When was the last time you felt scared? Not just my-girl's-gonna-let-me-have-it scared, I'm talking soil-yourself-shamelessly scared. True enough, there might not be a video game out there that'll make you literally crap your pants, and it's far too impractical (and stupid) to find Leatherface to force your dinner down the backdoor. That said, let's just take a look at the things that come close.

Here's some nifty Halloween week treat for you all Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii) fans. The Map Packs will be offered at a 50% discount on both the PSN and the XBL this week. all the way till November 1st.

Nothing like a cute kid in a Mega Man costume to make your day. I wanted to be Mega Man when I was little too. Lucky for him, his dad's a gamer. Not only does he come with a left-handed buster, he also dons the oversized Mega Man boots to complete the look. Awww.

2K Games has finally set your date with Big Daddy, but just like a real date juggler, the Big Daddies of BioShock 2 won't be ringing doorbells on the same night. The announcement was made during the publisher's conference call to discuss second quarter financial results, and it was Take Two CEO Ben Feder who made the confirmation. Hit the full article for the dates.

This is a category that's especially close to my heart, kudos to those who dared to risk all, who colored outside the lines and put the extra thinkin' effort into giving us something fresh.

Once again, a lot of our editors agreed on one very special title... Unreal Tournament III... just kidding!

Happy Halloween! That new Saw V movie comes out this weekend; are any of you guys planning to catch it? If not, maybe you'd want to play it instead? Folks waiting for the Saw game will have another year's worth of waiting to do though. With the release of the new movie, Brash Entertainment has re-released a previous press release (dating back to January 2008, wot wot?) to remind everyone that Saw will be heading to the PS3 and Xbox 360 come October 2009. More of them "juicy bits" in the full article.

Third time's the charm for Microsoft. The latest numbers from Japan show that the Xbox 360 has once again outsold the PlayStation 3 for the third week running. And crunching some numbers reveal that the Xbox 360 outsold the PlayStation 3 for the entire month of September.

It's a little too early for Christmas miracles, so I'd say this is... a Halloween miracle?

You know it's a great survival-horror game if it got itself banned in three countries. It seems Electronic Arts' Dead Space packs a bit too much gory punch as it's been banned in Germany, Japan, and China. Well now I really want to get my hands on the game already.

Street dates usually are pushed back, not moved up. But EA seems to be raring to go with their multiplatform third-person action adventure Dead Space(PC,PS3 and Xbox 360) that they've decided to ship the game earlier than originally expected -- again.

Electronic Arts has announced that Dead Space will be trick-or-treating around retail earlier than what most people assumed. Time to recalibrate your pumpkin clock and read the full article for more info.