The Evil Within is a new survival horror game from Resident Evil‘s Shinji Mikami that will be released for the PC, as well as Sony and Microsoft consoles. Today, Bethesda announced the game's release date and revealed the official cover art.

“Shinji Mikami, the father of survival horror, is back to direct The Evil Within™ – a game embodying the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story weave together to create an immersive world that will bring players to the height of tension. The Evil Within is in development for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PC and next generation consoles and is slated for release in 2014.”

For those that missed the previously released gameplay video, we've included it below. The Evil Within will be released on Tuesday, August 26th in North America and August 29th in Europe. It will be available on the PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4.

Source: Bethesda
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