F.E.A.R. (Page 2)

With new modes next month.

Another cover girl.

COUGH and patch COUGH.

Frighteningly good.

And it's out today, by the way.

Lead designer Craig Hubbard explains his phobophilia.

As in John, not Karen or Richard.

16 player support.

Global release date in October.

The mind-killer? Maybe.

Supports arguments both for quick-loading and looking beyond Hollywood.

Something for the weakened.

1200 to be won...

Apparently it's like "The Matrix meets The Ring". (Question of the day: which came first, the snappy acronym or the unwieldy title?)

We go hands-on with the single-player portion of Monolith's John Woo-inspired action FPS.

We go hands-on with the multiplayer aspect of Monolith's action-horror FPS. Sorry: Wooooooy geeeooooooh hhhhuuuunddsss-oorrrrrnnnn wiiii-- you get the idea.

It stands for First Encounter Assault and Recon. We mention that now because it's not one of the factors that contribute to this being the most promising PC FPS of 2005...

We talk to Monolith director of technology Kevin Stephens about the inspiration for F.E.A.R, the strength of the technology, the fate of Lithtech, next-generation kit. Action!

We grab an exclusive one-to-one interview with Monolith's technology chief Kevin Stephens about the most exciting first-person shooter of the year.

More spooky FPS detail.