F.E.A.R. Multiplayer to be made available for free.

First Encounter Assault Recon Combat

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.<o:p></o:p>

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.<o:p></o:p>

F.E.A.R. Combat features:<o:p></o:p>

• 10 Multiplayer Game modes.<o:p></o:p>
• 19 Multiplayer Maps.<o:p></o:p>
• 12 different weapons.<o:p></o:p>
• Punkbuster support for anti cheat support.<o:p></o:p>
• The capability to download user generated content.<o:p></o:p>

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! <o:p></o:p>

To get more information on F.E.A.R. Combat, please visit www.whatisfear.com or www.fearfans.com.<o:p></o:p>

F.E.A.R. Combat will be available for download on August 17th 2006.<o:p></o:p>