While I wouldn’t go as far as to say it surpasses his other horror titles (most notably those from the Resident Evil and Dino Crisis series), The Evil Within marked a return to form for veteran developer Shinji Mikami, one that I eagerly waited for over the years. Related reading:…
Read MoreReview by David W. It’s becoming increasingly rare to see a game that fully innovates within its genre, instead of merely borrowing and adapting what has worked before. The Evil Within comes at a time of resurgence in the survival horror category. Several recent releases, whilst attempting to capture the…
Read MoreImpressions by Harvard L. Tucked away in a dark corner of the EB Expo was Bethesda’s booth for The Evil Within: a mock stone wall construction and a queue barrier decorated with police tape. On one side was the line to try out the game, and on the other was…
Read MoreList by Jim S. Every month has big releases, but it only makes sense that in the Halloween month that they would look so good that it is frightening. Nintendo in particular gets to make a strong showing. Do not take that to mean that other consoles are getting neglected…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt S. As media, I was able to drop in on Sony’s VIP room at TGS, and play a couple of upcoming PlayStation 4 games largely free of wait lines and crowds. So I figured that I would play the three horror games that it has on the…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Maybe you can tell by the manliness of my syntax – I’m not one to scare easily. Place me in any horrific situation with any type of ominous atmosphere and disfigured abomination and I will come out flexing atop the corpse of my would-be gruesome assassin!…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We have a lot of hope for The Evil Within. With Resident Evil’s degeneration into a safe action series, the horror genre itself has been left for independent developers, and while these games are often great, we can’t help but hope that a horror game with…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In August, The Evil Within launches. A project from Mr. Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami, we’ve been promised from the outset that this would be a classic survival horror game, with emphasis on “survival” and “horror.” I’ve been a skeptic. Not because I don’t think Mikami is…
Read MoreThis week on the wrap, we’ve got 12 minutes of The Evil Within footage for you. Should you survive that, we’ve also got news on Nintendo’s Holiday lineup, info about the Destiny beta that was just announced and a round-up of ‘hands-on’ and impressions from the Eurogamer Expo. Mikami brings…
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