Silent Hill: Origins, the formerly PSP exclusive Silent Hill is now in development for the Playstation 2.
Press Release:
Survival Horror Title Makes Transition from Handheld to Console EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - 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.
"Console gamers can now expect the same chilling, suspenseful and fear-filled experience that handheld gamers encountered when we released Silent Hill Origins on the PSP system," said Anthony Crouts, Vice President of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "This is their chance to learn more of the mystery and mythos surrounding Silent Hill that's been hinted at in earlier games and made the series such a success."
Players take on the role of Travis Grady, a lone truck driver making a routine delivery when he makes an unfortunate detour to the mysterious town of Silent Hill. Players must help Travis escape the city's horrific inhabitants and unravel the mystery of the strange hallucinations from Travis' past, visions that have plagued him since childhood.
Updated controls maximize combat, allowing Travis to use his fists, his wits and an array of weapons including a meat cleaver, pool cue and sledgehammer to fight his way through the nightmarish world of Silent Hill and face multiple endings based on his actions.
For more information, please visit www.konami.com.
Updating controls sounds good, let's hope they update the graphics as well.
It's hard to say if this is just Amazon taking an educated guess or this is a hint towards the likely even of Silent Hill: Origins coming to Playstation 2, but you can now pre-order it from Amazon.com for $29.99, apparently releasing on March 4th 2008.
Yahtzee from The Escapist Magazine has reviewed Silent Hill. As always his reviews shouldn't be taken completely seriously as he evidently doesn't like a lot, but he does make some good points. It's also very funny. :P
Konamistyle have finally put up a track listing of the Silent Hill: Origins tracks on the OST releasing in January. The cover art is also illustrated by Masahiro Ito.
The full listing is:
1 Shot Down In Flames feat.Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 2 Meltdown 3 Evil Appetite 4 Wrong Is Right 5 Not Tomorrow 3 6 Monster Daddy 7 King Of Adiemus 8 Don't Abuse Me 9 Underworld 4 10 Acid Horse 11 O.R.T. feat.Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 12 Insecticide 13 Raw Power 14 A Million Miles 15 Battle Drums 16 The Wicked End 17 Blow Back feat.Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 18 Real Solution 19 The Healer 20 Snowblind 21 Behind the Wall of Sleep 22 Drowning 23 Murder Song "S" 24 Not Tomorrow 4 25 Theme of Sabre Dance 26 Hole In The Sky feat.Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Climax group (Silent Hill: Origins, Ferrari, Viva Piñata for Windows) have updated their website with a message stating that they are currently producing another "unannounced title" for Konami.
«Climax has a great history, but the future is even more exciting with awesome forthcoming titles such as Silent Hill Origins, Ferrari, Viva Piñata for Windows and an unannounced title for Konami. Keep checking back for updates!»
We finally have a release date for the Silent Hill: Origins soundtrack! It is available to pre-order from their site for release on January 25th 2008. The OST will contain 30 tracks from the game which have of course been composed by Akira Yamoaka.
«"Telling the origin story of a well established franchise can be an extremely hazardous thing to do, but Silent Hill: 0rigins manages to wrap both the mythology of the movie and games together in an impressive package on the PSP. With a good storyline, intriguing gameplay elements and excellent production and replay value, 0rigins is definitely worthy of a Silent Hill fan's attention. While the combat and camera system is pretty weak, and the manual control over shifting between dimensions removes the feeling of dread, 0rigins does justice to the series as a whole."»
Our review of Silent Hill: Origins is finally here. Can Origins work on a PSP with such a small screen? Does hiding under the bed with headphones make a difference? Did Climax pull it off, or has the Silent Hill franchise ended with Team Silent’s disbanding?
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