Screenwriter Roger Avary and producer Samuel Hadida are going back to the haunted town of Silent Hill. Both have now signed on to pen the 2nd film based on the cult classic Silent Hill series. After lukewarm reviews of the first film and fan outrage at the deviation from source material, we can only hope Avary and Hadida will take some more time with this one. We believe it can be done, but it just needs the right dedication and research. The 2nd film will be moving from paper to reel after the release of Resident Evil: Afterlife. We hope to see more psychological fear and less Pyramid Head booty.
HellDescent writes: "Since the recent announcement of God Of War 1 and 2 being ported into the HD world for the PS3 on Blu-ray, many people have already started to wonder, "What other games will get this treatment?" We all know Sony have dropped backwards compatibility for some time now and has no plans to ever bring it back. But could re-releasing a game series in Blu-ray become a new trend?
Atari on behalf of Konami have released a statement regarding what has been cut from the Australian version of upcoming horror game, Silent Hill: Homecoming. Gameplayer has the details.
The combat in "Silent Hill: Homecoming" is an improvement over previous series efforts, but it wasn't enough for MTV Multiplayer. They wanted to tune it out and play on easy.
Konami UK has sent out the surprising news that its survival horror instalment Silent Hill: Homecoming has slipped to 2009 in Europe... despite already being on sale in the States.
Gamers are being urged to "wait out" the ban on Silent Hill: Homecoming as industry figures slam the lack of an adult rating for video games in Australia.
Konami has just announced that the latest game in the survival horror series, Silent Hill: Homecoming, has shipped to retailers nationwide. Also, PC gamers can purchase the game right now through Valve's Steam.
A snippet and score from the first review of Silent Hill: Homecoming is in, posted from Official Xbox Magazine over at Metacritic. The outlook? Not good. The snippet reads "From its leaden, cheap-shots-aplenty combat to its wild-goose chase through gray, same-y hallways filled with useless, placebo doorways to a story that takes much too long to get off the ground, its entire first half feels like a death march through a clunky hot mess." and scores the game 65/100. Although they presumably played with the 360 version, I doubt that there's a big difference between PS3 and 360 editions. Of course, that's only one review, and I expect we'll see others soon, but it's not a good start.
PS3Fanboy writes:
That Aussie Game Site recaps another important week of game news. Featuring their theories on Bungie's "Keep It Clean" trailer, the revelation of a familiar looking nemesis in Gears of War 2 and they discuss the disappointing mix-up that left no one playing the the much anticipated Mirror's Edge demo.
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Gamestop has just recently put up a preorder bonus for Silent Hill Homecoming.
Konami sends word that it has launched the Silent Hill Homecoming widget, meaning you can have a neat little widget about the upcoming game on any website, including Facebook, Igoogle and of course regular websites.
Konami have just recently launched what appears to be a promotional website for Silent Hill: Homecoming. On the website there are numerous character profiles to look into of Alex Shepherd, Elle Holloway and Deputy Wheeler. As well as the featuring the official game trailer shown at both E3 2008 and Leipzig Game Convention this year plus a handful of screenshots and general information on the title etc.
ToTheGame.com have managed to get their hands on the final boxart design of the European version of Silent Hill: Homecoming, also to note that the website have a release date down for Silent Hill: Homecoming in the United Kingdom as the 28th November 2008. This looks to be a reliable release date but there is still no official word from Konami on the European release dates for Silent Hill: Homecoming as yet. However we do expect something soon.
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Whether from the recent supposed "leak", or officially released, the Silent Hill: Homecoming Achievements for Xbox 360 have arisen on the internet.