2009.12.26|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories in
February for Europe
According to
various sources the final
release date for Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories in Europe is
set for February 5, 2010. Konami
confirms that title will be
released on Wii, PS2 and PSP on
the appointed date.
2009.12.20|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- IGN's preview of
PSP version
IGN previewed
a PSP version of Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories in their
hands-on and released some
new screens from it. Screenshots
are available in the
game's gallery.
You can read all the reviews in
the newly created
Reviews section.
2009.12.08|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is
officially out!
Today
is finally the day of Silent
Hill: Shattered Memories release
in North America. Unfortunately
for now it's only for Nintendo
Wii - Sony PS2 and PSP owners
will have to wait a bit more:
the game should be out for these
platforms during next year's
January or February (Gamestop
put date as January 12).
Europeans as well won't get
their hands on the fresh Silent
Hill till February. By the way,
the official release date didn't
prevent some Gamestop retail
stores from selling copies of
Shattered Memories before the
date specified due to some
failure in the system
(apparently the game copies
didn't have a street date), so
quite a bunch of players could
already enjoy the game.
Everybody who still don't, can
watch two new gameplay clips
from Gametrailers in the
meantime:
Exploration Gameplay
Freak Beasts Gameplay
IGN's
review of Silent Hill: Shattered
Memories is up with a favorable
overall mark of 8.6/10. The game
has also got Editor's Choice
Award.
Presentation 9.0
An altogether slick experience
from beginning to end. The
original license reborn into
something new. Seems tailor made
for Wii, from the superb
flashlight to audio cues out of
the Wii remote. Graphics 9.0
The claustrophobic world comes
to life in great detail. Huge,
seamless world. Realistic
characters with fluid animation.
Amazing lighting and particle
systems. Some occasional
framerate hiccups. Sound 8.5
A moody, dynamic soundtrack by
composer Akira Yamaoka
complements strong voice acting,
spooky sound effects and audio
cues tied to the Wii remote's
speaker. Gameplay 8.5
Tight controls and clever
puzzles are separated by truly
terrifying chase sequences and
lots of different gameplay
variations, some of which
involve fun gestures. The
flashlight alone is
entertaining. Lasting Appeal 6.5
Really fun while it lasts, but
the experience is short -- about
five or six hours. You can come
back and play again with very
different results (and even a
new ending), though. Overall 8.6 (Great)
This is
the video shown in the main menu
of the game after being idle for
some time. The song is "When
You're Gone" from the original
soundtrack.
2009.12.03|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories official
site launched
Konami have launched a
promotional Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories website.
The site incorporates the psyche
profile from the game asking you
to answer some questions at the
beginning which affects some
elements of the site, mainly the
look of Cybil character. For
example, after ticking answers 1
and 2 you'll get a sexy Cybil,
while choosing answer 3 or 1+3
will leave you with a stern
Cybil. Other combinations will
get you a nice version of Cybil.
The website also features some
media (old trailer, various
gameplay clips and screenshots),
character information, community
forums and blog (currently not
accessible).
According to Vixx from our
fellow site
Silent Hill Heaven Akira
Yamaoka has left Konami after
working at the company for
sixteen years. Though it's not
officially confirmed by Konami
yet, it's as official as it can
be. Yamaoka has been Silent Hill
series composer since its start
as well as producer since Silent
Hill 3. Beside this lately Akira
has been working on an announced
project for Konami which future
is now unknown. No news yet as
to what Yamaoka plans to do next
and if he will create music for
possible next Silent Hill
installments.
Silent
Hill: Shattered Memories promo
soundtrack for the upcoming game
is available for download in the
Music section. You
can alternatively download it
via torrent from
gamemp3s.net.
2009.11.25|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - new
footage from Eurogamer
Eurogamer has a new
exclusive Silent Hill: Shattered
Memories gameplay video. The
video shows the scene in the
cafe with Harry meeting Cybil
for the first time which was
already presented in some other
gameplay movies, only this time
it features a sexy style Cybil.
The interesting thing is that
although the appearance of Cybil
is different, she still acts
like a stern version of the
policewoman. By the way, if you
wait some time after the video
ends, you can hear the whole
conversation with another more
friendly type of Cybil.
Hidden Palace site released
recently a
torrent with Silent Hill 2 and
Silent Hill: The Room PS2 trial
versions. These demo
versions were designed
to show them at E3 game shows
(E3 2001 and E3 2004
respectively).
Silent Hill 2 demo includes
Hospital level. Silent Hill 4
demo features Prison, Forest and
Building locations. Download
these demos via
torrent.
2009.11.15|
Silent Hill model
Mark Pricskett,
an artist from Philadelphia, wants to share his
scale model of a street from
Silent Hill.
"The facades were store bought
but much of the rest is
scratch-built. Harry, Cheryl,
Romper, Pyramidhead and many of
the exterior and interior
objects were moulded from clay.
Every floor in every building
has some detail with the bottom
floors having the most. The
building names are all from the
first game (Annies Bar, Andy's
Books, 30 Records). The Cafe
even has the "save" notepad and
the radio on the table. Total
time to build was about 50
hours. There are 2 health drinks sorta hidden about."
Check his amazing work in the
Fan
Projects section. Want to
share a Silent Hill related fan
work too? Then
send us.
2009.11.15|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- first review
The upcoming
Nintendo Power Holiday 2009
issue has a Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories review.
Here's its resume with an
overall score which is quite
good:
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- 8.0
+good use of wiimote
+graphics
+psychological profile which
affects game based on choices
+creative and varied puzzles
-not scary, lacks sense of
danger
2009.11.12|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories in
December for Wii, delayed for PS2 and
PSP
Konami
has finally confirmed the
release date for Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories. The game
will ship on December 8 in
America, but sadly only for Wii.
Owners of PS2 and PSP systems
will have to wait till next
year. No confirmed date for
these versions yet, but various
retailers have the preliminary
date of January 12, 2010.
IGN has
got a press release from Konami
with profiles of some characters
alongside with interesting
screens. Most of the characters
are reoccurring from the
original game, though
drastically changed, but there
are some new as well. Read the
article
here to learn about them.
Also IGN surfaced a bunch of
character arts - all images are
uploaded to the
game's gallery.
2009.11.12|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Official
Strategy Guide
BradyGames is going to release a
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Official Strategy Guide for all
platforms (Wii, PS2, PSP). The
release date is scheduled for
December 1. The product
description on
Gamestop reveals more
information on the game - don't
read further if you want to
avoid spoilers:
- Comprehensive Walkthrough -
Guide Harry Mason through the
dark streets of Silent Hill as
he tries to find his daughter
and save her from a living
nightmare.
- Therapy Sessions Revealed -
Realize the truth behind Dr.
Kaufmann’s therapy sessions: how
it changes the game and how it
creates a Psych profile on you.
- Discover All the Memento and
Echo Locations - Every Memento
location exposed; move with
purpose through the harrowing
streets of a waking nightmare.
Know when to stop for an Echo
location and when to run for
your life.
- Unlock All the Endings - Learn
how to achieve all the endings,
even the secret UFO finale.
2009.11.04| Silent Hill:
Zero re-released
Silent
Hill: Zero (Silent Hill: Origins
in Japan) is going to be
re-released next year as part of
"Konami the Best" line. Looks
there is still some demand for
the title. The release is
scheduled for January 28, 2010
at the price of 2,940 yen (2,300
yen for the digital download).
2009.10.26| Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories - new PAL boxart
Seems
like we have a new PAL front
cover for Silent Hill: Shattered
Memories. Now it looks very much
like the
NTSC boxart, but with a
slightly different tint.
2009.10.15|Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
in February 2010 for Europe
The
story of Silent Hill: Shattered
Memories release date's change
has its continuation. Konami
officially clarified that the
title is now shipping in
February 2010 across Europe.
Retailers autumn dates were
guesstimating.
"It's out in Feb, but has never
been officially confirmed as
anything else. A few retail
sites put a loose November date
on it, but we never officially
gave it a date until recently."
Not quite clear if this date
applies for the North American
release too.
2009.10.10|Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
delayed till December?
Silent
Hill: Shattered Memories release
may be delayed as Gamestop
changes the date to December
8, 2009. Although Amazon sites
still have the release dates as
October 30 for Europe and
November 3 for North America, a
recent
German Konami News report
(some new footage by the way)
says that the game is due for
release in Winter 2009. The same
says the official
German Konami site while
Konami UK puts it as Late
2009. So the game's release may
be really pushed back later this
year.
2009.10.09|Akira Yamaoka
at TGS 2009 Video Games Live
Just a nice video
of Akira Yamaokaaccompanied
by the orchestra performing
the splendid Promise and Theme
of Laura from Silent Hill 2 at
Video Games Live during Tokyo
Game Show 2009.
2009.10.08|Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
official site
Konami
have launched official Silent
Hill: Shattered Memories
site blog. The blog features
posts by the game's producer
Tomm Hulett who reveals more on
the game's development. For
example from his last entry you
can learn that the soundtrack
will feature a new vocal song
song by Akira Yamaoka called
"When You’re Gone". The site
also has both official trailers,
a gallery with screenshots, some
of which looks new, and forums.
X-play
has an exclusive new look at a
new not seen before Silent Hill
Shattered Memories level
somewhere in the woods and a
brief preview featuring an
interview with Tomm Hulett
(nothing really new).
Check the videos below:
Silent Hill: Shattered
Memories Preview
Silent Hill: Shattered
Memories Gameplay
Footage
2009.10.04|Silent Hill 2 writer sentenced to
one year in jail
It's
only a couple of weeks since
we've got a confirmation that
Roger Avary is going to write a
script for Silent Hill 2 and now
we have news that Avary is
sentenced to 1 year in jail and
5 years of probation for a
drunk-driving accident that took
the life of a passenger in his
car. The accident occurred in
January 2008. It was reported
that Avary was driving over 100
mph when his car crashed into a
telephone pole. After initially
pleading innocent last December,
he pleaded guilty in August 2009
to gross vehicular manslaughter
and drunken driving. It's not
clear yet how Avary's sentencing
will affect Silent Hill 2
filming planned for the next
year.
2009.09.24|Silent Hill: Shattered Memories -
screenshots from TGS 2009
New
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
screenshots from Tokyo
Game Show 2009 from both
Wii and
PSP versions - 13 images in
total.
2009.09.17|Silent Hill 2 - Avary and Hadida
return for a sequel
Screenwriter Roger Avary and
producer Samuel Hadida have
signed on for a sequel to their
2006 video game adaptation of
Silent Hill. Hadida's production
company Davis Films aims to
shoot the movie next year after
completing Resident Evil 4. No
news yet on who will be the
director of the motion picture.First
movie was directed by Christophe
Gans who currently seems to be
busy with filming Onimusha.
2009.09.16|Silent Hill: Shattered Memories -
new screenshots and more information on
the soundtrack
The gallery of Silent Hill
Shattered has been updated with
9 new screenshots from Wii. Also
we've got a bit more information
on the bonus pre-order
soundtrack - the album is
expected to include not only new
pieces of music, but also some
arrangements of older tracks.
And finally, Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories is confirmed
to be present at Tokyo Game Show
2009 where Konami will present
Wii and PSP versions of the
game. The show starts on
September 24, so expect more
news soon.
2009.09.11|Silent Hill:
Homecoming not coming to Japan
After the
long period of uncertain
situation about Silent Hill
Homecoming's release in Japan
the game's
official Japanese site
confirmed that the release of
the title in this country is
cancelled. The announcement
states: "Please look forward to
future titles in the series"
with a date 2009-10-30 below
which is a probable date for
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
release in the region. Silent Hill:
Homecoming was released in North
America in September 2008 and in
Europe in February 2009.
2009.09.02|"On Screen"magazine:
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
preview and Silent Hill:
Mobile 3 announcement
Clippings
from Konami's "On Screen"
magazine with a small preview of
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
and an announcement of Silent
Hill: Mobile 3 - "conclusion of
the celebrated Silent Hill
Mobile trilogy":
2009.08.22|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - new
arts
Game's gallery is updated
with two new arts as well as
several renders of game's
characters.
2009.08.22| Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories - European boxart
Following the North American
cover of Silent Hill: Shattered
Memories a PAL cover of the game
has been presented.
Secondly, we've got a new
trailer which is in fact a
reworked trailer from E3 2009
with new scenes. The interesting
thing is that the vocal song in
this trailer sounds like if it's
not sung by Mary Elizabeth
McGlynn. Could it be a different
singer or just some sound post
effect?
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Gamescom Trailer
A boxart for Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories has been
revealed. The boxart depicts
iced over Cheryl, Harry's
daughter, sitting on the swing.
The coverart also reveals an
ESRB rating for the game which
is Mature - the same as for its
predecessors. We expect more
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
news from the Gamescom trade
fair which starts this week's
Wednesday.Stay with us and keep
watching the news.
2009.08.12| Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories - new screenshots and
logo change
Konami's released 7 new
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
screenshots. Find them
here. Also the game's logo
has been slightly changed to a
more refined version. You can
find three variants of the new
logo on the
Arts page.
2009.08.01| Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories - new screenshots &
interview
Some
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
news from
Hell Descent. We've got
8 new screenshots depicting
more of a town as well as what
looks like a developed Raw Shock
creature with some *ahem*
feminine features. I remind you
that the look of monsters is
also affected by the Psych
Profile. Also the game's
producer Tomm Hulett and
director Mark Simmons agreed to
satisfy Hell Descent's
community's curiosity and
answered some questions in a
new interview.
2009.07.27| Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories - gameplay movies
from Comic-Con 2009
2009.06.30| Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories - interviews with
Tomm Hulett
Silent
Hill: Shattered Memories
producer Tomm Hulett has been
quite generous for the
interviews lately. First of all
he
answered the questions of
Silent Hill Heaven forum's
visitors, then
chatted with the Joystiq
reporter and finally
was interviewed by the Game
Informer magazine.
2009.06.13|
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories -
best Wii game of E3 2009
IGN
choose best Wii games at E3 2009
in various categories and Silent
Hill: Shattered Memories won in
three of them: Best Graphics
Technology, Best Adventure Game
and Wii Game Of The Show. IGN
noted amazing use of tech,
game's psych profile, branching
paths during walkthrough and
other features, which allowed to
beat other games at the show.
See the full listof nominees and winners
here.
2009.06.13| Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories 1UP interview and
preview
Silent Hill section has been
fully updated. Elaborate
walkthrough, complete lists of
weapons and items with all the
extras, descriptions of
creatures with combat
strategies, all memos and maps
from the game - all this is now
available in the section. Also
updated arts gallery. Again, I
express my gratitude to Conquerer.
2009.05.22|Interview with Takayoshi Sato
Core
Gamers interviewed Takayoshi
Sato, a member of the famous
Team Silent and a person who was
in charge of designing the
characters and cinematic visuals
for the first two Silent Hill
games. In the pretty lengthy
interview Sato-san talked about
how he began working for Konami,
the first game he worked on -
Sexy Parodius, his moments of
glory - Silent Hill and Silent
Hill 2, why he left Konami
afterwards and came into working
on serious games. Read the
interview on the
Core Gamers site or
alternatively in the new
Creators section
here.
2009.05.17|Silent Hill 3 Special Edition
Silent Hill 3 Special Edition is
a fan made DVD by Jer.
"This is not the game, nor is it
some nonexistent second sequel
to the movie. This is, in fact,
a professional quality capture
of the game, formatted to DVD
video. The entire plot line is
present, as well as many extras
that you can't see unless you
play it through several times.
So burn this to a DVD and watch
it on your big screen! Please
see the readme in the ISO for
more information. This is the
first of what I hope to be many
similar projects.
Download Silent Hill 3 Special
Edition
via torrent from Mininova
(you may leave your responses
there as well). Visit
project's page for more
information and screenshots.
Destructoid has published a
new interview with Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories producer Tomm
Hulett. In the interview Hulett
talks about the decision to
recreate the story of the first
Silent Hill game and not
producing a completely new
story. He also calms down the
hardcore fans by saying,
SH: SM will not fit into the
canonical Silent Hill timeline
and take place in its own
universe similar to the Silent
Hill movie and comics. Besides
that developers are not gonna
exploit Pyramid Head as opposed
to the infamous Silent Hill:
Homecoming. Read the full
interview here:
Destructoid interview: Silent
Hill producer Tomm Hulett
Scarlet is a resource viewer for
the Windows/PC version of Silent
Hill: Homecoming. The tool is
capable of viewing models/textures,
playing sounds, and viewing most
of the other game and media
formats contained in PAK
archives of the game. It also
exports all of the main media
data to friendly media formats (sounds
to .ogg, models to WaveFront .obj,
textures to .dds, and so on).
Silent Hill 2 section has been
completely updated. Now you can
find there a detailed
information on the game
characters and creatures with
combat strategies, detailed
walkthrough with all puzzles'
solutions, complete list of
in-game weapons, items and
memos, descriptions of endings
and extras as well as helpful
instructions how to achieve a
ten star ranking. Special thanks
to Andrew Haffenden aka
Conquerer for letting use his
wonderful Silent Hill 2 FAQ.
In
addition to this, in the section you
can find
various Silent Hill 2 videos,
which you can either download or watch on our newly created
YouTube channel. Join us and
watch videos from past and
present Silent Hill games.
2009.04.14| Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
previews and interviews
A recent
Konami event brought us some
coverage of Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories. An IGN
journalist visited company's
California office and watched a
15-minute demo of the game. Read
the preview full of delight
here. He also
interviewed game's lead
designer Sam Barlow, director
Mark Simmons and Konami producer
Tomm Hulett. In addition to this
IGN
presented nine new screenshots.
Here's a summary of facts in the
article from
GoNintendo:
- Harry has crashed on the side
of the road while in a snowstorm
- Harry’s daughter is missing,
and he sets off into Silent Hill
to find her
- game kicks off with in a
psychiatrist’s office where we
hear of a new patient arriving.
After that exchange, we see
Harry fall from his car into the
snow just after his crash. We
then flash back to the office
with the psychiatrist talking to
this new patient
- camera is first person during
the office segment. You can look
around while the psychiatrist
talks
- you must fill out a
psychiatric profile
- when asked questions by the
psychiatrist, you can wave your
Wiimote up and down/left to
right to answer
- after this exchange you flash
back to the accident with Harry
calling for his daughter
- almost every decision you make
impacts the game. For example,
if you first choose to look at
your map or a girlie calendar on
the wall, the game makes note of
this decision
- an example of early changes:
as you fill out your profile,
the game will present you with
different situations. When
walking through town, you might
see an open bar or an open diner.
These things change as you make
more and more choices
- minus button to bring up your
phone, which houses all sorts of
important information
- use phone to dial, take pics,
text, check voicemail, browse
phonebook, changes options and
settings (whose viewer shows a
slowed framerate a la iPhone)
- take pictures of the
environment to reveal new
details: take a picture of a
swingset with no one around it,
look at the pic to see your
daughter sitting on the swing
- pictures can cue voicemails
and other occurrences
- game world changes from Silent
Hill to evil Silent Hill right
before your eyes
- no longer a hellish look…things
are more ‘icy’
- static on your phone still
clues you in as it did in past
games
- stunning flashlight effects
- Nunchuk to walk, hold Z to run,
C for 180-turn, A for actions,
B-trigger plus A to pick items
up, D-pad for phone, D-pad down
to view behind you
- intelligent enemies will hunt
you down, talk to other enemies
to find you, open doors and
climb fences
- one again, no weapons
- Harry talks to himself
throughout the game to rehash
info
- no load times
- camera filter returns from
previous games
- flashlight will even light up
snowflakes
- Wii is the lead platform
2009.04.06 |Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
official announcement
Konami have released an official
press release announcing that
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
will be released this autumn.
Besides coming out on Nintendo
Wii, the game will also be
released for PSP (PlayStation
Portable) and PlayStation 2 at
the same time. You can read the
full press release
here. Here also the logo and
the arts of the game's hero,
Harry Mason:
2009.04.02 |Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
for Wii and PSP
Silent Hill for Wii is
confirmed (according to the
information on the developers
site the project is also
being developed for PSP). The newest issue of
the Nintendo Power magazine
features a detailed article on
the new installment with
screenshots and interviews with
Akira Yamaoka (yes, he's
composing the music for the project)
and design team members Mark
Simmons, Sam Barlow and Tomm Hulett. As explains producer
Tomm Hulett: "This is a
reimagining of the first Silent
Hill. It’s not a remake or a
port. That’s an important
distinction. It really feels
like a new game. The characters
play different roles, things
don't necessarily happen in the
same order, and the story is
taken in lots of new directions.
You still play as Harry Mason,
you're still looking for your
daughter, and you'll see
familiar elements, but they're
all twisted to betray your
expectations." Here are some
brief details from the article:
- Game story will depend a lot
on your actions and decisions.
You may see or not some scenes,
meet characters in different
places, and even the look of
monsters will vary for different
players.
- There will be new characters
in the game like a psychiatrist
Dr. Kasks.
- Control Stick is used to steer
the hero's movements while Wii
Remote is used to aim the
flashlight.
- There is no combats - you can
only escape from the monsters.
During the getaway you can barge
through doors, climb over
fences, jump through windows,
and so on. You can also
barricade doors behind you. In
addition to this you can use flares to frighten
monsters off.
- There's a way trough every
locked door.
- The only tool in the game is
Harry's cell phone used for map
access, taking pictures, writing
notes and making phone calls.
And
here are the scans of the
magazine article:
2009.02.28 |Climax's next-gen Silent Hill PS3
prototype
As
Unseen64 revealed, Climax
USA was working on a Silent Hill
demo for PS3. However, Konami
decided to hand the development
of a next-gen Silent Hill to
Collective (now Double Helix).
Later Climax USA was closed
during the development of Silent
Hill: Origins, which was given
to the UK branch. Go through the
following link to see the images
and watch the video from this
early tech demo. The demo's
protagonist is Travis from
Silent Hill: Origins, however it
doesn't mean they would keep him
in the final project.
2009.02.28|Patch coming for Silent Hill:
Homecoming
As
you all probably know PC version
of Silent Hill Homecoming has
plenty of bugs (well console
versions are also quite buggy).
After
releasing SHH in Europe Konami have discovered a
problem, which affected the
stability of the game when
changing the screen resolution
(come on! Just this one?) and
currently preparing a patch to
fix it which will be released
soon. In the meantime they
suggest to try
the following.
2009.02.26|
Rumour: Climax working on Silent Hill
remake for Wii
"VG247 understands that UK
developer Climax is working on a
Wii remake of an the first
Silent Hill. Konami has declined
to comment on the talk. Few
specifics are known as yet, but
apparently motion control’s been
included for torch functions.
The first Silent Hill, designed
by Keiichiro Toyama, was
released for PlayStation in
1999. Climax is working on two
Konami games, as shown on the
firm’s website. The remake is
the Wii and PSP project you can
see there. A 360 and PS3 game is
also in the works for Konami,
but this is an “original ground
breaking next-gen game,”
according to a Climax job
posting. Climax was unavailable
for comment at the time of
writing. You didn’t see us here,
right?"
2009.02.18 |Silent Hill: Homecoming European
website launched
Konami have launched Silent
Hill: Homecoming
official site for European
release of the game. The site
contains some standard
information regarding the game,
promotional media as well as a
competition with a chance to win
an iPhone 3G and other prizes,
but what's really interesting is
a nicely designed Alex
Shepherd's official game diary
which includes a lot of
background information for the
Silent Hill Homecoming events as
well as for the universe of
Silent Hill in general.
Silent Hill Homecoming is due
for release in Europe on
February 27 on PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360 and PC.
Music 4 Games have arranged
an in-depth interview with the
famous composer about the
reception to the latest
installment in the series, his
ambitions for the future and the
challenges ahead for the Silent
Hill franchise. Yamaoka-san
talked about his approach to
Silent Hill Homecoming
soundtrack, collaboration with
the US development team and
stated his opinion why
Homecoming was not so
successful. He also mentioned
that a commercial CD or iTunes
release of Silent Hill
Homecoming soundtrack is still
under consideration (the
soundtrack is currently
available only as a limited CD
edition via GameStop).
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).
Today we are glad to present a
new chapter of the series -
Liminality II: Okaeri. This
compilation also features
trip-hop, ambient, piano
compositionse.t.c. All that we love
Akira Yamaoka works for."
Liminality II: Okaeriis available for download
on the
Liminality
page in the Music section.
