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E3 06: Vivendi confirms F.E.A.R. for 360

PC shooter headed to Microsoft's next-gen console this fall; Day 1 Studios (MechAssault) on as developers.

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Monolith Productions' F.E.A.R. for the PC was regarded as one of 2005's most intense shooters, regardless of platform. However, those without the PC firepower to run the graphics-intensive game feared the worst--that they wouldn't be able to play it at all.

Relief came when not one, but two rumors hit the Internet about F.E.A.R. heading to the Xbox 360. Gamers murmured about the possibility of an Xbox 360 version because F.E.A.R. was built on the same technology as Monolith's Condemned: Criminal Origins--an Xbox 360 game. Fans reasoned that Condemned eventually made its way to the PC, so why couldn't the reverse happen for F.E.A.R.?

Vivendi finally let the cat out of the bag today, announcing that F.E.A.R. would terrorize Microsoft's next-generation console this fall. The game will make its public debut at next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, but Vivendi has not yet revealed if the game will include any extra features.

Monolith won't be working on the port of F.E.A.R. Those duties have been handed off to Chicago-based Day 1 Studios, who worked on both MechAssault and MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf.

F.E.A.R. for the Xbox 360 has not yet been priced and will likely carry the same M-for-Mature rating as its PC counterpart. For more information on the game, check out GameSpot's PC review.

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Monolith isnt working on this port becuase they are busy making the PC expansion

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All the 360 has is ports and mediocre games.

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don't be naive impreza, FEAR'll run jus fine for the 360-although ppl'll have to shoot the crappy way, with a controller :P

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i dont think its gonna be as good as the PC version...

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sweet....i hope its not a port thou.... im scared of creepy children too

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This is very great news cause this game is really good.But to all those 360 haters out there I can care less about if its a port or not.And I REALLY can care less about Japan.I love my shooters,and I love my sports and fighting games.And the 360 has that.

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I dont think it will be better than the PC version.

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will probably suck like the port of HL2. PC's are soooo much better!

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Good for people with slower PC's and have a 360. This game needs to be optimized.

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Fear will be old news by christmas, and the x360 won't be able to run it as well as it runs on a high end pc. It needs a 265mb video card plus 500+ mb system ram to run well and the 360 only has 512 total ram. It is also not being ported by Monolith.

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Fear is pretty awesome.

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yesssssssss oh yes thank god and the lord!

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Oh, this is so sweet... I am one of the minority gamers who prefers console FPS's to PC FPS's. So I have had to watch as my friends enjoy F.E.A.R. and I'm left with Perfect Dark Zero. I am so excited. Keep 'em comin'.

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God Dammit why im I pc gaming for !

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YES! This game looked awesome on the PC but I don't have the power needed to run it on my computer, so this is great news!

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Boooooooo @ Vivendi

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This is excellent news for people that can't afford a high-end pc, good stuff by the way.

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Good news for 360 users... although I finished that game like 2 months ago. :)

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cain't wait!

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Know I can finally get it. I can get the pc version, mines no good for games.

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monolith had a shake-up and split up a bit, which is why there is a new publisher for the game. I enjoy sitting in my living room playing on the HDTV, so I will be counting the days until this game is released. It is funny to see the mouse-jockeys and Sony fanboys trrying to trash a game , they haven't seen in action yet.

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Whats funny about fear is that it never scared me the first time through, it was really cool though especially near the end. The second time through though one part scared me pretty good cause I completely forgot about it.

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YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

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YES!! Finally.

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Hell yeah!

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This was clearly the best FPS for the PC last year! This game will work on the the 360. When I first played it for PC I could clearly see this being ported. I loved the game so much that I will probably buy it for the 360 as well.

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Now's my chance to see what all the hype is about this game . . .hellz yeah!

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...to be choppy like Quake 4.

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Thank God, I wanted to play this game for what seems like forever, and now i finally will get the chance!

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I'm getting tired of people going off about how the 360 would not be able to run FEAR smoothly at highest settings. That's like saying the original XBOX couldn't run Quake3. And I thought Condemned had graphics at least as good as FEAR. Ran smooth and IT WAS A LAUNCH TITLE. Some people are just stupid, you've seen Gears of War, you've seen Splinter Cell Double Agent and yet you doubt that the 360 could run FEAR even when Condemned ran off the same graphics engine and looked even better. The 60 will support better graphics than Crysis before it's life is over, believe me, if u don't believe me i'll be the one laughing

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I already own it for the PC, I don't want to spend another $60 dollors on it for the 360.

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Another FPS... I have been playing games since I was 14 (that's 25 years ago), and I am really tired of FPS (and I saw a lot of them). A good FPS once in a while is fun, but frankly, I wish MS would try to offer much more variety in their games. Since the launch of the XBox360, there was Perfect Dark Zero, Call of Duty, GRAW, etc... that's too many FPS compared to other type of games. They may be good games technically, but I don't see much difference between them as far as gameply is concerned: reload... hide... run... shoot (well... almost all the same). I think companies do not wish to take risks like they did ten years ago because of the cost of making games today, and that they prefer to go with a good ol' FPS to survive rather than something new. I guess that's the price of the next generation consoles. (Let's hope Sony will not do the same as MS).

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It's about time this was confirmed! FEAR is definitely a game that, if brought to the 360 correctly, could very well shake up the console shooter world. However, I'll hold out on that shooter (probably) and just wait for my Red Steel on the Rev, as the dev team is said to have been influenced by the AI in FEAR. ^_^

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Another excellent 360 title coming. Its gonna be great to own one this winter.

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Lets see if the graphics are as good on the 360. Textures are going to be an issue. To run at med tex on the PC you basically need 1gig to avoid serious stuttering. The xbox360 has only 512. The mutiple processors should help deal with the massive use of particles. Anyway, I predict similar effects on the 360, but lower-res textures.

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well this gives me a reason to wait for the game. but this game was so good for the PC how can this gmae not disapoint.

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Yes finally

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THis is going to be great, it will be so much better for the 360 than on medium graphics for the PC, Cant wait, while all the ps3 fanboys will be playing with themselves, Ill be playing FEAR!!! hAHAHAH

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YOu PC IDIOTS!!! FEAR is gonna be better for most people on the 360! The graphics will be better than what most people can afford on the PC. Screw u guys that dont like FPS PC PORts. I love it I hope MS keeps making PC Ports that are better just to piss you pc fanboys off. Oh and do you still want a PC, have fun with your $600 machine, your japanese games, Ill be busy playing FEAR on the far better console so STFU!

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The 360 had it coming!!! Let's hope for a Q3 '06 release!!!!

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AWESOME! My computer is lacking in the graphics department....so I've been waiting for this! 360!

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YEAAAAA!!! NOW I HAVE A REASON TO GET A 360!!!...sorta! woot!

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360 owners, this game is worth the wait! Its a shame that the game will be released around first year anniversary of PC version though.

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The storyline was crap, as well as most of the level design. Only at the very end did the story begin to go somewhere. The only thing this game has going for it, is the shoot outs and the "Matrix" mode. The claims that this was a "horror" game were crap.....Doom and System Shock 2 were scarier than this game. It's more hype than anything else.

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whoa, got this game for PC, must say it is quite amazing, but now im waiting more on the sequel, dont know how much better (or worse) the port wil be

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Yay!!!

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I'll rent it if comes with extra content... and only if. I wasnt too impressed with the PC version and its claim that it will scare the **** outta me. Condemned on the other hand was one damn freaky game.

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I cant to play F.E.A.R for 360.

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As a PC fan I feel cheated

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