Something Silent Hills related is happening and it involves a prominent Japanese horror artist. As spotted on ResetEra (opens in new tab), artist Suehiro Maruo shared an intriguing pair of images on his Instagram account, along with the caption “Afternoon invitations hope you’ll join in.” The image on the left …
Read More »The Silent Hill series: 10 shocking moments
Drag me to ‘Hill The cancellation of Silent Hills was just cruel. So much terrifying potential lurked in the single corridor of P.T that a full game might have been too much fear to actually handle. So, in mourning of what could have been, lets take a look back at …
Read More »Watch 8 minutes of a Silent Hill game we never got – and no, its not that one
I know, I know. The sting of Silent Hills’ cancellation (opens in new tab) still weighs heavy. But these things happen, more often than we know. For example, did you know that Climax Studios, the developer behind Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (opens in new tab), had …
Read More »Want Silent Hills: A Hideo Kojima Game? Heres a chance to tell Konami.
It’s tough to imagine Silent Hill(s) was left off the “Konami heritage games survey (opens in new tab)” by mistake – especially when one of its options is Sunset “Bury Me With My Money” Riders. You can still fix that oversight yourself, even if it probably isn’t worth much more …
Read More »Why most scary games fail as real horror, and why they always have
There’s a bit at the beginning of Gears of War, appropriately referenced in our feature on inappropriate jump-scares (opens in new tab), in which Epic’s inaugural chainsaw carnival wrong-foots you with a hint that it might be a horror game. After trekking through Marcus’ deserted, decaying prison for a little …
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