Monolith regains access to F.E.A.R. brand, Project Origin now F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin |
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F.E.A.R. fans out there will probably remember that Sierra retained ownership of the F.E.A.R. name while Monolith was left with the rights to the whole F.E.A.R. universe after the latter was acquired by Warner Bros.
This whole situation resulted in the announcement of two F.E.A.R. follow-ups: a "spiritual successor" from Monolith and an "official" sequel Sierra was supposed to make with another developer. For their project, Monolith held a naming contest, where "Project Origin" won out.
Flash forward to 2008. After Sierra's parent company Vivendi merged with Activision, Sierra had to face the cancellation of most of its upcoming games. Warner Bros. and Monolith weren't about to let the opportunity pass by, and so they took the chance to re-acquire the F.E.A.R. brand.
So, what does this leave us with? F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. Here's Peter Wyse, Warner Bros. Games' Director of Production, talking about the whole thing:
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I wonder if they are gonna put back what happened to the pointman after the first game.
It's also good that WB and Monolith were able to get the license for the name. Otherwise, I wonder how are they gonna reference the team F.E.A.R. from the first game.
the game that was to be called the Artist Formerly Known As F.E.A.R. or some such is now going back to F.E.A.R. ??
... m'kay
Yup, that's about it.