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With five days to go before the BIG DAY, the Steam PC game download holiday sales event has now gone live. This is the third annual event and it's usually the biggest sale of the year for Valve's download service as nearly all the game in its library have at least some kind of price cut from now until January 2. In addition there are publisher game bundles and indie game packs that save you even more money. Mac gamers are not excluded; over 125 Mac titles are on sale as well.

There are simply too many deals to go over in this one news post but we will mention the price cuts that are in place from now until 1 pm Eastern time on Tuesday. That includes the launch of the promised Oddboxx bundle of the four Oddworld games, including two that are new to the PC platform.

F1 2010 - $19.99
Super Meat Boy - $3.75
Titan Quest Gold Edition - $4.99
Battlefield Bad Company 2 - $6.79
The Oddboxx - $12.49
Deus Ex/Deus Ex Invisible War - $2.49
Peggle/Peggle Nights - $6.99
Lego Batman - $4.99
F.E.A.R/F.E.A.R. 2 - $9.99
Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition - $20.09
All Prince of Persia games - 75 percent off
Portal - $3.74 or $2.25 if you own Half-Life 2

Monolith's 2009 release of F.E.A.R. 2 got mixed reviews from critics who felt that the sequel to the horror-shooter looked and felt too close to the original. Now the internet rumor mill is getting word on the possibly of a F.E.A.R. 3 via a casting sheet that VG247.com has posted on their site.

The casting sheet seems to indicate that a live action promo for the unannounced game was being filed last January. The director listed on the sheet is Marcus Nispel who directed the recent theatrical remakes of the Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre horror movie franchises. The sheet also has some story details that we won't reveal here. So far neither Monolith nor the game's publisher Warner Bros. Interactive have not made any announcements on F.E.A.R. 3.

One of the things missing from F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin's multiplayer is SloMo Deathmatch, a game mode that was present in the first game where players could pick up an object that slows other players down (or makes the player move faster, depending on your point of view). The upcoming downloadable content expansion, F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn will correct that oversight by finally putting in the game mode. In the tradition of DLC packs in the past, this video skit includes a song to celebrate the occasion. F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn will be a free update releasing for console systems on September 3rd with a PC version to follow sometime after. The F.E.A.R. 2 single player demo can be downloaded here.

Download HD F.E.A.R. 2 'SloMo Dathmatch' Video (124 MB)
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F.E.A.R. 2 fans are in for a treat this fall when the next DLC expansion, Reborn, is released. F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn includes a four level mini campaign that shows the events of the game from a completely different point a view - that of a replica soldier. The cloned soldier, named Foxtrot813, hears voices that go against Replica command, causing him to search through the city of Auburn on his own. Also included in the downloadable expansion is Slo-mo deathmatch, were players compete to get powerups to slow other players down, providing a distinct short term advantage. However, those that hang on to the ability become a more valuable target to everyone else. F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn is expected to release for console systems on September 3rd and sometime later for the PC.

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Earlier this week it was revealed that Monolith is working on F.E.A.R. 2 Reborn a downloadable single player expansion for their horror themed first person shooter. Today publisher Warner Brothers Interactive revealed more details about the expansion and confirmed a PC port of the DLC will be released some time after the console versions are released on September 3.

As we have previously reported the DLC will have four new single player maps in a new mini-campaign focusing on one of F.E.A.R. 2's replica soldiers. It will also add a "slow-mo" power up to F.E.A.R. 2's multiplayer matches. Whomever grabs the power up will slow down all of the other opponants in the match. A demo for F.E.A.R. 2 Reborn is scheduled for release on August 27; we have sent out a note asking if there will be a PC version of the demo.

[via email press release]

Monolith has already released two multiplayer add-ons for their first-person shooter sequel F.E.A.R. 2. Now IGN is reporting that Monolith will release a third DLC offering for the game; however this time the expansion, titled F.E.A.R.2: Reborn, will add a new single-player mini-campaign to the game.

In a chat with Monolith's Associate Producer Lucas Myers, it's revealed that Reborn will feature four new single player levels with the player controlling Foxtrot 813, one of the replica soldiers that serves as one of the many opponents in the main single player campaign. The DLC is scheduled to be released this August; it's unknown if the PC version will receive it at this point but PC players did get the previous two multiplayer DLC releases at no cost as part of a patch.

This patch updates F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin to v1.04 and includes the Armored Front Map Pack, the second DLC expansion to release for the game. Armored Front adds two new multiplayer maps (Conductor and Decoy) and makes full use of the EPA assault mech. Additionally, players will have customizable troop heads to help differentiate themselves from other players. A third map pack is scheduled to release later this summer. Continue reading after the jump for a brief overview of the maps and features.

Download F.E.A.R. 2 v1.04 Patch (Armored Front Map Pack) (899 MB)
Download the F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Demo (1.76 GB)
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Warner Bros Interactive just announced plans to release a second downloadable map pack for F.E.A.R. 2. However the announcement didn't mention a PC release for the download. We checked with the game's PR rep who told us that the second DLC map pack will indeed be released for the PC but we will have to wait until sometime after the console version's release.

The map pack, titled "Armored Front" will contain two new maps (Conductor and Decoy) both of which will feature the one-man drivable mech armor that was available in the single player version of F.E.A.R. 2. The map pack will also have four new character heads for your multiplayer character model.

[Via email press release]

Last week GoGamer.com cut prices to the bone on a large number of mostly older titles. This weekend the mail-order game retailer has put a number of more recent games on sale (some shipped out just a coupe of weeks ago).

Among the games on sale this week include the RTS tile Stormrise for just $19.90, the action game Wanted Weapons of Fate for $29.90, the FPS F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin for $27.90, the open world crime game Saints Row 2 for $24.90, the retail box edition of the MMO EVE Online for $29.90 and the voice controlled RTS title Tom Clancy's EndWar for just $19.90. Happy savings.

PC owners of F.E.A.R. 2 who use Steam got a treat this weekend as they managed to get an automatic update to their copy of Monolith's recent first person shooter. So far there's no word on when a stand alone patch for the PC game will be released.

The Steam update for F.E.A.R. 2 has some new features such as begin able to switch between full screen and widecreen display options, adding film grain and head bobs for your video options and making the Hard play mode even harder. There's also a few more bug fixes and improvements. As usual you can see the full list at the Steam web site.