FEAR expansions get dates

By Robert Purchese Published 10 October, 2007

Going to retail ball together.

Sierra Entertainment has told Eurogamer that the F.E.A.R. Files and Persesus Mandate expansions will be released simultaneously here on 16th November.

F.E.A.R. Files is the Xbox 360 pack containing old PC expansion Extraction Point and brand new expansion Perseus Mandate.

You can test out the Extraction Point side of it now on Live if you live in Canada or the US (the Euro version is expected to go up sometime today); stalking through spooky corridors as you carry on the story from the first F.E.A.R campaign. That means freaky little sister Alma is still out there and apparently not finished with you, and you will be given new weapons like the minigun to test out in using the fancy bullet-time special effects.

Or PC owners can get their hands on a sampler for brand new standalone expansion Perseus Mandate on the official website. This, if you remember, tells the original story of F.E.A.R. from the eyes of a different first encounter assault recon team. So it is off to Armacham again to apparently witness things the first team never saw coming.

Both of the new expansion packs are stand-alone, so you will not need the original game to play them.

F.E.A.R. is a wonderfully visceral shooter that scored 9/10 on PC in 2005, and 9/10 again on 360 a year later.

Original developer Monolith was replaced by TimeGate Studios after creating the first instalments, but announced recently that it planned to make a F.E.A.R. sequel under a different name: Project Origin.

Head over to our F.E.A.R. Files and Perseus Mandate gamepages for more information.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Machetazo #1 4 years ago

    Isn't the Extraction Point demo, US only?

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #2 4 years ago

    Oh yes. Sorry, I never really learnt to read.

  • Cloudane #3 4 years ago

    F.E.A.R. remains my favourite FPS ever.

    Yes, there are plenty of corridors and provides a very linear experience but by jolly! The AI and slow motion feature makes me weep in joy every single time.

    I wish the expansion for the Xbox 360 included the original F.E.A.R though so it is of greater value in terms of content and length.

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #4 4 years ago

    Have just had word that the Euro Extraction Point demo is expected to go up today.

  • Machetazo #5 4 years ago

    "I wish the expansion for the Xbox 360 included the original F.E.A.R though so it is of greater value in terms of content and length."

    So, you want the original FEAR, plus another 2x5-6 hours of gameplay (at least) all included, at £40 on a console, Cloudane? Currently, the cost for me is a sticking point though. Perhaps the demo will change that, but I think FEAR files might do better at £29.99, for what's said to be included.

    It's not a new FEAR. It's a new expansion pack accompanied by a much less new one...BUT then it's not even a series of expansion packs. Annoyingly, you've gotta keep swapping discs about depending on the flavour of FEAR you'd want to play.
    I'm not sure I'm comfortable paying £40 for that. Maybe the demo will help raise its profile, though.
    Edited by 1 at 10/10/07 @ 12:02

  • MBar #6 4 years ago

    I wish the expansion for the Xbox 360 included the original F.E.A.R though so it is of greater value in terms of content and length.

    What he said. Orange Box but FEAR shaped!

  • dave06 #7 4 years ago

    everyone remember this story line is not canon to the actual fear storyline, project origin is the true sequel...or prequel or whatever the hell it is

  • IAmBatman #8 4 years ago

    > this story line is not canon to the actual fear storyline

    There was a storyline?

  • Bulbatron #9 4 years ago

    I enjoyed F.E.A.R. so I will be getting this at some point.

  • Sorb #10 4 years ago

    Will the sound actually be audible this time...or subtitled? And will you get some decent gamescore points after completing the campaign now?