After the release of the original F.E.A.R., developer Monolith had to watch as its creation was farmed out to other studios thanks to Vivendi owning the rights and abusing them with extreme prejudice. Two expansion packs, Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate, were released, neither of which managed to endear the series to critics and players.

Now Monolith is back in the saddle, backed by Warner Brothers, and with the two expansions disregarded as non-canon, the series returns with its only official follow-up, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.