{"id":13814,"date":"2011-06-29T17:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T07:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=13814"},"modified":"2011-06-29T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T07:56:32","slug":"paranormal-first-person-shooter-unleashes-frenetic-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=13814","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal First Person Shooter Unleashes Frenetic Combat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 June 29, 2011 \u2013 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announces the launch of <strong><em>F.E.A.R. 3<\/em><\/strong>, a paranormal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatisfear.com\/#\/en\/\">horror<\/a> first person shooter continuing the <em>F.E.A.R. <\/em>heritage of frenetic combat, compelling narrative and tension-filled gameplay while evolving the franchise with unique divergent co-op. The chill-inducing game is now available in Australia for Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>F.E.A.R. 3<\/em><\/strong> provides all the hallmark thrills the series is known for delivering along with new blood-pumping multiplayer modes,\u201d said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. \u201cThe game is staying true to its roots while improving on the experience with divergent co-op and high quality multiplayer created exclusively within the <em>F.E.A.R.<\/em> universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <strong><em>F.E.A.R. 3<\/em><\/strong>, players can take on the role of Point Man, a genetically enhanced super-soldier, or the undead spirit of his brother Paxton Fettel, a paranormal entity who possesses incredible psychic powers.\u00a0 The two brothers have a vicious history but must work together in an uneasy alliance to pursue Alma Wade, their tortured and psychically gifted mother, who is about to give birth to something that could destroy the world.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Day 1 Studios enlisted two horror masters, legendary film director John Carpenter (<em>Halloween, The Thing<\/em>) and writer Steve Niles (<em>30 Days of Night<\/em>), to consult on the cinematics and script.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>F.E.A.R. 3 <\/em><\/strong>evolves the <em>F.E.A.R. <\/em>franchise by introducing a unique system called divergent co-op, along with social gameplay that gives players distinctly different abilities that affect their own play and the experience of gamers they are playing with\u2026or against. The game also offers a robust scoring and challenge system, which encourages replay, tactical variation, and exploration throughout the game.<\/p>\n<p>Gamers will have access to four distinct online multiplayer modes\u2014F**king Run!, Contractions, Soul Survivor and Soul King\u2014each offering a unique combination of cooperative and competitive play distinctively set in the <em>F.E.A.R.<\/em> universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>F.E.A.R. 3<\/em><\/strong>, developed by Day 1 Studios, is rated \u201cMA 15+\u201d and is available now at retail stores nationwide for the Xbox 360, PlayStation\u00ae3 system for a suggested retail price of $79.95 and Windows PC for $69.95.<br \/>\nFor more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatisfear.com\/\">www.whatisfear.com<\/a>, Facebook at www.facebook.com\/whatisfear or follow <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/FEAR3Videogame\">@Fear3Videogame<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 June 29, 2011 \u2013 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announces the launch of F.E.A.R. 3, a paranormal horror first person shooter continuing the F.E.A.R. heritage of frenetic combat, compelling narrative and tension-filled gameplay while evolving the franchise with unique divergent co-op. The chill-inducing game is now available in Australia for Xbox 360\u00ae<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=13814\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13815,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13814\/revisions\/13815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}