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Halloween's right around the corner and you're looking for some games that might be fun to turn on with the lights off. Well, check out these ten titles that are definitely worth hunting down for some console-based thrills and chills!

10. Alan Wake (Xbox 360)

In this long-in-development from Max Payne developer, Remedy, you play as a world-famous writer who travels to the small town of Bright Falls to work on your latest novel when your wife turns up missing and you're beset by shadowy creatures and scenarios from the novel you haven't even finished yet. For much of the game, you'll be wandering around in the dark, using your trusty flashlight to fend off enemies and whatever firearms you can grab to take them out. You can find a few genuine scares while being attacked from all sides by former-people muttering crazy nonsense at you. However, the primary mechanic and the basic structure of this 2010 title quickly gets repetitive, and some of the intentionally... pulpy writing gets downright awful.

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Mark Hamill: would he ever do another Arkham sequel?

To many fans, Mark Hamill's take on The Joker is the definitive one, both on the long-running Batman: The Animated Series and the best-selling Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City games. So news that he may never again voice the character was quite distressing!

Well, according to recent Tweets by Hamill, he's not quite done with voicing the Joker just yet:

"Just thought I would clarify that my Joker comments are not related to Arkham City," he tweeted yesterday. Might there be more sequels to the best-selling video game that the actor would possibly voice in the future?

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A screenshot from the highly-anticipated Battlefield 3

By John Gaudiosi

One of the big games of 2011 is preparing to invade PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Battlefield 3 is the latest shooter from acclaimed developer DICE and Electronic Arts. Patrick Liu, producer on Battlefield 3 at DICE, recently showed off new gameplay at the EA Vegas Gameshow. He talks about what’s in store for players when they engage in Battlefield 3 in this exclusive interview.

MTV Geek: What’s it like for you, personally, to be involved in this game, this franchise, especially with the big battle with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this fall?

Patrick Liu: We always set very high expectations for ourselves, just raising the bar with every game that we make. I think that pressure from ourselves, from each other, is actually bigger than anything else. Just to create the next gen Battlefield game, basically. That’s where we gauge ourselves. We focus on creating the best game that we can.

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The "Aliens" franchise has been scaring moviegoers since the late 1970s, with video game interpretations of the Xenomorphs beginning to show up in the early 1980s, on the Atari 2600. Numerous games over the years have pit humans against their biggest adversaries; some good and some not so good. The latest entry into the franchise, "Aliens: Infestation," manages to treat the source material with loving care, and bring the series to the Nintendo DS for the first time. Developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Sega, "Infestation" puts our species' biggest threat into the palm of your hand.

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By Ryan Rayhill

You would think after being possessed by a demon, going to war with his own crime boss uncle and having the love of his life murdered before his very eyes, anti-hero Jackie Estacado would have re-evaluated his lifestyle and retreated to a hippie commune in the Catskills. Or worse.

Instead, with his uncle and former don of the Franchetti Crime family out of the way and his demonic interloper, known as the Darkness (creepily voiced again by Faith No More’s Mike Patton), under control, Jackie is now the head of the family, doing his best to leave any non-mafia unpleasantness behind him.

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Why do Jungle Speed and the Raving Rabbids (of Rayman: Raving Rabbids fame) make for the perfect couple? Well for starters, they're both crazy. Asmodee Editions and Ubisoft are teaming up to bring the energetic pair together later this month, and the result will be a game you won't want to miss.

Jungle Speed has been a long-time favorite of gamers, but is only now bursting into the public consciousness. If you haven't played before, here is a quick rundown:

Players sit around a table with a totem pole measuring just a few inches high positioned perfectly in the center. One by one, each player flips over a card, nervously looking to see if a match with another player's card has been revealed. If so, those two players are now locked in a race to grab the totem. Whoever wins will give away all of their face-up cards to the loser, but the game ends once a player gets rid of all of their cards, so every duel counts.

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Expect classic Transformers character Grimlock in Fall of Cybertron

During New York Comic Con, Activision and developer High Moon Studios debuted the teaser trailer for their latest Transformers game, the ominously-titled Fall of Cybertron. With a Fall 2012 release date, the game is still a ways off, but at least we have some plot details courtesy of its Wikipedia entry:

Fall of Cybertron continues the story from Transformers: War for Cybertron with the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons over control of their home world, Cybertron... Fall of Cybertron depicts the final battle between the two robot factions which results in the destruction of their home world, forcing the Autobots to seek refuge in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The game will include the Transformers character Bumblebee and at least one of the Dinobots: their leader, Grimlock. Other characters confirmed include Optimus Prime, Jazz, Cliffjumper, Shockwave, Megatron, Starscream, Vortex, and Bruticus.

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Exclusive image from the book Halo: The Art of Building Worlds

You know Master Chief’s moves like the back of your hand. You’ve taken down the Covenant more times than you count. But what about what’s gone on behind the scenes? From the voice of Master Chief, to the design of the weapons in the game, the new coffee table book (or should that be “gaming table book?”) Halo: The Art of Building Worlds takes an in depth look into the creation of one of the most successful game series of all time.

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Batman: Arkham Asylum Joker Figure from Square Enix

Square Enix set up their wares at this year's New York Comic Con much to the delight of fans. Their various toylines, especially the spectacular Play Arts Kai brand encompass a wide variety of video game-based badasses from some very high profile franchises. From Halo to Street Fighter, none of their toys were garnering as many crowds of salivating fans as the upcoming figures based on Batman: Arkham Asylum. Yes, the trend of ridiculously cool Batman figures continues with Square Enix. Join us as we give you a closer look at the offerings from their overly-crowded booth.

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Tags batman: arkham asylum, halo, metal gear, New York Comic-Con, Play Arts, square enix, Street Fighter

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Locke & Key: The Game is headed your way in 2012 from Cryptozoic Entertainment

Move over Arkham Horror and Mansions of Madness, there's a new Mythos board game in town. IDW Publishing has formally announced their partnership with Cryptozoic Entertainment to bring a Locke & Key themed board game to store shelves.

Locke & Key: The Game will go toe-to-toe with a crowded market of Mythos-themed games early next year. Industry veterans Fantasy Flight and Steve Jackson already provide a steady diet of Lovecraftian horror games (one is more tongue-in-cheek than the other, I'll let you guess which), but the comic book license should be a big help for Cryptozoic in trying to generate some market separation here.

The game design heads at Cryptozoic are no strangers to comic book horror, either. One of their first games after diving into the board game market earlier this year was a The Walking Dead themed game.

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Tags Cryptozoic, IDW, Locke & Key