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Rackerz
August 16th, 2006, 03:29 PM
F.E.A.R.


F.E.A.R. Multiplayer to be made available for free.
http://www.joinfear.com

08-08-2006 - Sierra Entertainment today announced that the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R.™ (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R. Combat, and will be made available to the public as a free download on Thursday August 17th, 2006.

F.E.A.R. Combat is the complete multiplayer component of F.E.A.R. and includes all the updates, additional official maps and additional official game modes all in one downloadable file. F.E.A.R. Combat users will be able to play against the owners of the retail version of F.E.A.R. as well as the other F.E.A.R. Combat users.

F.E.A.R. Combat features:
- 10 Multiplayer Game modes.
- 19 Multiplayer Maps.
- 12 different weapons.
- Punkbuster support for anti cheat support.
- The capability to download user generated content.

To play F.E.A.R. Combat, consumers simply go to www.joinfear.com and register to obtain their free, Combat keycode. When the file is made available for download on Aug 17th 2006, consumers can install, enter their keycode, and get ready to join F.E.A.R. Combat!

F.E.A.R. Combat will be available for download on August 17th 2006

_simon_
August 16th, 2006, 03:32 PM
That's all good but it won't work under linux will it?

I've got the full game, but even cedega doesn't support it.

Rackerz
August 16th, 2006, 03:43 PM
Well I'm back and forth from Ubuntu to Windows alot of the time anyway so it's good news for me.

Stealth
August 16th, 2006, 03:49 PM
Well, seeing as how it will be free, I can easily see many users and developers working on getting it to run great on WINE via bug reports and what-not! :D

Brunellus
August 16th, 2006, 05:31 PM
gratis, not libre, nothing to see here.

DoctorMO
August 16th, 2006, 05:49 PM
Indeed, it's not my kind of free! it's just licenced for no cost.