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How disappointing All too often, survival horror titles perform poorly in some areas, but it’s somehow acceptable because that’s the trade-off for being survival horror. If the experience is tense and scary, it seems like everything else is forgivable. That’s a very important “if” however, because if it doesn’t deliver on the horror front, you’re suddenly left with a game that just performs poorly. After having almost two hours of hands-on time withThe Evil Within, it’s perilously close to falling into this category....

‘STARZ Play’ I’m just waiting for most of the video apps like HBO Go and Showtime Anytime to drop on current-gen consoles. For now though you can pick up STARZ Play on your Xbox One, as the service just dropped this week. Shows likeBlack SailsandSpartacusare available to watch on the app, and the newest episode ofOutlanderis free even if you don’t have access to STARZ. Just like most of the cable apps out there, you’ll need a full cable subscription that has the channel on it to get the most out of STARZ Play....

Word coming out ofVarietytoday is that private film financier and production company Legendary Pictures is in negotiations to acquireGears of Wardeveloper Epic Games. The information comes from “multiple sources close to the companies” that confirmed that talks were currently underway. Of course, both Legendary and Epic are staying quiet on the matter. “We have publicly announced that Epic and Legendary are partnering on theGears of Warmovie,” Epic toldVariety’s Ben Fritz....

Preview invites are going out soon In November, Xbox One will undergo a user interface overhaul.It’s a substantial change. The new dashboard is powered by Windows 10, which Microsoft promises will help “get you to popular gaming features up to 50 percent faster.” It also enables you to chat with Cortana using Kinect. Most important of all, though, there will be 100+ Xbox 360 games playable on Xbox One at launch, with more to come....

With the start ofWoW: The War WithinSeason 1, 8 new dungeons officially become part of the seasonal rotation for Mythic+ content. As with every expansion, these 8 dungeons will rotate with each season. Here is the fullWorld of Warcraft: The War WithinSeason 1 Dungeons rotation you can look forward to running with the start of the new season. All 8The War WithinSeason 1 Dungeons As with every new season inWorld of Warcraft, Season 1 ofThe War Withinwill feature eight dungeons as part of its seasonal rotation....

And they ‘only’ needed to survive 500 seconds InDevil Daggers, the one and only objective is to survive as long as possible. As far as we know, there is no end to the game. Only the time between deaths. That isn’t to say the infectious shooter is entirely without milestones, though. It has a single achievement: challenging players to endure its ceaseless assault fora mere500 seconds. That may not sound like a lot of time, but it is....

Everyone knows that the Wii and DS both print tons and tons of money. It helps Nintendo that they have games coming out almost every week including a bunch of original and none multiplatform ones. Of course there’s been a recent argument brewing about how Nintendo has been letting a lot of horrible titles get on to the Wii as of late (did you see garbage that wasRock ‘N’ Roll Adventureslast week?...

It’s all fun and games till someone shoots their eye out The Delta Six controlleris the latest entry in my inadvertent series on crowdfunding drama. Hot on the heels of news thatThe Stomping Landwasabandoned by its development team, details have emerged of project mismanagement, unfulfilled orders, and lack of communication between Kotkin Enterprises and Kickstarter backers. The Delta Six is a motion controller designed to enhance the first-person shooter experience by duplicating the look and feel of a real assault rifle....

Jonathan Holmes gives you deep discounts Jonathan Holmes is made of candy and sunshine. When he smiles, the world smiles back. He can walk into any convenience store, pick exactly 27 items off the shelf, walk past the register without paying, and the clerk will happily open the door for him. We all live to please Jonathan Holmes. So it comes as no surprise that Jonathan Holmes is directly responsible for the 50% discount currently applied toMighty Switch Force!...

Show your naked crying boy pride TheseBinding of Isaacshirts from theyetee.comcombine the terror ofIsaacwith nostalgic love forZelda, creating something that is making me reconsider my “no game t-shit” policy. The three new shirts include a re-imagining of someZeldaart, a parody of the classic “it’s dangerous to go alone” scene, and a much less inspired generic spooky skull, if you just want to look like you’re really into death metal or something....

Hybrid system will attempt to find the best matches Up until this point, there’s been little if any talk about dedicated servers forCall of Duty: Ghostsoutside of such support beingconfirmed for Xbox One. The game’s coming to platforms other than Xbox One, as you surely know, and so are dedicated servers. “[They] will be used on current gen, next gen and PC,”said executive producer Mark Rubin. “And, in order to make sure that people have the best possible experience regardless of platform, location or connection,Ghostswill be using a hybrid system of dedicated servers and listen servers....

Throw your own BlizzCon viewing party courtesy of your friends at Dtoid [Update:Contest over! Winners are Cryoxene, Bigbear40s, HammerShark, Swishiee, Benny Disco, Occams electric toothbrush, OpiumHerz, TheCiderMan, Verxl, GirlyKittyBoy, ninjapresident, jadaris, AngeliquePretty, and Natalie Kipper! Please check your Dtoid PMs and get me your addresses by Monday the 28th at 4pm Pacific!] Have you ever wanted to throw an awesomeBlizzConviewing party for all your friends, but just didn’t have the tools you needed to get the job done?...

If you playedSoulcalibur: Broken Destinythen you may already be familiar with this quirky jack-of-all-trades and self proclaimed master assassin. Luckily for those of you who missed out on the PSP-only offering, Namco will be offering Dampierre as a pre-order incentive forSoulcalibur V. Unfortunately Namco is not saying, as of yet, where patrons should go to secure this extra character, if he is locked on the disk, or in fact completely downloadable....