Aeria Games today announced the latest entry in the FEAR franchise, developed by Korea-based Inplay Interactive.

FEAR Online is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter featuring multiple team-based game modes. Teams of up to four players will battle it out over ten maps while continuing a story that runs parallel to the events of FEAR 2: Project Origin.

"We are thrilled to present the next entry in one of the most popular horror franchises of the last decade," says Tom Nichols, Aeria Games' vice president of PC games, in a press statement. "FEAR Online will bring back the tense, heart-pounding action that the series is known for and make it accessible to a huge online community of competitive players."

Sign-ups for the closed beta are now live over at http://fearonline.aeriagames.com/