FEAR PS3 confirmed for April

By Tom Bramwell Published 29 March, 2007

Producer talks about new bits.

Vivendi's PlayStation 3 version of F.E.A.R. will be released on 20th April, the publisher confirmed this afternoon.

Originally scheduled for release at the console's launch last Friday, the game, which is about men with guns investigating the unknown, was set back for reasons unknown. Someone give me a gun.

That reminds me - there's a rapid-fire shotgun in your PS3 arsenal that isn't included in the PC and Xbox 360 versions, as well as "a bonus mission that lets the player jump into the shoes of the Special Force Operational Detachment (SFOD) soldiers that investigated the original Armacham disturbance - basically the incident that was the trigger for the events of FEAR". Thanks Rob Loftus, senior producer at Sierra! Got anything else to say? "We won't be changing the plotline, but we'll certainly be adding to it with the bonus mission. You'll get to see what happened to the SFOD squad that the FEAR team is trying to locate in the original storyline."

Marvellous. So there's 16 player deathmatch over the Internet at launch? "Yes." And the Instant Action arcade mode that involves surviving and causing loads of damage in repeating levels and then uploading your score to PS Network leaderboards? "We don't support SixAxis in this current iteration of F.E.A.R." Eh? It's almost as though he's talking to someone else. In a Q&A provided along with the release date.

Any chance of more F.E.A.R. on PS3? The Extraction Point PC expansion, perhaps? "Stay tuned. It all depends on the demand. If people want some more FEAR on the PS3, we'll certainly look at ways to make that happen."

Well that's jolly good of you. Meanwhile, PS3 fans might want to hold their noses and read the F.E.A.R. Xbox 360 review elsewhere on Eurogamer to get an idea of how the console ports, handled by Day 1 Studios, have come together. Alternatively, there's F.E.A.R. PS3 first impressions. What more could you want?

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Comments (20) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • skillian #1 5 years ago

    It seems pretty tight of them not to just include the expansion pack in the game. Saving it for DLC I 'spose.

  • Machiavel #2 5 years ago

    If only it was ported as well as the 360 version, allegedly. Hold your noses and flicker your eyes...

  • Steroyd #3 5 years ago

    It seems pretty tight of them not to just include the expansion pack in the game. Saving it for DLC I 'spose.

    I know all the Blu-ray space gone begging, greedy bastards.

  • IAmBatman #4 5 years ago

    They could have used the disc space to add some extra enemy skins and wall textures.

  • Xerx3s #5 5 years ago

    OMG! The ps3 only has shooters and targets male 25-35 homophobes.

  • gogobaka #6 5 years ago

    First. Encounter. in the Anus. and Rectum of ps3 owners.
    Edited by 1 at 29/03/07 @ 14:37

  • skillian #7 5 years ago

    First. Anal. Encounter. in the Rectum of ps3 owners.

    F.A.E.R.? Dude, at least put some effort in.

    edit: Hah, you edited. Cunning.
    Edited by 1 at 29/03/07 @ 14:39

  • mkreku #8 5 years ago

    Why did I get a huge deja vu when I read this news article?

  • Steroyd #9 5 years ago

    OMG! The ps3 only has shooters and targets male 25-35 homophobes.

    I know it's depressing on how many PC ported FPS's are going to the PS3, i thought it was too difficult for those PC developers to port games to PS3 goddamnit.

    That's it I'm running a campaign.

    BOYCOTT THE PS3 FPS PC PORTS

  • mkreku #10 5 years ago

    GO STEROYD GO!!

    (The letter about Catchphrase Copyright Infringement will arrive in the mail any day now)

  • kangarootoo #11 5 years ago

    ^ its the law... apparently.

  • Cubfan #12 5 years ago

    OMG! The ps3 only has shooters and targets male 25-35 homophobes.

    I'm a homophobe and I resent being grouped in with PS3 owners.
    Edited by 1 at 29/03/07 @ 17:45

  • Cubfan #13 5 years ago

    Well there are exceptions, Oblivion is perfectly playable on the console versions albit missing the user created content part. But a game like FEAR just doesn't work well on consoles.

    FEAR played just fine on the 360, it just wasn't that great a game to begin with.

  • spongebob #14 5 years ago

    OMG! The ps3 only has shooters and targets male 25-35 homophobes.

    I'm a homophobe and I resent being grouped in with PS3 owners.

    Homophobe? Bet you're with the Xbox crowd? :)

    While we're at it, where are the gay games with gay heros?

  • Xerx3s #15 5 years ago

    While we're at it, where are the gay games with gay heros?

    Pick a random jrpg. Or are those emo's nowadays? So hard to keep up with all these new stereotype names.

  • BadBoyBonner #16 5 years ago

    Spongebob - there has been loads of Gay/homosexual Hero's

    Applying great statistical analysis to the problem over many hours I have worked out that every tenth male character you come across is not hetrosexual in games - probably more if gears of war is anything to go by.

    Now finding camp openly gay hero's, now there's a challenge - they seem to be pretty thin on the ground.

    Infact I can not think of one - but then again I do not play many RPG's with Elves always seeming clean, thin and narcissistic enough to qualify - so maybe they all are (joking of course - before I get flamed and arrowed by some Elves on my way to pick my lunch up lol).

  • Azazel #17 5 years ago

    While we're at it, where are the gay games with gay heros?

    Pick a random jrpg. Or are those emo's nowadays? So hard to keep up with all these new stereotype names.

    Naw, that's jis wee borin' bastards wi nae birds.

  • SomaticSense #18 5 years ago

    That Tiger Woods ad is right getting on my fucking nerves now. When an ad actually intrudes with the reading of the article things have gone too far.

  • SomaticSense #19 5 years ago

    "While we're at it, where are the gay games with gay heros?"

    Gears of War.

  • mike_mgoblue #20 5 years ago

    The Xbox 360 version has Rumble and Vibration features, while the Playstation 3 version does NOT. That makes that game a LOT more fun, because it adds another dimension of realism and fun to the game.

    Game Informer magazine already compared the graphics of both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 versions. The Xbox 360 version has better textures, as well as better lighting and sharper graphics.

    Plus, the Xbox 360 version has been available for about six months now, and you can buy it on sale for about $20 less than the Playstation 3 version. That is one of the major benefits of owning an Xbox 360--you get the games first, with additional Rumble and Online features.

    The Xbox 360 version also has exclusive downloadable content, which is quite cool.