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F.E.A.R Combat Free Today, Thursday August 17h.

joinfear.com — Sierra Entertainment has made the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R Combat, and is available for download Today, Thursday August 17th.

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  • Leakage, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33I hope this is successful and other company's start to do the same thing. This dosen't really affect me because I own fear. But it's the thought that counts.
  • bbdude, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36Can't complain about free stuff.
  • MyLeftNut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The timer is based on your systems clock so if you're in the UK it'll say 0:00:00.

    It'll probably be out around 6pm GMT.
  • Joo52, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I've heard 12 EST so that's in about 10 minutes.
    • Qliphah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1While bit torrent was the faster choice I was still expecting something faster than 40k... oh well better than sierra's flooded ftp at 4k.
  • Slashriffs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Ah man i hope this doesnt get to the front page
    I was going to download it today, but if it gets to the front page all hope in the servers is lost!!
    • reknaps, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Bittorrent is the way to go
      More people = faster download :)
    • Mohanned, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Yeah reknaps, it's ingenius isn't it. :D
  • PlancksCnst, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10The article link gave me a 404, but it's true, here's the official forum post:
    http://forums.vugames.com/thread.jspa?threadID=29018&tstart=0
    • JimV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2well, you could just type joinfear.com and get to the home page that way.
  • Workster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8It's almost 2 gigs in size so nobody will have it very soon.
    • Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Done downloading a long time ago, over 4000 seeds in torrent :D
    • andy101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+174000 seeds? I'm only getting around 12. There's about 4000 leechers though.
    • pillfred, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2were up to 13 seeds and 5000 lechers now.
    • über, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Same.
    • andy101, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2UPDATE: I am connected to 4/14 Seeds & 1325/4819 Peers (leechers) & I'm downloading at about 200KB/s.

      The non-torrent links have download speeds of roughly 50-70KB/s.
    • über, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1UPDATE: I am doing ~1 Mb/s Down, ~ 3.5 Mb/s up.
    • Daisuke, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27UPDATE: I have a large epenis.
    • topato, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Uber

      I'm not sure if you understand the crucial difference between Mb and MB, because if you do mean Mb, that really is not that great.
    • Qliphah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dont know about now but before I left for work mine was at about 40k... 12 seeds and about 7000 peers most at sub 50% sadly for a game like this once the torrent is finished theres no need to stay and seed, in fact it'll hurt you online when you go to play it...
  • Chaos12, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1Wrong topic, but cool game.
  • Zerfram, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31I read the title and thought there was no combat allowed when playing F.E.A.R. today. Today is a combat free day.
    • spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2That would be "F.E.A.R. Combat-Free Today"
  • leetbumble, on 10/12/2007, -25/+1Its a great game... if u cant play it on your comp, UPGRADE! its the only game i stop WOW for!
  • über, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Torrent link gives me an error page.
  • ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I wil DL this when I get home tonight. Reminds me of the free release of Enemy Territory a few years back. I wasted many and hour with that game.



    Need Medic!
    • dfunct, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Plenty of people still do!
    • stygiansonic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Enemy Territory was a great MP game and I too, wasted many hours playing it. Good to see other companies trying out this new "demo" method.
  • icepick314, on 10/12/2007, -30/+12one more reason to own Windows...sucks to be Apple user...
    • tehJR, on 10/12/2007, -10/+18you mean, sucks to be an Apple user on a non-Intel machine?
    • PirateFSM, on 10/12/2007, -11/+6Will this work on Linux?
    • pastasauce, on 10/12/2007, -22/+4@tehJR:
      If you want to live a long life, keep your mouth shut apple sympathizer
    • m0dded, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@pastasauce

      something has to be doing really poorly to be sympathized with.. and to be frank, apple isn't doing poorly. they are doing very well.
    • apotropaic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1they are doing good for apple.. not for linux or even MS for that matter... but they are doing well...
  • Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The website isn't down, the poster entered the wrong link to their main page :P
  • Caboose125, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Releasing the multiplayer portion of FEAR is a great idea. It was done once with Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and that led to tons more people buying the single player portion (or at least downloading it :-p). I hope to see this happen with more games. It helps game sales and gives us a kickass game to play on the LAN with people that don't haven't bought it.
    • pastasauce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Trackmania did this too a while ago with EsportSA (I think). Except they trimmed it down so it was just indie cars and one arena but there were plenty of good custom maps.
  • anthrt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3We're sorry. Our Systems indicate you are outside the territory authorized for distribution by the software publisher of this title.

    Unfortunately, we do not have permissions from the publisher to sell this title outside of our approved territory.
    • Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Torrent it, dude.
    • Wiman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3So where are you located then?
    • andy101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It doesn't matter HOW you get it, it's blocking him from using it by not giving him a key. That's why they ask for your address etc.

      Use the following information so you can get your key:

      Name: Bob Matthews
      Address: 3120 Alfresco Terrence, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
      Postal Code: L5N7M2
  • keef06, on 10/12/2007, -10/+0@anthrt: What country are you trying to get it from?
  • keef06, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8@anthrt, heres the offical file mirrors:
    http://torrents.vugames.com/fearcombat_en_107.exe.torrent
    ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/fear/demo/fearcombat_en_107.exe
    http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/fearcombat/download.html?sid=6155876
    http://www.fileplanet.com/files/160000/166516.shtml
    • groceryheist, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2do you need a cd key with the torrent?
    • lament, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2of course. it's an official torrent, not a warez version.
  • pd69, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3f.e.a.r is a great game the multiplayer is great fun id recommend downloading this to anyone
  • americanXP, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Got my DL started. Can't wait to play. It will be a nice break from " WoW".
    :)

  • jues, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2PWNAGE!
  • Armagetto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10This really is a top-notch multiplayer game that never got it's due. It's great to see it getting a second chance.

    For those who never tried it or heard mixed reviews, you really gotta give this game a whirl. The gameplay is fast-paced and crazy with kung-fu kicks flying every which way, disintergrators skeletonizing foes, nades sending bloody limbs flying and nailguns pinning people to the walls and ceilings. There is something extremely twisted, yet gratifying, about a game where your character yells "Die MotherF***ers!" after a long ownage streak.

    I pretty sure Jack Thompson is downloading this right about now...
  • edmarriner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2nice, this and "wolfenstein: enemy territory" means there are two multiplayer games made free. I hope more companys catch on and offer there multiplayer games free as well :)
  • crashflow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9as a ninja once said,
    I look forward to killing you soon!
  • Yashu, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1I bought FEAR for the MP... DISPOSABLE HEROES!
    • Yashu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0ok so I am replying to my comment to say I HATE THE HUGE FONT SIZE WHY DID THEY DESTROY MY AWSOME GAME?!?!
  • z00k, on 10/12/2007, -15/+7One word:

    Sex.
  • keef06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53 mirrors for the .torrent file (Not the actual file, just in case you have problems):
    http://www.hostfilez.com/download.php?file=824
    http://s15.quicksharing.com/v/9372003/fearcombat_en_107.exe.torrent.html
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AQAXF334
  • Motopsycho832, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2i look forward to reliving the Counter Strike glory days, good work Sierra

    i've never updated my graphics card, is there any chance this will still run on my computer?
    • ilyag, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7No chance in hell. It's one of the most high-end games available today. They benchmark new video cards with it.
    • H0tKarl, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3No.
    • Feasoron, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Well that all depends when you got it now, doesn't it? After all, I've never 'upgraded' my graphics card, but my machine was built this spring and a Radeon XTX1900 can still handle just about anything out there. Anyway, it's free. No harm in trying to run it. If your card won't run it, you've lost nothing.
    • YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So my FX5200 128mb will probably catch fire.
      .... great! a chance to upgrade!
    • Jon20usa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1^ Haha. I previously had an FX5200. It wasn't too bad of a card. It ran Call of Duty 2 alright but I forget what settings that was on. But now I have upgraded and my 7600GT runs Fear nicely. So if any of you want a somewhat budget card ($140) that will run fear this is your card Evga 7600GT KO.
  • Wicky2k5, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7http://www.joinfear.com/main
    Here's the real site. (You get the CD-Key and the download here)
  • Wicky2k5, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1http://www.joinfear.com/main
    Here's the real site. (You get the CD-Key and the download here)
  • nugge7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+114 hours. :-(
  • bbdude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Only 36 days until my torrent is finished!
    • MyNightwish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Remaining Time Unknown"

      I like life on the edge.....
  • Mike_N, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I haven't received the email with my key yet and it's been about 20 minutes. Is anyone else having a delay with it, or did i screw up with the form?
    • Wiman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I got my key just seconds after I finished the form.
    • keef06, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2no, i got my CD-Key instantly about 10 minutes ago.
    • ddt014, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Took me 2 minutes to get my cd-key. All I have to do now is wait 20 hours for the download to finish.
    • Zero82z, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Happened to me too, go to the first page and click the link for people who lost their keys. Put in your e-mail address and it'll send it to you. If you still don't get it within a few seconds then you used the wrong e-mail address first time around.
    • raisinbran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Same thing happened to me. The problem for me was that I didn't click the Submit button on Step 3 (the part where it asks you to refer friends) because I didn't realize the submit button was for getting the key. I thought it was just for referring friends.

      Anyway, I did it again with a different email address and it worked right away.
  • Mike_N, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I tried twice, with two different accounts. Maybe they're just getting pounded right now...
  • dime, on 10/12/2007, -13/+0
    It's amazing how the SP can be so good and the MP can be so absolutely god awful. Buggy, bad netcode, so-so gameplay. I wouldn't even waste the time downloading.


    Of course this will be modded down, but I'm just tryin to help a brotha out.

  • microsoftpwner, on 10/12/2007, -29/+1I'm getting 650kbps from here:

    http://gamedaily.newaol.com/pub/0078700558/fear_mpdemo_en.exe

    Or if that doesnt work, that link is probably specific to my ip or something.
    Go through 4 pages to "start" the download.
    http://www.gamedaily.com/download/info/?packageid=0078700558
    • über, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That's the demo, not the actual game.
    • microsoftpwner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Oh crap your right....yeah didn't get the link I posted. I didn't know there was a multilayer demo. Plz mod my above comment down so people dont get confused like me.
    • TheGuy20, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2You're confused microsoftpwner. That's the demo. The real file name would be fearcombat_en_107.exe
  • mikey601587, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Just so I understand correctly ....Fear Combat will be available for free to download only for today?! I keep hearing about coutdowns does this mean the countdown of fear being relased the one on the fear website...or is there a countdown that will deactivate Fear Combat? Like is it going to be free today then tomorrow its not!? I don't understand.
  • soulshinejam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Well, I'm downloading the 1.06-1.07 client update for the game right now. I hope that, from now on, I don't have to put that stupid gameplay disc in the drive to play the game that I purchased for $50. This kind of disc protection HURTS consumers!
    • timta2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Hey, you bought it, I wouldn't see anything wrong with downloading a No CD/DVD Crack. It is pretty sad that people who pirate the game can play it more convieniently than people who buy it. Another example of DRM/Copy Protection hurting the paying consumer.
  • drewskyjones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So if someone could clarify for me...On their site it says "Download the full multiplayer component of FEAR"

    Is there a standalone component and a multiplayer component? What do you get/not get from the download? Thx in advance, Diggers .
    • pillfred, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You get to play online only, just not the SP mode from what i understand.
  • wush, on 10/12/2007, -0/+513 seeds
    5088 peers

    This may take a while!
  • mikey601587, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Will Fear Combat be free forever?! Or just today???? By the way I got my cdkey and downloaded the 1.8gig file in 20min with fileplanet servers! woooT!!! actually....download complete!!!
    • andy101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Would you mind, you know, telling us the FilePlanet server password? :P
  • raptrex, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2it shows 0 seeds for me
    and for the tracker status it says "A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host"

    using utorrent
  • edmarriner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You do not need to own any version of fear just download it off there site and it works ( with the key they give you).

    there is no time limit in which you must download it , its free for ever :D
    • soapboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thank you, I was just going to ask for some more clarification. I am at work so I can only go by the comments here. ;-)
  • mikey601587, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thank you edmarriner for clarifying that for me!
  • loneraven, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Wow.. .the torrent is horribly slow for me. I've got 0 seeds and 4 leechers, and i'm downloading at 599 B/s. I've been having timeout issues the hole time.

    Hopefully it speeds up.
  • eyeaml337, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1So it is only free for one day? Why are there no details? Is the multiplayer thing free for ever or what?
  • raptrex, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1somone plz put this on a better tracker
    i still got 0 seeds, but i got 6k peers
  • Ollin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes today is the day they are releasing the multiplayer element of the game only which is gonna be stand alone. Look around their site and its going to be free from now on. :P
  • lozaning, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1wtf mate almost 5,000 leachers and only 14 seeds, none of course tht it will let me connect to
  • darkliquid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Torrent is the way. If everyone hits the HTTP sites it's just going to take them down. If we all get on torrent we'll get super download speeds. So get on the bus.
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