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.

Heads up guys! The latest US PlayStation Store update is now available. This weeks lineup includes a bunch of PSP game sales, new game demos including Fat Princess and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, the usual game add-on contents, new Minis and a bunch of classic as well as some brand new downloadable games for the PS3 and PSP that includes LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival and Crystal Defenders.

The European PlayStation Home is throwing a party, guess what, and you're all invited! *crowd cheers* And wherever there's a Halloween party, there's always someone getting tricked into coming with a costume while everyone stares awkwardly. Well, no, I'm totally kidding. You gotta come in with your avatar looking all Halloween-like, so you'll win a few prizes for yourself while pseudo-partying. Read up and find out how.

The next Resident Evil movie, dubbed Resident Evil: Afterlife, has now been announced and production has begun in Toronto, Canada. Milia Jovovich will be returning as the overpowered, zombie-pwning Alice, while Claire Redfield will still be played by Ali Larter. The rest of the ol' crew will be meeting again on-set, but they will be joined by a new face - Wentworth Miller, who will play Chris Redfield.

Those who've been waiting for Zombie Apocalypse, good news. The developer, Nihilistic, posted on its blog that Konami Digital Entertainment has finally set your date with hordes of undead. Apocalypse is nigh, and the zombies are mindlessly rushing to both XBL and PSN next week. Details after the jump.

Despite presenting problems for those who've already made the firmware upgrade, it seems that FW 3.0 has accomplished what it set out to do - boost sales for the PlayStation Store. One developer that benefited from this upgrade is Doublesix, which told GamesIndustry.biz that Burn Zombie Burn sales jumped 40% since the firmware's launch.

To call this week "PS3 Week" is no exaggeration. The PS3 Slim, a US$ 100 price cut across the board, a new firmware, another Home update -- they may not have all been surprises, but Sony had a lot of announcements at GamesCom for the PlayStation faithful. devs didn't fall behind, either. PS3 headliners such as Gran Turismo 5 and God of War III also got on the frontpage with some beefy updates this week, leaving us with a rather lengthy PS3 Weekend Warrior.

Another big PlayStation Home update coming up, starting with a massive ten-screen movie theater, a MotorStorm game, and a cake-filled event for the latest PSN release, Fat Princess. Read up and find out more.

With the game breaking the 11 million mark last month and the unprecedented success of the 2 previous Map Packs, Activision and Treyarch have revealed today the first details of the upcoming Map Pack 3 for Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii).

Plants vs. Zombies, released for PC and Mac a couple of months ago, is a quirky little tower defense game from PopCap Games that has players using plants to defend their house against a zombie invasion. If that sounds right up your alley, then here's some good news.