IGN posted some new screens for Silent Hill Book of Memories and in them we see familiar monsters from Silent Hill games past. In the screens I spot: Insane Cancer (SH3), Needlers (SHH), Nurse (SH2), Scisims… I think (SHH), Air Screamer (SH1), Double Heads (SH3), is that Valtiel? (SH3), The Butcher (SH0), Patient Demon? (SH2) AND Howard from Downpour I wonder what he’s doing in this game?

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I took some screenshots from the TGS 2011 trailer 🙂

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A couple days ago some more Silent Hill: HD Collection screens were released including several from Silent Hill 3

I like that a lot of the clothes in Silent Hill 2 look more like fabric and less like it belongs on a vinyl figure of the character. It’s really apparent on James’ coat! I know that these are probably no better than the PC version of the game but as someone who does not play games on my PC I’m really excited to see this kind of clarity from a console playable version of Silent Hill 2. I can’t ever remember the Silent Hill Historical Society being that clear inside! Though now that I think about it it’s probably because there isn’t a grain filter on that screencap lol. Anyway maybe we will have better views of those cool paintings and artworks in the there and the prison instead of having to look at the texture files!

As for the 2 Silent Hill 3 shots well I can’t say I’m super impressed but I think it has more to do with the fact that one of them is clearly incomplete! I’m looking at you Heather in Happy Burger! Where’s the window to the outside world?! It’s not only missing the cool shadows and the light but the tops of potted plant and details from the remains of Heather’s meal are missing as well. I’m flabbergasted Konami would release such an incomplete scene as a screencap. Gagh! What an awful shot to pick :\

Yesterday Amazon.com posted what appears to be the box art for the Silent Hill HD Collection and it sure is pretty! The consensus around the fans seems to be that it may be the nicest Silent Hill box art to date…and I agree to a point.

I love the crying Maria (you know it’s her because she’s wearing Maria’s choker) but I can’t say I’m not keen on the layout of all the elements. The off center logo looks like it’s too close to the right side of the box and just seems swished. I’m not too fond of the inclusion of the two games covers on the front either. I think the cover would have been a lot more elegant without those bright covers and just focused on the crying Maria and placing the two game covers on on the back… But I see how it’s a necessary evil from a marketing standpoint to show the covers on the front since it screams that “Hey there’s two cool games in this collection!”

What do you guys think? It would definitely make a nice product poster that’s for sure!

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Konami has also released a whole slew of new screens of Silent Hill 2 from the HD collection! I’m still waiting for them to appear on their media download site but some other sites on the web have been lucky to get their hand on them early!

We see a lot of shots of Bubblehead nurses that have many going “WHERE THE FUCK ARE THOSE MOUTHS FROM?” lol. Those these are actually not something Konami has just added in for shits and giggles. If you take a look at the original game models extracted from the PC version of Silent Hill 2 you can clearly see the weird red mouths on the model. Not sure why it’s not existent in the PS2 version but it’s something that’s supposed to be there apparently? I don’t know. Can anyone with the PC version see these mouths?

Source (VideoGamer.com)

We have a gained a bit more information and screens on the upcoming Book of Memories the Silent Hill Vita multiplayer game being developed by WayForward during the Konami Gamescom 2011 Press Conference!

The game will have a top-down or isometric perspective, which is typically seen in role playing games but that’s not to say this hasn’t been used in a horror genre before! This view was also used in, Sweet Home, a Capcom Japan-only survival horror RPG Nintendo back in 1989. Despite the RPG like view the game still give people chills and was even later given credit as an inspiration for Capcom’s blockbuster Resident Evil!

Back during E3 2011 we learned that Book of Memories would be it’s own story unrelated to past Silent Hill titles, this probably because the game will give you the option to create your own protagonist. The video during the press conference showed three custom characters with the names Harry, Maria and James 🙂

From the screens it looks like we can make characters look a bit like Travis from Silent Hill Origins (it’s the hat that made me think that), Murphy from Downpour (green jumpsuit) and on the other end of the spectrum some sort of gothic chick. Additionally these screens also give us a peek at some of the enemies, nurses make a comeback and is that a Needler from Homecoming I see? Oh yeah, Pyramid Head going be in this too…ugh…but hey at least he’s not in Downpour!

According to Joystiq, Book of Memories will feature melee combat, guns and “what appears to be a smattering of RPG elements.” I’ll let you know if I find out any new information!

Source (Joystiq | Rely on Horror)

With Gamescom starting we are treated to some new Downpour screens from Konami! We see Murphy traversing some new areas including a water logged prison (maybe Toluca? That would be awesome) and meeting Sazh Katzroy from Final Fantasy 13 hehe I kid. I don’t know his name just yet but it’s cool to see a new face! Though now that I think about it you guys think it’s the same person we saw flashed on the tv in the e3 2010 trailer?

Source (JPgames.de) Thanks Voidburger for the tip!

Konami has added some new Downpour screens to their download site. Some look amazing while others…er not so much. Not sure if some are really “finals” since some of the graphics are looking very jagged and low res. Is it just me? What do you guys think?

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Konami has released two screens and a logo for their upcoming HD collection. I was hoping for a little more but I’ll take what I can get!

I can definitely tell there’s more detail in James’ character model but the textures still look fuzzy to me (it could also be the grain filter) what do you guys think? I’m still curious to see what Silent Hill 3 will look like!

Source (Konami) Thanks Cj for the heads up!

Remember the OXM Downpour article I scanned last week? Well Konami released high res versions of the new screens featured in the article!

What a way to start the morning 🙂 Konami has uploaded their Downpour Assets from E3 which includes 10 new screenshots and a handy game information sheet with some interesting tidbits:

Theme song by Korn? Well that’s unexpected… I’m interested to hear what they come up with! But, I think the biggest news here however is that not only will the game have an October release (yay!) is that the game will be in 3D! (Hey, just like the movie…) Makes me wish I had a 3D television but even still it’s cool that Silent Hill will be one of the first games to attempt to use this new technology.