Re: Bye Bye, Monolith

On Sat, 08 Mar 2025 03:02:21 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:15:26 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

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Remember F.E.A.R. Combat that was a standalone multiplayer game?
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Actually... no. And that's a very unusual admission for me to make.

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Huh, it came out in 2006.

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     "F.E.A.R. Combat is a standalone multiplayer component based
     on F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon, but released
     for free, less than a year after the original game. F.E.A.R.
     already had full multiplayer options, but this 1.76GB
     component allows everyone to join the online battles, without
     needing to buy the game. It includes 22 multiplayer maps, 10
     game modes, all the weapons and updates, and the ability to
     play user-generated content. You only need to apply for a free
     CD key. Users of this version can also play against the owners
     of the original game. The game modes include Deathmatch,
     Slowmo Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Slowmo Team Deathmatch,
     Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture the Flag, Slowmo Capture
     the Flag, Conquer All and Control."

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Apparently the website for the game still is up
https://fearcombat.org/

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Wow. I guess someone is still paying the bills. Man, those old company
logos gave me memories!
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It occured to me afterwards that the site itself might actually be
run/hosted by the fans... although if so, their use of the name, logos
and images puts them square in the sights of WBGames lawyers, who
/have/ to defend trademark violations.

It wouldn't be a DMCA though. That would be for sharing the game files
and bypassing the copy-protection. ;-)

TL;DR: fan-site is legally screwed