Sierra Entertainment today announced that 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 will be made available to the public as a free download on Thursday August 17th, 2006. F.E.A.R. Combat features:

10 Multiplayer Game modes. 19 Multiplayer Maps. 12 different weapons. Punkbuster support for anti cheat support. The capability to download user generated content.

F.E.A.R. Multiplayer to be made available for free