The story begins as an unidentified paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound.

F.E.A.R.™ (First Encounter Assault Recon) is an intense combat experience with rich atmosphere and a deeply intense paranormal storyline presented entirely in first person. Be the hero in your own spine-tingling epic of action, tension, and terror… and discover the true meaning of fear.

An unidentified paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound, taking hostages but issuing no demands. A Special Forces team is sent in by the government to contain the situation, but contact is severed as an eerie signal interrupts radio communications. When the interference subsides moments later, the team has been obliterated. Live footage of the massacre shows an inexplicable wave of destruction tearing the soldiers apart before they can even react.

In light of the desperate situation the F.E.A.R. team is assembled. As part of this elite classified strike team created to deal with the most unusual and shocking of threats your mission is simple: Eliminate the intruders at any cost. Determine the origin of the signal. And contain this crisis before it spirals out of control and make any other intervention useless.

Here are some key features of "F.E.A.R":

· Hyper-stylized combat for breathtaking cinematic quality action
· Gripping supernatural storyline for spine-tingling intensity of play
· Multi-player action with multiple gameplay modes and all single player capabilities
· Advanced graphics and physics for visceral movie-like experience
· Enemies with special abilities and A.I. so intuitive it's like battling living, breathing players


Requirements:

· US version of Windows(R) 2000/XP with latest service pack installed
· DirectX(R) 9.0c June Edition (Included) or higher
· Pentium(R) 4 1.7 GHz or equivalent
· 512MB RAM
· 64MB DirectX(R) 9.0 compliant video card with pixel shader support
· A Monitor that can display in 4:3 aspect ratio
· 1.4GB free hard drive space for installation
· Additional hard drive space for a Windows(R) swap file and saved game files.
· CD-ROM or DVD drive
· 100% Windows(R) compatible computer system (including compatible
· 32-bit drivers for CD-ROM, video card, sound card, and input
· devices)
· 16-bit DirectX(R) 9.0 compliant sound card with support for EAX 2.0
· Windows(R) compatible Mouse and Keyboard


What's New in This Release:

· Fixed typo in description of HUD fade speed on Game Options screen.
· Fixed crash associated with patch not overwriting default.archcfg file.
· Fixed crash associated with aborting game load from the GameSpy lobby.
· Fixed issue with weapon perturb not being calculated correctly when held at extreme vertical angles.
Multiplayer:
· CD Key is now hidden when entered in the Multiplayer Client options.
· Fixed Server crash associated with clients using bad strings.
· Fixed random client crash in listen server games with more than eight players.
· Fixed issue with F.E.A.R. background disappearing on "Find Servers" screen.
· Fixed typo description of Defend Base Radius option on the CTF Host Options menu.
· Fixed occasional client crash immediately after joining a remote server.
· Fixed client crash associated with stopping the GameSpy Server Browser.
· Removed restriction on presale content for normal customers.
· Users can now vote for map selection, next round, and next map.
· The Dedicated Server column of the server browser screen has been removed. The Platform column now shows three different icons: hosted servers, dedicated Win32 servers, and dedicated Linux servers.
· An additional graphic and sound will play when you are hit with a headshot.
· Option added to allow NavMarkers to fade out as they get farther from the center of the screen. The key this is bound to can be set with the "Toggle Markers" option in the Status section of Configure Controls.
· Added Punkbuster Support.