FEAR 2: Project Origin going digital over Steam, Direct2Drive

by Jason Dobson { Oct 27th 2008 at 9:45PM }

Alma just won't be contained in a box. Warner Bros. sent word that the recently renamed F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin will be released over both Valve's Steam and IGN's Direct2Drive digital distribution services on February 10, 2009.

If that date sounds familiar, it's the same day the survival horror FPS will scare up PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 retail shelves as well. Just think, now you won't even have to leave your house to get creeped out by Monolith's spooky little girl.

[Via press release]

Tags: direct2drive, f.e.a.r., fear, fear-2, fear-2-project-origin, monolith, project-origin, projectorigin, steam, warner, warnerbros, warnerbrothers

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

theturtle363 @ Oct 27th 2008 9:56PM

sweet, finally ill get a game for my birthday that doesn't suck. I'm looking at you 08 Turok

Titanium_Orchid @ Oct 27th 2008 11:13PM

haha, you played the new Turok

Ihavepants @ Oct 27th 2008 11:40PM

But the devs said it would be good this time :( .

I THINK THEY MAY HAVE DONE THIS TO GET SALES.

Kyouryuu @ Oct 27th 2008 10:16PM

I finished the first F.E.A.R when I bought the Platinum Collection a few weeks back, which is just $20 now and a good value for PC gamers who haven't checked out this series. Loved it and can't wait for the next one.

Slayer @ Oct 27th 2008 10:37PM

I finished all three of them recently myself. In my opinion, I still think it's one of the best fps games out there. Fear 2 is going to kick some serious ass when it's finally released.

Chin-Poh @ Oct 28th 2008 1:10AM

It is one of my most favorite FPS games. Just has this charm and style to it. : )

antsmarching @ Oct 27th 2008 10:24PM

is it just me or does that guy getting shot look like he's staring right out of the picture towards you?

Einhanderkiller @ Oct 27th 2008 11:42PM

Just you.

Ihavepants @ Oct 28th 2008 12:30AM

Must be voting himself up a lot.

Arturo @ Oct 27th 2008 10:39PM

Is it just me or did anyone else find it hilarious when the baddies would go "FUCKKK!!" (in the first game at least, haven't played the ex packs yet) in slo-mo as you'd move in to blow them to bits lmao.

Joeshie @ Oct 27th 2008 10:46PM

Well, if I do pick up this game, it will as usual, be picked up on Steam.

Slaziman @ Oct 28th 2008 2:49AM

I'll pick it up on mininova, as usual.

Ihavepants @ Oct 28th 2008 10:16AM

Oh man you're so hardcore with your pirating ways. One day when I grow up, I want to be just like you.

Ihavepants @ Oct 28th 2008 10:16AM

Only less of a douche.

DangerMouse @ Oct 27th 2008 10:47PM

I really liked the first game, the story was good and the voice acting was excellent. The player movement animations were rough though, and the forced excuses in the story as to why there was no backup/teammate AI.

Chin-Poh @ Oct 28th 2008 1:09AM

I'm someone who is scared to DEATH of horror movies, absolutely cannot watch them yet I didn't find the original games scary one bit when many others say they are. : /

I did enjoy fighting the Replicas, more so than most enemies in most FPS games, just loved all their profanities and freaking out over one guy kicking all of their asses.

But I don't understand why the Point Man isn't in the sequel, he's the main character, the son of Alma. FEAR 2 is supposed to retcon the expansion packs but maybe not, didn't it seem like he died at the end of the Extraction Point expansion pack?

theturtle363 @ Oct 28th 2008 9:52AM

i loved the replicas because I could blow their heads off and cut them in half with a shotgun blast. The whole, "skeleton laser" gun was a lot of fun too

Courtney @ Oct 28th 2008 2:04AM

I really didn't understand why the original garnered such great reviews. After about half way through, the game became a slog fest. The environment never changed, the enemies never changed, and I thought it actually lost it's psychological edge the further it went.

I played the 360 version, not the PC. Perhaps it was significantly different, but the first didn't do anything to make me want to play the expansions or a sequel.

Vidikron @ Oct 28th 2008 10:55AM

Ditto. I didn't like FEAR at all. I thought it was tremendously boring and tedious. It felt like the whole game was in office buildings, warehouses and office building basements. And you fight a legion of the exact same guys. It's far from the only FPS to be repetitious, but FEAR really made me feel the repetition. I only played about half way through, so maybe I missed out some twists at the end, but I just couldn't be bothered to play any more.

Mat Schwartz @ Oct 28th 2008 2:17AM

Goddammit I love a little bit of blood in my games. Between this, Dead Space and Fallout 3 I make a lot of bad guys hurt.

CaramelZappa @ Oct 28th 2008 3:47AM

FEAR had some of the best enemy AI I've seen. It was realistic and tactical. I loved the game, aside from the fact that you quickly realize that Alma (at least while she's a little girl) never really hurts you so there's no reason to be freaked out.

I've been looking forward to project origin for a long time, and now it's coming to my platform of choice. Definately pre-purchasing this on Steam.

CenturionRyan @ Oct 28th 2008 5:36AM

Is it just me, or is that the most realistic blood in a game ever?

Anyway, time to judge a game by its prequel's merits.

The AI was good, the story was okay, the characters were one-dimensional, the combat was good, the bullet time was cool, but tacked on and it was only scary on the first playthrough.

Might rent this.

Mike @ Oct 28th 2008 8:25AM

For clarification purposes: FEAR is not survival horror. It's a pretty straight forward action game with horror elements.

Looking forward to playing this.