The PAL version of SH:SM is up online and it looks like this is its cover art.

I like this UK boxart better than the official US one, it’s creepy mysterious and carries the ice theme well. Overall I think the concept was better executed and the design feels more polished to me.

In more disappointing news it looks like the market department for the US release didn’t think the cover would sell the game on it’s own now we have two E3 awards cluttering the front of the design…man they look so out of place and it takes away from the great artwork!

If you do you will get a pretty snazzy pre-order bonus!

On September 2, 2009 Gamestop.com updated their Silent Hill Shattered Memories product information:

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=74828

Kotaku.com was kind enough to post screens of Konami’s lastes issue of On Screen their internal company magazine. Overall the magazine gives a look at this years games but what I feel is the most worthy bit is the Silent Hill spread!

Overall the text is a typical marketing copy highlighting whatplayers can expect from the story and gameplay. I thought the last page was a little odd going over fear…but hey they suggest a good way of facing your fears is playing Silent Hill 🙂

I love the graphic design and many fans seem quite enamored with that couch picture. Where was this art direction while they were designing the US game cover?

Konami officially unveiled a new logo and screen shots from Silent Hill Shattered Memories:

Final Logo

Old Logo

Personally I think it’s a big improvement the old logo looked too amaturish to me and the newer logo looks a lot more polished.

As for the screenshots the game is looking good, but man doesn’t Harry look psycho in his driver’s license photo? He looks like he’s about to deck the poor DMV photographer.

Check out the boxart! Not sure if I’m that keen on it though… I like the concept and a frozen Cheryl is pretty creepy but I wish the execution was a little tighter. Right now it seems like Cheryl is sitting on a swing that’s floating in mid air. Even with my nitpicking I still think it’s loads better than the US SH4 boxart I hated that screaming ghost it looked so cheesy! 🙂

The first sneak peek at the newest Silent Hill installment. Many believed that the first grainy pictures of this issue was an elaborate April fool’s joke (was announced on April 1st after all!) but once April 2 rolled around it’s was obvious that this game was no joke.

Here are the article scans from the Nintendo Power!