Games for Halloween

Dead Rising
Fear factor: 2/5
Play it on: Xbox 360
Price: $20 new at Gamestop

You're a photographer trapped in a mall with a small group of survivors during the zombie apocalypse. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Survive for 24 hours while using any of the items in the abandoned mall to carve your way through the ever expanding throng of zombies.




Bioshock
Fear factor: 4/5
Play it on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Price: $20-$50 depending on system at Gamestop

Explore an underwater Utopia gone wrong and discover the madness behind the mystery in this heavily stylized and beautifully rendered wet, neon nightmare. Bring ammo.




Resident Evil 5
Fear factor: 3/5
Play it on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Price: $40 new at Gamestop, or $22.49 at Gamefly

Team up with a friend to battle back mutated masses after a bio-accident. Teamwork is key to making it to the end. Watch your back!




Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Fear factor: 5/5
Play it on: PS3, Xbox 360
Price: $20 new at Gamestop
This ultra-gory first-person action adventure unsettles with its edge-of-sanity blending of real and imagined worlds. The story is a dizzying and dark spiral through one man's descent, told via impalings.





Dead Space
Fear factor: 5/5
Play it on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Price: $20-$30 new, depending on system, at Gamestop

Considered one of the scariest games ever made, this shooter sees you exploring a derelict spaceship filled with impossibly gruesome monstrosities that never seem to die. Turn out the lights, settle into your seat and then get ready to jump out of it a lot.




Left 4 Dead
Fear factor: 2/5
Play it on: PC, Xbox 360
Price: $30 new at Gamestop

Grab a group of friends and lots of virtual firearms to face a swarm of zombie attacks, or take control of a zombie and seek out tasty tasty brains. Best with buddies.




F.E.A.R.
Fear factor: 3/5
Play it on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Price: $15-$20 new at Gamestop

The Ring meets Halo in this creepy and challenging first person shooter. Available on the cheap.





Ghostbusters
Fear factor: 1/5
Play it on: DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii
Price: $20-$50 new at Gamestop

You won't be afraid of no ghosts, but you'll have a great time bustin' them alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and the gang in this fun and hilarious sequel to the movies.