Warner Brothers announced today they have reacquired the rights to use the F.E.A.R. brand name in their sequel, Project Origin. Now known as F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the sequel to the 2005 FPS was originally titled Project Origin, after a dispute over the naming rights with former owner Activision-Blizzard.

FEAR wasn’t one of my favorite shooters. While reviews raved about the advanced AI, I felt the whole bullet-time thing was already overdone. Plus, the environments didn’t vary much between dark office hallways and dark warehouse corridors. F.E.A.R. is probably best known for its shocking pop-up ghouls, but if the weapons and combat are improved in the sequel, this might be a decent run and gun shooter.

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin comes out February 10, 2009, just in time for Halloween Valentine’s Day.

Tags: F.E.A.R., fear 2, project origin

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