F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Three new videos released for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, all going behind-the-scenes on the game's development. The first trailer discusses the sophisticated artificial intelligence (featured above), which the first F.E.A.R. was famous for, and the second talks about the improved game engine itself. The last video is slightly more humorous and highlights the people who help make game development possible but none of the glory, the Information Technology people.

Download HD F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Behind-the-Scenes AI Trailer (26 MB)
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Yesterday we reported that Monolith's upcoming horror shooter sequel F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin was denied classification by the Australian Classification Board and Classification Review Board, effectively banning the game from being sold. Now Games On Net is reporting the reason why the board banned the game and it's not a surprise.

Yes, F.E.A.R. 2's violent content was the reason for the ban. From visuals like blood stained walls and rooms to " explicit close range decapitations involving both human and mutant creatures" it appears that the amount of violent content was enough for the game to go over the requirements for the country's MA15+ rating, the highest rating a game can get in Australia. There's no word yet if Warner Bros. Interactive, the publisher of F.E.A.R. 2, will edit the game to allow it to be released.

Monolith Studios, developers of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin continues its "Ask a Dev" series and answers fan questions about the upcoming horror game sequel. Be aware, that the humor is more than a little strange and graphic. The game is currently scheduled to release for PC, Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in February.

Download HD F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Ask a Dev Round 3 Video (110 MB)
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We know how it is. You get up on Christmas morning, awaiting the game or games that you asked for and then your parents (or uncle or cousin or best friend) give you...a gift card or money instead. Their excuses are many; they couldn't find the game you wanted. They forgot what your game's name was. They got confused. So you are left with a generic way to get the games you really wanted.

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Australia's lack of an adult rating for games has claimed yet another highly anticipated title. Gamasutra reports that the Australian Classification Board and Classification Review Board has denied a rating for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the upcoming sequel to the 2005 horror shooter from developer Monolith and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive.

There's no word yet on why the board has refused to classify the game which keeps F.E.A.R. 2 from being sold in the country. Australia currently has no rating higher than MA15+ for games even though an MA18+ rating does exists for films. A number of games have been banned from the country as a result although some have been released after the developers have done some editing. So far there's no word if F.E.A.R. 2 will be edited to receive the MA15+ rating.

This behind-the-scenes video for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin gives a brief overview of the story and what's going on. Players will have a chance to face the powerful psychic Alma again when the game releases in 2009.

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Again we seem to already be looking past the fall/holiday season for games and into the first quarter of 2009 for our next fix of PC game goodness. One of the games that we really are looking forward to playing is F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the long awaited sequel to the 2005 Monolith shooter.

A recent update to the game's official web site has the developer posting up a bunch of new screenshots from F.E.A.R. 2. While there are a few "normal" looking shots of regular folks doing regular things with their regular shotguns, most of the new images seem to be about creepy looking zombie-style creatures with lots of blood and gore around. We will see if Monolith and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive can pull off a hit when F.E.A.R. 2 comes out in February.

This short trailer for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin highlights Alma, the powerful psychic little girl who is the main villain of the series.

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The full downloads of PC games are what all the cool cats are doing nowadays and today Warner Bros. Interactive announced that they would follow suite and offer full downloads of the PC version of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the recently renamed sequel to the 2005 first person shooter from developer Monolith.

The full downloadable versions will be made available at the same date (Feb. 10, 2009) as the retail box versions of the game. Both Valve's Steam service and IGN's Direct2Drive will be the ones lucky enough to service those who prefer to download and pay for a game versus driving to your local store.

This trailer for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin briefly shows off the Elite Power Armor, the most powerful weapon featured in the game... and players will get to drive it. When fighting against a malicious and powerful adolescent psychic and her army of minions, you'll need all the firepower you can get. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is expected to release some time in 2009.

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The developers of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin go into detail about putting together the game and answer community questions. This episode mostly focuses on graphics.

Download the HD F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin "Ask a Dev" Q&A Round 2 (267 MB)
Download the HD F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin "Ask a Dev" Q&A Round 1 (136 MB)

Time to get out your three year old copies of F.E.A.R., folks. If you have the interesting force-feedback PC controller the Novint Falcon, a new announcement has revealed that new drivers have been released that add support for the 2005 horror themed first person shooter from developer Monolith.

The press release states that the new F.E.A.R. support for the controller adds "realistic weapons recoil, weight and other game interactions." Hopefully not the "Alma reaches out of the screen to kill you support" that we have heard rumors of. This announcement makes us hope that there will be similar support for the upcoming sequel F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.

Now that the Warner Bros have the rights to the F.E.A.R. franchise, the upcoming horror action shooter won't have to take a roundabout approach to developing a sequel. This new trailer proclaims Project Origin's new name, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. Alma is truly back in force.

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Monolith released their 2005 shooter F.E.A.R. with their original publisher Vivendi Games to terrific reviews and solid sales. However, when Monolith decided to move ahead with the sequel to the game under their new owners at Warner Bros. Interactive they could not come to terms with Vivendi Games over the F.E.A.R. game title. Vivendi make two expansion packs to F.E.A.R without Monolith's involvement while the developer used a contest to pick a new title for the sequel, Project Origin.

Now that Vivendi Games has been merged into the new Activision Blizzard company, the two organization have now come to terms with Warner Bros. Interactive buying back the F.E.A.R. title from Activision Blizzard. Because of this the game has now gotten a name change to F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. Financial terms were not disclosed. F.E.A.R. 2 is now scheduled for release on Feb. 10, 2009 according to an article on IGN.