FEAR 3 Now Pushed Back to May
Day 1 Studios wants to give the creepy FPS a bit more polish.
PC gamers anxiously waiting for Day 1 Studios' third installment to the F.E.A.R. franchise will have to wait a little longer. Wednesday F.E.A.R. 3 publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment said the creepy first-person shooter has once again been pushed back, this time to receive a little extra polish before hitting retail shelves.
"The F.E.A.R. 3 launch date will now be in May 2011, as we look to deliver the best possible game for our consumers," the company said in a statement.
This latest delay will be the second time the creepfest has been pushed back. Originally F.E.A.R. 3 was slated for a late October 2010 release (Halloween), however the publisher changed the date to March 25, 2011 for unspecified reasons. Now Best Buy is listing the game's release date as May 24, 2011, but that may not be an official launch date, only serving as a placeholder instead.
Unlike the first two installments, this latest chapter was not developed by Monolith Studios. Instead, the torch was passed over to Day 1 Studios. Famed horror movie director John Carpenter has reportedly offered his services for the game's cutscenes while famed screenplay writer Steve Niles co-wrote the script with the development team.
"Players can look forward to new features such as divergent co-op, an evolved cover system, and more scares," said Denny Thorley, founder and president of Day 1 Studios.
For now, F.E.A.R. 3 is slated for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC this May.
the first was great amazing effects and ai
on top of that the story was creepy
the second ruined all that was great about the first
Wow. I've been reading Tom's for years and this drivel finally forced me to register. To say you didn't enjoy it is fine. To say it is a crap game is crazy. It had excellent graphics, ground-breaking AI, and pushed the hardware boundaries in much the same way Crysis did when it came out. The multiplayer was actually quite a bit of fun though few people had the rig to run it until it was too late.
I couldn't agree more. FEAR was great....FEAR 2 sucked.
Dead Space 2 is where it is at nowadays...
Ha, I got all the games for $5 from steam during the Xmas sale!
The second one was boring.
But FEAR 3 looks more action than horror, and that is BAD. Even though you were practically invincible in FEAR 2, I still was scared on almost every encounter, the most memorable being the invisible assassin's in the big reactor room before you got to the amplifier, you were in this humongous room, and then, while you're doing your thing, someone kicks your ass and runs away.