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• Demo for Silent Hill Origins Leaked Online

  Published: August 21, 2007, 3:01 pm

  Tags: Sony, Videos, Games, Demo, Leak, Origins, Psp, Silent Hill

  upcoming PSP game, “Silent Hill Origins,” began to appear on various torrent sites for download. It has been confirmed by developer, Climax, to be legitimate, but Karl Jeffrey, CEO and founder of Climax, swears it wasn’t leaked by his company: “All I can say is that code did not leak from Climax 100 per cent

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• One Way to Get a Job in the Video Game Industry

  Published: August 27, 2007, 12:44 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Games, Job Advice, Silent Hill 5, Video Game Industry Employment, Video Game Industry Jobs

  of sorts for the upcoming Silent Hill 5, and his resume might look something like this: reviewer, tester, production assistant, producer. Of course, production assistant could be just about anything. After making himself marketable, he said it took him nearly a year to nail a few key interviews for a solid position. “I got that job from

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• New Silent Hill 5 info reveals fog graphical overhaul and really scary stuff

  Published: August 28, 2007, 4:55 pm

  Tags: News, Silent Hill, Silent Hill V, Silent Hill 5, Ps3, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Game, Videogame, Horror, Konami

  revealed lots of new Silent Hill 5 info. It seems they are very honored to be working on Silent Hill 5. After Konami announced they were passing on the developer work to an outside company, it was discovered that quite a few developers wanted to work on the IP. In the end, these other developers were “scared” out of doing such

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• Silent Hill 5 & Origins interview with composer Akira Yamaoka

  Published: September 7, 2007, 8:15 am

  Tags: Videos, Interviews, News, Silent Hill 5, Silent Hill V, Silent Hill, Silent Hill Origins, Psp, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Game, Video Game, Akira Yamaoka

  Silent Hill series is known for it’s creepy atmosphere, and the haunting music in the game plays a pivotal role in making that all possible. The soundtracks in the games are composed by Akira Yamaoka, who scored them all, including sound effects. For the third and fourth games he also worked with singer, voice actress and writer Mary

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• Silent Hill 5 in-depth look. First gameplay footage and re-worked combat system revealed!

  Published: September 9, 2007, 3:30 am

  Tags: Videos, Interviews, News, Silent Hill 5, Game, Videogame, Konami, Horror, Gameplay

  franchise. Your descent into Silent Hill looks cooler than ever before as it all happens in real-time, and it’s like the paint of the real world literally peels off around you. I was also struck by just how similar the game feels like Silent Hill 2, definitely a good thing. Silent Hill 5 will also include an all-new combat system! No more

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• Silent Hill Comes to Leningrad

  Published: September 10, 2007, 9:06 am

  Tags: Other, Photos, Russian Silent Hill, Russian Streets, St Petersburg

  The broken hot water pipe deep inside the ground makes this part of St. Petersburg look like the scene from the Silent Hill movie. Anyway it seems that this occurrence don’t make people scared. They got used to such troubles. And there was “Silent Hill” style effect in this city once before. Almost a year ago. (more…)

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• Box Art for Silent Hill Origins Revealed

  Published: September 18, 2007, 2:21 pm

  Tags: Sony, Games, Box Art, Origins, Psp, Silent Hill

  for the upcoming PSP title, Silent Hill: Origins. They still list the name as a “working title” though, so for all we know this could be changed later. Some people have already gotten a chance to play some of the game, via a demo that was leaked online last month. Already, it’s looking to be just the thing to give PSP owners a

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• Silent Hill 5 Gameplay Trailer

  Published: September 28, 2007, 4:16 pm

  Tags: Videos, Microsoft, Games, Game Companies, Gameplay Footage, Knami, Silent Hill V, Video

  footage video up for Silent Hill V courtesy of GameTrailers.com. as a consummate fan of the series I’ve been watching this one since its announcement. The video is short but the classic sight and sounds of Silent Hill are unmistakable. The video is age gated to keep the children of U.S. from having nightmare. Check it out on

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• Pyramid Head stalks you in Silent Hill: The Arcade videos

  Published: October 1, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Silent Hill The Arcade, Silent Hill Arcade Game, Game, Videogame, Arcade, Konami, Pyramid Head, Video, Trailer

  style of the previous Silent Hill titles. It was announced by Konami at the 2007 Japan Arcade Operator’s Union trade show and released to arcades in Japan in August. It is the only side-game in the series outside of Silent Hill Origins, which will be haunting PSPs in November, and The Silent Hill Experience, a PSP UMD released in

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• Wii Owners, No Silent Hill For You!

  Published: October 20, 2007, 11:43 pm

  Tags: Games, 360, Akira Yamaoka, Climax Studios, Design, Interview, Konami, Music, Ps3, Psp, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 5, Silent Hill Origins, Silent Hill Sound, Silent Hill Sound Designer, Sound, Sound Design, Sound Designer, Sounds, The Collective, Wii, Yamaoka

  the most viable platform for Silent Hill, and, more interestingly, how 80% of Silent Hill sales are outside of Japan. The most interesting part of the interview was when the topic of Silent Hill for the Nintendo Wii was brought up. Here’s what went down: WN: What is the future of the Silent Hill series? AY: We’re making Silent Hill 5

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• Silent Hill: Pyramid Head Pumpkin

  Published: October 21, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Halloween, Pumpkin, Pyramid Head, Silent Hill

  Kotakuites, Silent Hill fans and rockin' rockers Brookhaven Hospital decided to have a good old fashioned pumpkin slaughtering and this was the result. A Pyramid Head pumpkin that reeks of pure awesomeness. I know we've had some good jack o' lanterns here in the past week, but this one really speaks to me. It says "Kill everyone now."

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• Silent Hill: Japan To Get Butcher Figure With Silent Hill Origins

  Published: October 21, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Figure, Japan, Jealousy, Pre Order, Silent Hill

  freebie. Folks who pre-order Silent Hill Zero (Origins) for the PSP in Japan will receive this sweet Butcher figure. No mention is made about of how big it is, but a Silent Hill figure is a Silent Hill figure and I'll take it however I can get it. I believe this will require another one of those late night phone calls to Ash unless Konami decides

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• Silent Hill V music interview with composer Akira Yamaoka

  Published: October 21, 2007, 8:10 pm

  Tags: Ps3, Xbox 360, Videos, News, Silent Hill V, Silent Hill 5, Music, Game Music, Game, Videogame, Ps3, Playstation 3, Xbox 360

  music in the Silent Hill games has always been a huge part of the franchise. What would the games be without it’s haunting, other-worldly score? Which was a big part of my enjoyment of the second game, which you can read about in my Silent Hill 2 review. The music in Silent Hill is definitely unique, you really can’t compare it to

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• Roger Avary's Dream Film [Castle Wolfenstien]

  Published: November 2, 2007, 1:00 am

  Tags: Castle Wolfenstien, Hollywood, Roger Avary, Silent Hill

  that intern, he's penned the Silent Hill film and Beowulf. Avary tells MTV: I'm doing an adaptation of the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I just love the World War II guys-on-a-mission movies; to me, 'Castle Wolfenstein' is all of that, plus monsters and horror and all that craziness jammed together. It's my dream film. Avary is

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• Onimusha Plot Revealed, Shoehorns In Some White Folk [Movies]

  Published: November 7, 2007, 6:20 pm

  Tags: Christophe Gans, Hollywood, Movies, Onimusha, Silent Hill

  churned out such a sloppy Silent Hill adaptation, I don't really have much in the way of faith for Onimusha. That's probably a good thing, since my attachment to Onimusha isn't nearly as strong as Silent Hill. More details on the film's outline are at Coming Soon. The Story for Christophe Gans' Onimusha [Coming Soon]

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