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12:03 AM on 06.05.2007 | Nick Chester

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Acronyms are stupid: name sequel to F.E.A.R. and win ... stuff photo

#First-person shooter #PC #PS3 #Xbox 360

Some Web site called IGN, along with Monolith and Warner Bros., are holding a contest to see what poor, unpaid schmuck can come up with the best name for the upcoming F.E.A.R. sequel. Let's back up for a second -- yes, there's going to be a sequel to F.E.A.R. coming to the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC; please try to hide your surprise. We just bought this carpet.

Submissions will be accepted until June 22nd, when three finalists will be sent to Monolith to meet with the development team. At that point, the three finalists will have their name and likeness included in the game, hopefully as character who will get their limbs torn or shot off ... by me.

Once the finalists have been chosen, public voting will open between the 23rd and 27th, letting mouth-breathing fanboys choose the final name. The contest's official site offers some naming and branding tips including my favorite:

5. Things To Avoid: Acronyms.

You mean like, uh, F.E.A.R.?

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tehuberone

F.E.A.R. 2
First Encounter Assault Recon 2

CannibalCalvin

F.E.A.R : Tiny girls walk on blood

Mxyzptlk

T.E.R.R.O.R.

Necros

If I recall, it was Vivendi Universal that gave it that name, not Monolith Productions. They've said that they never really liked that name to begin with, so it's understandable that they'd want to avoid a similar one.

Ambulance-Y

you win the ability to name the game and when you tell people you named it they say "nuh-huhz, you iz teh liar" then beat you with noodles. tasty tasty noodles.

GuitarAtomik

L.A.Z.Y.T.I.T.L.E.C.R.E.A.T.O.R.S.

tcgiant

P.O.O.P

Paranormal Opposition Operations Protocol

morbo47

Stupid contests and their stupid rules that only allow stupid Americans...

I cry 'discriminatory!', and then go lie down in bed.

...Canadians like free trips too, you know.

BlueWolf72

I put my suggestions in

immmmmm gonna win

Spitfire747

F.E.A.R.: A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S. S.U.C.K.
First Encounter Assualt Recon: Acronyms Cause Retarded Osteraches Not Young Mammals Sucumb to Secret Urine Corps mmKay?

GuitarAtomik

@Spitfire

I don't like the sound of "Secret Urine Corps" nor the idea of succumbing to them.

CannibalCalvin

S.H.I.T.T.Y.O.V.E.R.H.Y.P.E.D.M.E.D.I.O.C.R.E.S.H.O.O.T.E.R.
PART2

tehuberone

@ Cannibal

The game is pretty and has awesome enemy AI. The physics in the game are also awesome as hell.

Maclintok

@ tehuberone

I picked up FEAR last week and have to say the AI can be quite scary and stupid all at the same time. Physics-wise, I feel like I'm always knocking things over and my character's toe-tappy gait is pretty annoying. Otherwise, really fun game.

Reeper

fear is pretty good for being a pretty old game. i can still play some of the single player and have the shit scared out of me. hopefully the next is as good/better.

joeisremy

F.E.A.R 2: Mr. Chicken Returns

(the ghost and mr.chicken look it up good movie)

Wedge

F.E.A.R.N.W.S.H.B.P.

First Encounter Assault Recon Now Without Shitty Halfbaked Boring Plot.

The game had some solid gameplay (until the incredibly lame ending), but one of the dullest and most uninteresting stories ever. I had high hopes for the game being scary too from playing the demo, until I realized the game did nothing but repeat THE SAME GODDAMN SCENE FROM THE DEMO OVER AND OVER.

Kfizz

How about W.A.S.T.E . I still cant think of what it means.

VTSvsAlucard

A.N.G.E.R.

Alien, Ninja, and Ghost Encounter Recon

COuldn't think of an N word that goes with vampires/rankenstine, etc...

Zaron

Xtreme Ghostbusters

Oblivion Not the Game

@VTSvsAlucard:
N could be for Nasfuratu.

My entry:
Frightened...

Crashews

F.E.A.R. & L.O.A.T.H.I.N.G. in Kirkland.

First Encounter Assault Recon & Lavishly Opaque Antiquated Trousers Hiding Impeccably Neat Genetalia in Kirkland(,WA).

Volcanon

Hmmm.......

How about....Dreadnaught

or...Fearnaught

Mxyzptlk

How about Fearpocalypse: The Frightening.

Burnt Meatloaf

F.U.D.: Two More Nouns

wardrox

T.I.T.S.O.R.G.T.F.O

Jim Sterling

B.I.G.F.A.T.W.O.B.B.L.Y.C.U.N.T.N.U.G.G.E.T.S

nademagnet

T.H.U.N.D.E.R.N.U.G.G.E.T.S

Jim Sterling

R.U.N.N.I.N.G.A.R.O.U.N.D.R.O.B.B.I.N.G.B.A.N.K.S.A.L.L.W.H.A.C.K.E.D.O.F.F.O.F.S.C.O.O.B.Y.S.N.A.C.K.S

lwesquire

Jim, your big word broke the internets, the layout's all fucked now.

Jim Sterling

Layout looks okay to me, mang.

YARLY

How about they do something normal like actually base the title on the theme/content of the sequel?

Like F.E.A.R. T.W.O.: More of the same but better g.r.a.p.h.i.c.s.!

Or F.E.A.R 2: now with physics puzzles omg!!

Or F.E.A.R. 2: aliens and poniez too omg^^!!!

Whatever it is, they probably should think of a title themselves and not use one of mine.

infinity

p|-|34|2 7\/\/0.

stevenjazz787

F.E.A.R.2:eh, Not so much
F.E.A.R.2:Not that there's anything wrong with that
F.E.A.R.2:Tools, all y'all.

lwesquire

It was all screwy when I wrote that. How embarassing for me.

F.E.A.R. COLON REDEMPTION

epoch

how about...

Medicore First person shooter part 2:the sequel

Rockvillian

F.E.A.R.T.W.O: are you tired of dead girls with hair in their faces yet

Kosmo

C.O.C.K.S.

GuitarAtomik

A.L.S.O.C.O.C.K.S. the game

nademagnet

F.E.A.R. 2: Cockgobbler

TheBrain

F.E.A.R. 2
Fucking Elongated Acronyms Repulse

BlindsideDork

F.E.A.R.2: The Scaryness

SPJglitches

L.I.E.K. O.M.G. S.C.A.R.Y!

I never fully appreciated the difficulty of putting periods between every goddamn letter of a word. What a fucking waste of time.

BlindsideDork

SPJglitches cause they are ancronyms?

TheBrain

R.E.A.R.
Sometimes you want to try something different

Jim Sterling

Live Free or F.E.A.R Hard

SPJglitches

@BlinsideDork

Well, NASA doesn't need periods. Neither do the CIA or the FBI. For F.E.A.R. it makes sense, because if they didn't put in the periods than the acronym would never come across, but for anything else it's stupid.

And... F*E*A*R.

Gh05T R1d3R

F.E.A.R.I.E.R.

Gh05T R1d3R

H.A.L.O.3.

that1guy

AND LOATHING BUT SCARY

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