us. We were thankful not to have to type out all those damn periods — damn you, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.! — but lamented having another dull game title to throw on the pile. Thankfully, amid the sloughing off of Sierra brands at Activision Blizzard, Project Origin has secured its originally intended title and will be known from this day forward as F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. The official site writes that developer Monolith Productions and publisher WB Games have purchase the rights to the F.E.A.R. name, most assuredly helping its chances at retail. (We still liked “Dead Echo” better!) Project Origin Renamed – F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin [Project Origin] More »
More F.E.A.R., Different Name
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | As previously announced, developer Monolith Productions is back with a new F.E.A.R. game, but it’s not called F.E.A.R. 2. And we had a chance to check it out at this year’s E3. Since publishers changed during development, the game is now called Project Origin. Different titles aside, this actually is the sequel and is set in the same world F.E.A.R. was — though the game does follow Delta Force sergeant Michael Beckett instead of the mysterious Point Man. The devs are thinking of giving Beckett the same slow motion that Point Man had in the original game. More »Zero Punctuation Scares Up F.E.A.R. Expansion
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This week Yahtzee takes on the latest F.E.A.R. expansion. And take it on he does. Think of this something to hold you over while he gets around to (hopefully) an Assassin’s Creed review. More »
PGR4 and FEAR Files Demos Hit Live
10:51AM Michael McWhertor | Xbox 360 owners are swimming in demos this week. Following up on yesterday’s release of The Simpsons Game and Conan demos, the Marketplace welcomes two newcomers, Project Gotham Racing 4 and F.E.A.R. Files: Extraction Point, the latter of which I really enjoy typing. PGR4 is fortunately available worldwide and weighs in at 1.27GB, so clean your internet pipes for maximum downloadiness. The demo features three cars, two bikes, and two tracks. That’s value. The other demo, which I simply cannot be bothered to type out again, comes in at a more trim 584.87MB, but thumbs its figurative nose at anyone not in Canada and the U.S. Sorry, rest of the world. You’re going to have to settle for PGR4. More »
F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | With Vivendi retaining the rights to the F.E.A.R. name, developer Monolith Productions needed something unique, something catchy, something that’s not a four-letter acronym for the follow up to the spark-filled first-person shooter. What did they wind up with? Something that’s definitely not a four-letter acronym. What would have under normal circumstances been dubbed F.E.A.R. 2 will now be known as Project Origin. Memorable isn’t it? Wait, what was it again? Right, Project Origin. Sure, it may not have the sex appeal of Dead Echo, but at least it’s better than the rejected Blood Let: Drenched in Desecration, isn’t it? Project Origin is planned to hit the PC, Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 at a mysterious future date. Try to remember the name when it comes out. More »
