The Evil Within has been delayed. It will now be released on October 21st in North America, in Australia on October 23rd, and throughout Europe on October 24, 2014, not at the end of August as originally planned.

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Due for release on PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4, the game marks the return of Shinji Mikami – the creator of the Resident Evil franchise – to the survival horror genre.Bethesda accompanied the announcement with the following statement: "Shinji Mikami and his team at Tango Gameworks have asked for additional time to further balance and refine the game in order to deliver the polished, terrifying pure survival horror experience they set out to create."If you want to know more about The Evil Within, here's what IGN editor Jose Otero, a long-time Resident Evil fan, thought of the game when he went hands-on.

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