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Liminality II: Okaeri will be
released very soon - in the
beginning of January. For now we
present you a promo mix of the
album: Liminality II: Okaeri Promo Mix (mp3) Liminality II: Okaeri Promo Video (trailer) Tracklist of the mix: Technology of Silence - Night Butterflies. Dead and Beautiful Soaring Man - Bitter Truth Pt.2 Wialenove - Toluca Fog Sonata Fellirium - Our Special Place Edge of Lament - Dreamover Y-Ring - Superintendent's Macabro - You Should Be Here Liminality II will run for over 2 hours. First, a digital mp3 version will be available for download. Later a limited 2xCD release is planned. PS Happy New Year, friends! |
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Konami has announced this week
that 4 of its titles including
Silent Hill: The Escape will
become available for download
for the iPhone and iPod touch
later this month in the App
Store. "SILENT HILL
The Escape is a first-person 3D
shooting game that lets players
utilize the control features
only found on the iPhone and
iPod touch such as moving their
character by sliding a finger
across the touch panel screen
and changing alignment to target
enemies using the built-in
altimeter."
Silent Hill: The Escape was previously released for FOMA mobile phones last year exclusively in Japan. Official Konami News Release |
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Promo of Silent Hill: Homecoming original soundtrack is available for download in the Music section. Also added soundtrack lyrics. Official release date of Silent Hill: Homecoming OST is still not announced. |
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PC version of Silent Hill: Homecoming has been released on Steam today. Finally. The game is available via Steam in North, Central and South America only. PC users will receive a 10 percent discount for the first 5 days when they purchase Silent Hill Homecoming on Steampowered.com. |
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Silent Hill: Homecoming official
Japanese site has been updated
with a new wallpaper featuring
new illustration by Masahiro
Ito. The wallpaper is available
in the Silent Hill: Homecoming section.
Also on the section's Arts page
you'll find some new concept
arts of environment by Silent
Hill: Homecoming concept artist
Adam Richards.
Source: Silent Hill Homecoming - Official Japanese Site, CGSociety |
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Silent Hill: Mobile 2 complete walkthrough is available in the Silent Hill: Mobile 2 section. |
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PlayStation Store has been updated with official Silent Hill: Homecoming PS3 theme and 4 wallpapers. PS3 owners can visit PSN to download them. Wallpapers are also available in the Silent Hill: Homecoming section. |
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First Silent Hill: Homecoming post-release interview - UGO has interviewed SHH lead designer Jason Allen. Read the interview here. |
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Konami officially confirmed that not only German release of Silent Hill: Homecoming is delayed, but also in other European countries the game won't be released until February 2009. There is no official reason for that, but Europeans have to wait 3 months more now - SHH was first scheduled for November 2008 in EU. |
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A
new Silent Hill inspired album Liminality 2
with controversial subtitle
Homecoming is now in the state
of production and will be
released soon. For now we
present you two promo tracks
from the coming album: Soaring Man - Bitter Truth Fellirium - Our Special Place (feat. KAVver.) About the project. Liminality: The Silent Hill Inspired Album is series of albums inspired by works of Akira Yamaoka and Silent Hill. The project is sort of Broken Notes successor and is created by Liminal Recs net-label's musicians. By this moment 2 albums were released: Liminality - The Silent Hill Inspired Album (Sep 2007) and Liminality: Revision (Jan 2008). |
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Many of you probably wonder where is the promised Original Soundtrack to the game stated by Akira Yamaoka to be released at the end of September. However, apparently this was just a translation error and Yamaoka was actually referring to the game. The soundtrack probably won't be until the Japanese game release sometime in the end of 2008. So while we have to wait the OST, here's the first fan music rip which is quite raw and probably not complete, but anyway better than nothing. You can download Silent Hill: Homecoming Fan Soundtrack here. Credits go to Zack__1987 and LordStan. |
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  Konami have
launched the official Japanese
website for Silent Hill:
Homecoming. For now it has some
basic information and Japanese
box art for the game drawn by
Masahiro Ito. Silent Hill:
Homecoming Japanese release date
to be anounced.
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So,
Silent Hill: Homecoming,
the last chapter of famous
series, is now officially
released. PS3 and Xbox 360
copies of the game are already
available at US stores, while PC
users have to wait a little bit
more - Silent Hill:
Homecoming should become
available from Steam service
later this month. For now you
can visit game's page to learn
system requirements. The
internet is also filled with
various reviews of the game
which have quite mixed scores: 1UP (B/A+) GamePro (3/5) GameCinemaHD (8.5/10) IGN (6.7/10) Kotaku Official Xbox Magazine (6.5/10) TeamXbox (8.4/10) UGO (A/A+) Variety And
in conclusion, the official US
site now has a jukebox with 4
vocal songs performed by
magnificent Mary Elizabeth
McGlynn from the soon coming
original soundtrack. You can
download these tracks from here: |
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In his interview to Original Sound Version Silent Hill: Homecoming composer and producer Akira Yamaoka confirms that there will be a soundtrack release by the end of September, featuring approximately 70 minutes of music. He also hints at an upcoming project that he belives will be his biggest project to date exceeding even Silent Hill. Read the whole interview here. |
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 US
Silent Hill fans get a nice
pre-order present. Pre-Order
Silent Hill Homecoming for the
Xbox 360 or the Sony PlayStation
3 at Circuit City and receive a
free Pyramid Head Keychain.
Available at all Circuit City
locations, while supplies last.
Source: Silent Hill Homecoming Widget |
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Silent Hill: Homecoming has been
refused classification in
Australia because of its violent
content. Local distributors
Atari Australia now have either
to accept this decision or edit
game's content to meet
Australian Classification Board
requirements and finally release
it some time later. German
release of Homecoming is delayed
until Q2 2009 most probable of
the same reasons - German
censorship is known for its
strict rules, so the game's
content must be edited to be
released in this country. These
problems don't affect releases
elsewhere: Silent Hill:
Homecoming is coming out on
September 30 in US and November
28 in UK/Europe.
Source: MaxConsole, Konami Europe |
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G4tv.com have invited Silent Hill: Homecoming Lead Combat Designer David Verfaillie one more time to question him and present some new footage from the game. New footage shows the 7th level "Hell Descent" introducing fans puzzle, new character Dr. Flich and a short excerpt from the Scarlet boss fight. David also mentions game weapons which include 3 melee (steel pipe, axe, hunting knfe) and 3 firearms (pistol, shotgun, rifle). Watch the whole Hands On: |
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Play.tm interviewed
Silent Hill: Homecoming
associate producer Thomas Hulett
and talked about different
aspects of the game. Some new
bits of information about
console versions: - X-Box 360 and PS3 versions are identical - X-Box 360 version has Achievements while PS3 version has no Trophies - No plans for downloadable content Read the whole interview here. |
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  Konami have launched Silent
Hill: Homecoming US promotional
site. Besides having a standard
pack of screenshots and videos with some information, it
also has diaries of three game's
characters: Alex Shepherd, Elle
and sheriff Wheeler. The site
also offers widgets for Facebook,
Google and websites.
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ToTheGame have revealed design of Silent Hill: Homecoming final UK boxarts for PS3 and X-Box 360. A simplistic coverart floating around the internet in the last month appears to be just a placeholder. The site has also a release date stated as the 28th November 2008. |
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New
Silent Hill: Homecoming gameplay
HD video from Russian magazine "Gameland"
featuring meeting with Curtis,
fight with Nurses and the first
encounter with Smog. Thanks to
xmax for the video.
Download link: Also WidGamer.com made us happy with a selection of 50 screenshots from X-Box 260 version of the game. See them here. |
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2
more Silent Hill: Homecoming
gameplay movies from GameCinemaHD. First
video features meeting with
Judge Holloway at the monument
and later exploration of some
building. Another video shows
exploration inside Alex's
family's house and meeting with
his mother.
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SHF community members were given the opportunity to put their questions for Silent Hill: Homecoming lead designer Jason Allen and now they have got the answers. Read the massive interview to learn about the team's approach to Silent Hill franchise, inspirations for the game used by developers, Silent Hill movie influence, game's locations and much more. |
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GameCinemaHD have posted
two new Silent Hill: Homecoming gameplay videos. The
first one shows the first boss
fight (called Sepulcher), while
the second is a mix of gameplay
from various locations featuring
some new scenes. Beware of spoilers.
Silent Hill: Homecoming Gameplay
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4
new gameplay clips of Silent
Hill: Homecoming PS3 version
from IGN. Nothing really new,
although graphics seem to be
really improved.
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 Now
we step aside from the modern
news and take a look into the past -
Silent Hill movie. First of all,
I've finally managed to arrange
all materials regarding movie
props which were sold through
auctions on eBay and Premier Props sites. All
the memorable stuff including
characters costumes now in the
movie's section. Also added a
wonderful in-depth review of the
movie by st-MK. Read, enjoy and
remember. |
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Konami has published a bunch of Silent Hill: Homecoming renders which include characters (Alex, Elle, Josh, Lillian (Alex's mother), The Judge and Curtis) and creatures (Smog, Lurker, Feral, Schism and Siam). Additionaly there is a render of Robbie the Rabbit toy and one art. High-res images available in Silent Hill: Homecoming Arts section. |
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At GC 2008 Konami has presented the second Silent Hill Mobile game in Europe. It's has a similar gameplay to its predecessor. The game is a point-and-click adventure game viewed from the first-person. You control the cursor which allows you to move forward, turn left or right, interact with the objects on the screen as well as attack enemies. Release this September. You can watch game's screenshots, arts and trailer in the Silent Hill: Mobile 2 section. |
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Konami's US branch has confirmed
that PS3, X-Box 360 and PC
versions of Silent Hill:
Homecoming are scheduled for
release at the same time this
September, suggesting the
delayed November release for all
three versions is just for
Europe. According to Konami, the
PC version will be identical to
its console brethren and will be
made available via digital
download on Valve's Steam
service.
Source: Snacknews |
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23 brand new screenshots from Gamersyde. Watch them here or in the Silent Hill: Homecoming gallery. Also a trailer was shown at the show which in fact is the same that was shown during Konami press conference at E3, only now it can be watched in a better than off-screen quality. |
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Here
come 18 fresh screenshots from Eurogamer.pt featuring
game's grotesque creatures. All
new screenshots are added in the Silent Hill: Homecoming gallery.
Also at Leipzig it has been announced that game will now be shipping in November instead of September. Apparently Double Helix need a couple of extra months to polish the title. Source: DarkZero Update: During Konami Press Conference it was announced that a PC version will come out in November as well. Source: IGN |
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According to GDN photo from Leipzig
Games Convention Konami is going
to present Silent Hill Mobile 2.
First Silent Hill Mobile Java game in
Europe was released last year
September. The Convention will
reveal if this 2nd mobile game
continues the original's
storyline or present a new one.
Leipzig Games Convention is
staring tomorrow and we expect
to have more Silent Hill news
regarding Silent Hill:
Homecoming as well. |
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According to Kotaku Silent Hill: Homecoming is going to be released for PC together with PS3 and X-Box 360 versions. Additionally to this, ESRB has a rating for Windows PC version (Silent Hill: Homecoming got a "Mature" rating as did his predecessors), so PC version is practically confirmed, though there is no official statement from Konami yet, and will be released probably some time later after console versions come out. |
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The
long-awaited trailer for Silent
Hill: Homecoming was finally
shown at the Konami press
conference. After it the
gameplay footage from the hotel
was shown. It's the same demo
which could be partly seen in
the G4 Hands On. You can watch
the entire Silent Hill:
Homecoming presentation at
YouTube for now: Silent Hill: Homecoming at Konami E3 2008 Press Conference (thanks to Silent Hill France) Also we've got another bunch of videos from different sites: Gametrailers.com IGN Updated: |
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10 new Silent Hill: Homecoming screenshots and 2 arts-renders of Alex & Josh added into the gallery of Silent Hill: Homecoming section. |
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First Silent Hill: Homecoming
news from the E3 Expo now taking
place in Los Angeles. G4 has
published their exclusive hands
on reviewing the game and
interviewing the lead combat
designer David Verfaillie. Fresh
portions of gameplay show the
new location of Hotel's
Greenhouse introducting a new
character and a boss fight.
G4 - Hands On: Silent Hill: Homecoming Also Gamers Universe has interviewed the lead designer Jason Allen. You can read the whole interview here. |
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  Online retailer Gamestop.com has added
Silent Hill: Homecoming box arts
for PS3 and X-Box 360 which look
official and might be final for
the US release. Release date is
stated to be on September 9th
this year. |
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A small update in the Silent Hill: Origins section. Added a quick walkthrough with all puzzles' solutions and a script of game's dialogues. Also added PSP saves with all features unlocked as well as before all three endings. You can grab them on the Extras page. |
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The 2nd issue of the recently launched PSN interactive media magazine Qore for PS3 has Silent Hill: Homecoming coverage which includes two videos with the interview with the lead designer Jason Allen as well as some footage from the game. The footage is mostly already seen but from the newer build as well as there are some new cutscenes one of which introduces a new character. The coverage also includes a gallery with mostly new concept arts of game monsters and locations. Watch everything in one video: |
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 A
Russian magazine "Igromania" got
a chance to lay their hand on an
early PS3 build of Silent Hill:
Homecoming and put a video with
gameplay footage from it in
their last issue. The video
shows Alex's arrival to his
hometown of Shepherd's Glen and
includes cutscenes with Travis
(from SH0), Judge Holloway and
Alex's mother. It also has some
monster-fighting scenes and some
puzzles solving. Download from
our site:Igromania Preview - 315 mb The issue has also a magazine preview, but it doesn't contain any particular new information or screenshots. The scans are available in the Silent Hill: Homecoming section. |
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Another 2 off-screen gameplay videos from Gamersyde. While the second video of the graveyard gameplay shows practically nothing new, the first one shows the game footage from the beginning of the demo and reveals some new scenes from the first level - the hospital. Beware of spoilers! |
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Jeuxvideo.fr has
published 2 new and long enough
gameplay videos (hospital &
cemetery) from the recent game
here.
Download links: |
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 The
fourth and the last issue of the
comic Silent Hill: Sinner's
Reward is available for download
in the publications section along with the first
three. |
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Game Informer interviewied the lead designer of Silent Hill Homecoming Jason Allen and got answers about the new camera system, the new combat mechanics, and how developers scare themselves at work. The interview is available in the Interviews section. Also there are 10 new game screenshots which can be seen in the Silent Hill: Homecoming section. |
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During a recent Konami event,
Yamaoka sat down with Gamasutra
for a brief chat about his
feelings on the development
switch, his future plans, and
the influence of David Lynch.
Read the interview here. |
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A
collection of recent Sient Hill:
Homecoming previews and
interviews.
Previews: Interviews: In addition to this, scans of two magazines previews from July issues of Official Xbox Magazine and PlayStation: The Official Magazine await you in the Silent Hill: Homecoming articles section. |
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7 new screenshots in the Silent Hill V section. |
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Gametrailers.com has
published 3 gameplay videos
(including one cutscene) of
Silent Hill: Homecoming from the
recent Konami Gamers' Day: Early Grave Gameplay Demon Dog Gameplay The Plot Thickens Another news come from GamesRadar journalists which claim having seen "Pyramid Head rounding a corner, trudging along with his massively oversized sword" in the trailer Konami has showed them. Pyramid Head was originally some sort of punishment for the SH2 protagonist James. What could his appearance mean for the SHH story? |
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11
new screenshots
in the Silent Hill V section, on which you can see a once again changed
protagonist's look.
Source: videogaming247 |
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 A
new issue of the German game
magazine
Man!ac has a Silent Hill:
Homecoming review. The article
is interesting due to having
some new screenshots. The scans
of the review can be found in
the Silent Hill V section.
Update: Added the English translation of the article and 9 min length video preview from the magazine with the new SHH gameplay. |
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11 new screenshots from Gamersyde added in the Silent Hill V section. |
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GamesRadar continue their exculsive Silent
Hill: Homecoming coverage with
the interview with the game's
composer and consultant Akira
Yamaoka. Some significant SHH
points from it: -For the first time in the series there will be a 5.1ch surround sound -There will be around 30 tracks in the SHH soundtrack. Also some arranged tracks may be included -Akira is happy with the western developers team of SHH Read the full interview here. |
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GamesRadar published 3 new gameplay videos
featuring hospital scenes with
some fighting and new Alex's
face design. Watch them at GamesRadar or download
in the Silent Hill V section.
Update: GamesRadar also has 11 new screenshots and a preview. |
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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced the official title of its first Silent Hill game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Entitled Silent Hill: Homecoming, the game will be released end of September this year across Europe. |
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Foundation 9 Entertainment
announced that it has selected
the name, Double Helix, for its
Irvine, California studio. The
studio, which is based in F9E’s
new, state-of-the-art corporate
headquarters, was formed by the
combination of Shiny
Entertainment and The Collective
in late 2007. Double Helix is
currently at work on three
large-scale, multi-platform
licensed games (including Silent
Hill V). The studio’s new website can be found at doublehelixgames.com. |
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Game OST has interviewed Joe Romersa - music director of Silent Hill series. He's the man behind song lyrics in Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4: The Room and all fresh Silent Hill: Origins/Zero as well as can be heard singing two Silent Hill songs: "Hometown" (SH3) and "Cradle of Forest" (SH4). You can read the whole interview with this incredibly talented person here. |
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A massive update of the Silent Hill: Origins section. Added endings, items, weapons, notes, maps, extras, credits, new ps2 screenshots and arts. Also some other information was updated. Even more coming soon. |
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Created a Silent Hill: The Escape section with the information and some screens of this mobile game released in Japan. |
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Added a music album Music Inspired By Silent Hill by os1R!s in the Music section, which is a compilation of the best tracks from author's three albums inspired by the music of Silent Hill: Through the Darkness, Sanctuary of Memories and Dream or Reality. The album is available for download on the Fan Albums page. |
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Another 3 new screenshots in the Silent Hill V section. |
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6 new
screenshots in the Silent Hill V section.
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Added 8 new screenshots in the Silent Hill V section. Screenshots are HD and feature some monsters on them.
Source: JeuxFrance.Com |
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The Racoon City Times blog interviewed co-writer of
Silent Hill V, Patrick J. Doody. Doody talks about his role in the project and
his Silent Hill relations. He didn't reveal much about Silent Hill V story. All
he agreed to tell about it was "you will discover some new secrets about Silent
Hill by way of how its history has influenced a much larger society than you may
have previously thought." The full interview can be read in the Interviews section.
Source: The Racoon City Times |
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 Silent Hill: Zer0 Original
Soundtracks is available for
download in the Music section now. Listen to this
magnificient soundtrack by Akira
Yamaoka and decide yourself is
it worth buying or not (and it
sure is!). Also added lyrics from it. And in
addition to this, added Silent
Hill 3 Complete Soundtrack by
MEMDB. |
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Liminality: Revision is the second Silent Hill
Inspired release by the Liminal Recs net-label (the first one is Liminality: The
Silent Hill Inspired Album 2xCD (LimREC018)). Revision presents an hour-length
of completely new Silent Hill inspired works and remixes of Akira Yamaoka tracks
done by our composers. After a fascinating success of the original Liminality,
composers fully embraced their creative potential resulting in a lot more
personalized tracks while still retaining the original Silent Hill atmosphere.
There are also some classic tracks here. Liminality: Revision is the link
between the original Liminality and Liminality 2 planned for this year.
Download Liminality: Revision in the Music section. |
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From the official Konami press-release: "January 22, 2008 - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today confirmed speculation that Silent Hill® Origins, released last year for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system is in fact currently in development for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Now PlayStation 2 system owners will have the opportunity to experience this frightening and popular survival horror game, complete with signature sound and music from renowned Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka." The press-release doesn't mention any updates for the PS2 version except "updated controls", but this, perhaps, means updated controls in comparison with previous Silent Hill instalments. |
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 Numerous
rumors about Silent Hill:
Origins release for PlayStation
2 platform have gained an
indirect confirmation
from the large online retailer Amazon, which now has a page with the
pre-order for the PS2 version of
the game. According to Amazon
the game is scheduled for the
release on March 4, 2008
in North America. Waiting for
the official statement from
Konami.
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