Konami is starting E3 2011 off with a bang June 2 with their first-annual global Pre-E3 Show that will showcase company announcements, exclusive interviews with developers, and never-before-seen game trailers. Konami President, Shinji Hirano says that they hope this preshow will “build buzz ahead of E3.” Live viewing events have been scheduled in several cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, São Paulo and Mexico City a with simulcasts planned on several major online sites and gaming broadcast outlets around the world. Konami will also stream footage from the all the live festivities on KONAMI.com.

Each venue was chosen for its own chic style and are considered ideal spots for guests to kick-back and enjoy the show. The brand new Commissary at Sony Pictures Studio will be the site for the Los Angeles viewing event while I will attend the the Zen-like space of the Shrine Room at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco. Registration for the Los Angeles event is unfortunately sold out but it looks like it’s still possible to register to attend the San Francisco Event!

As celebration for hitting 500,000 fans on their Official Facebook Page Konami has release a very tiny teaser for their e3 2011 Silent Hill Downpour trailer. The posted video is a full minute but most of it features Devin Shatsky talking and thanking the fans (looks like he got himself one of those Boogeyman statues too!). From what we see of the game we can see Murphy fighting some wicked looking ladies with a chair WWF..err WWE style and taking a ride down what looks like a water slide from hell. Head over to the Silent Hill Facebook to check it out.

Source (Silent Hill Facebook)

We got another chance to chat with Silent Hill: Past Life and Downpour writer, Tom Waltz and Past Life Artist Menton3 to discuss the last issue, the upcoming trade back, Tom and Menton’s new work, Tom’s hands on with Downpour (including a brief discussion on about how subtle the ending decision mechanics are 🙂 and a few other cool nuggets you’ll have to listen to find out!) and we even discuss the old and upcoming Silent Hill films!

Listen Now:
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Konami has released some new great high res Silent Hill: Downpour poster concept art featuring Murphy Pendleton and Officer Cunningham. Surprising enough the Cunningham picture is named “poster_anne_fin” so I guess it’s safe to assume her first name is Anne?

Download the High Res Files here

Source (Konami)

Konami released some new Silent Hill: Downpour screens that looks like they are from the derelict sky tram mentioned in the C&G Monthly’s preview description. Looking good, I can’t wait untill I can play it!

Thanks for tip CJ!

Earlier this week C&G Monthly was lucky enough to preview a pre-Alpha stage version of Silent Hill: Downpour with game producer, Tomm Hulett. On their site they wrote a lengthy article detailing the areas of the game they were able to see, including one of your first decision choices, puzzles and their first Silent Hill otherworld transition!

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Brian Goman, Design Director of Silent Hill: Downpour explained to a fan that a PC port of the game is up to Konami.

So PC users be sure to let Konami know that you are eager for a PC port of the game!

Source (Brian Gomez Twitter)

Devin Shatsky, producer of Silent Hill: Downpour, visited the Hell Descent Forums to let fans know that the rumor of a multiplayer Silent Hill are completely false. A multiplayer element was considered in the early development of Silent Hill: Downpour but was dropped when the team determined how much time, money and effort it would takeaway from the core single player experience.

Shatsky believes that either interviewer misinterpreted Radek Marek’s (Silent Hill Downpour Art Director’s) answer, or the meaning was lost in translation.

Source (Hell Descent Forums)

In an interview with XBOX 360 Magazine in Italy, Radek Marek Art Director on Silent Hill: Downpour said Konami is considering multiplayer Silent Hill title for XBLA. There are no plans to add a multiplayer in Silent Hill: Downpour but there are talks to make a separate chapter and characters for this endeavor.

SilentHiller over on the Hell Descent forums was kind enough to translate most of this Italian interview the multiplayer related question is as follows:

I’m not sure how well multiplayer would fit in with the other Silent Hill titles since isolation has always played a key role in the overall atmosphere in the previous games. In the end I guess it really comes down to how it’s implemented. It might be that characters are trying to meet up with one another and must traverse the big town alone to meet in a certain place or time. It could be more like a versus mode were several people take on the role of the creatures trying to hunt down the human player. It may be different then what we are used to but I know I’m interested to see how Konami pulls it off. I think I would have a lot of fun exploring Silent Hill with a friend. What about you guys?

Source (Hell Descent Forums)

EGM [i] has published and article on Silent Hill: Downpour with includes lots of new images and a preview 🙂

You can read the full article on EGM[i]