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Win the original Silent Hill soundtrack signed by Akira Yamaoka via REPlay

6/14/2017

Want to win a Silent Hill vinyl? Not just a regular vinyl but one signed by Akira Yamaoka himself?

Sure you do!

The original Silent Hill soundtrack was released by Mondo this year and the awesome guys over at REPlay have got a few to give away!

All you need to do is join their mailing list!
And while you're at it why not like their Facebook page to stay up to date with all things REPlay (such as awesome giveaways like this one)

To enter just head to the bottom of their homepage right here and enter your email address.

Good Luck!

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Masahiro Ito Delves into Silent Hill on Twitter

6/11/2017

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Masahiro Ito has been sharing details about various elements of Silent Hill via his Twitter account. The creature designer (amongst over roles) has been treating fans to various bits of info for the past couple of months now.

Ito revealed a concept image for a cancelled Silent Hill game in March of this year (2017) and has continued to share even more details with fans. Ito has shared details about Silent Hill many times before with Fans on Twitter but lately has been sharing much more info and images than usual.

Below are just some of the images and bits of info he has shared recently with hopefully much more to come! Thank you Mr Ito for sharing this with us.

A exhaust fan in the elevator to other world in SILENT HILL 3 is homage to “Angel Heart (1987)”. The ones in this movie is so impressive. pic.twitter.com/HiOXIxpXNO
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 27 April 2017

Also this exhaust fan means Heather's reincarnation or the cycle of rebirth by Valtiel. When Heather gets back to other world, it's running. https://t.co/CgzvIJJsEN
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 27 April 2017

This is a one of Softimage 3D rendered test pictures in SILENT HILL 3 making days. I didn't use this concept but one of my favorites. pic.twitter.com/XvFVB0DXSc
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 27 April 2017

Valtiel new concept sketch. pic.twitter.com/bsATs1KyOp
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 28 February 2017

So, this new concept Valtiel was a piece of that plan. However the Pyramid Head in its plan is really different from James's one. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/J50En9b3sj
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 25 May 2017

I drew some sketches & made 3D renderd pictures of inside of its helmet for new Gecco's Pyramid Head. However I haven't heard it recently... https://t.co/44VDuVkync
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 19 May 2017

I didn't design & make Pyramid Head face, but have a image of inside of helmet in those days. It's a binded someone's head with many frames. https://t.co/zC98ODnhSx
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 19 May 2017

Also,
“cage / frames” on creature's body in SH2 is inspired by Isamu Noguchi's “Death (Lynched Figure)”. Please google his great works! pic.twitter.com/9C8k40P7i6
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 21 May 2017

“A mouth on the face” of Closer in SH3 is inspired by the figure in the center drawing of Francis Bacon's “Second Version of Triptych 1944”. pic.twitter.com/1R193mGaeL
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 21 May 2017

Lisa, patient Alessa and Valtiel in Silent Hill - Cage of cradle. pic.twitter.com/mqKbLxKucJ
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 18 May 2017

The design of two objects at Angela's stairway synchronized with Abstract Daddy's one. And their meanings are much the same. pic.twitter.com/3yUpkK8GVF
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 23 May 2017

Edges of Pyramid Head's helmet is inspired by skirt of lower hull of German tank “King Tiger” in WW2. Yes, I'm WW2 German tank enthusiast. pic.twitter.com/XUfFqo9a0p
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 24 May 2017

Bubble head nurse, the face details of in-game model. Do you see a baby's face on her face ? pic.twitter.com/c5awa47vqR
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 3 June 2017

It's a vestige or remains which I tried to make the symbol of a James and Mary's wish. ( However It was not easy to do such a thing.) https://t.co/XwmcCpN7sF
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 3 June 2017

Also the head of Bubble head nurse describes suffocating Mary's swallen head. And she shakes her head like struggling Mary on bed. https://t.co/gqF6cTS2Ju
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 3 June 2017

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Silent Hill Play novel ported to PC

6/11/2017

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Fans of the original Silent Hill now have the chance to play the Japan exclusive Silent Hill Play Novel.

Originally released in March 2001, the game was available for the Game Boy Advance and was created as an intereactive story. You can choose to follow Cybil or Harry and the player is given various choices to progress through the game and are rewarded with digital trading cards at the end.

Fortunately for Silent Hill fans Giromancy of the Silent Hill Community has ported Harry Mason's story over to PC with Cybil on the way in the near future. The ported game even features alternative endings.

You can download the game to play yourself right here.

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Silent Hill Origins 2007 Beta Video

6/11/2017

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A video featuring a 2007 beta version of Silent Hill Origins has appeared online via the Youtube Channel PtoPOnline. This particular video shows unfinishing content that would eventually lead to the final version of the game.

Origins was originally being made by Climax LA but was fortunately scrapped (It originally featured Zombies) and production was transferred to Climax UK. With Origins now in the UK teams hands they had to pretty much start from scratch to create a game worthy of the Silent Hill title.
Below is the prototype video in which there are a number of changes and difference within it that would ultimately lead up to the final finished product.

You can also see an additional video below which features the original early work and ideas for Origins when it was still being made by Climax LA.

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Silent Hill Soundtrack Vinyl details and release date revealed

4/10/2017

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After what feels like forever, the soundtrack to the original Silent Hill is finally being released on Vinyl this Wednesday (April 11th 17) via Mondo.

Once again the artwork comes from Sam Wolfe Connelly who previously designed two limited edition posters for Mondo which were sold in April of last year.

The vinyl is pressed on 2X 180 Gram "Snow Fall" Colored Vinyl (Clear with Heavy White splatter) and features an image of Harry's crashed car on the sleeve.

Priced at $30, the soundtracks goes on sale at 12 noon (Cst time). A black retail variant is also available.

You can check out additional images below and more information right here.
Here's hoping this is the first of many Silent Hill soundtracks.

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Masahiro Ito shares unseen Silent Hill game concept art from 2013

3/15/2017

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Masahiro Ito has shared an concept image from an unheard of Silent Hill game he was potentially working on in 2013.

The small image Ito uploaded appears to show the beginning of a entrance or long hallway. Unforuntately the image itself is quite small and Ito can't/won't upload a high res image so details are hard to distinguish but Twitter users have asked for more information.

Ito stated that it's a concept image he was working on in 2013 and was not part of P.T as he was not involved in that project. He also states that he cannot describe the image as it "contains metathors of the story".

As great as this is to see additional Silent Hill concept ideas from Ito himself, it's sad to see that if this wasn't a part of Silent Hills that it would appear another game was canned before even having a chance to shine. Fingers crossed Konami are taking huge notes about this and are working on something big already.

You can check out a slightly bigger image of the concept art below.

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Gecco "Hopefully" releasing more Silent Hill merchandise this year

2/16/2017

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Way back in April 2015 Gecco announced they were working on two more Silent Hill statues but since then very little information has appeared about them.

The most recent update came from Whitney of Silent Hill Historical Society in December. She reached out to Gecco to see if there was any news to share with regards to the statues but unfortunately was told that they're still working on them and will post any news to their Facebook page.

As it was only two months ago that we had an update I decided to contact Gecco myself but instead of asking for an update I was curious to see if Gecco had any plans to release any additional merchandise this year. As Gecco have released a bunch of T Shirts and iPhone cases in the past I wanted to see if we can expect more additional items to come.

Gecco responded to my email to let me know that there was no update on the statues (Which I expected) but they;

"Hopefully will release other items this year, and they are more like accessories".

So expect even more awesome releases possibly this year from Gecco!

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P.T Has been datamined and its glorious

12/4/2016

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Just when you think the dust has settled on P.T, the teaser for what would have been Silent Hills, a fan has opened up a whole new can of worms and it's glorious!

On the 1st of December (2016) XeNTaX forum user: Luxox18 revealed that they had datamined P.T and revealed files that have never been seen before. As well as being able to make use of the files (which have already been used in MGSV) you can also see full models of Norman Redus, Lisa, the sink fetus and more.

Since discovering that P.T has been decrypted, users have gone crazy picking apart of the teaser to see what they can find.

Check out some of the images below and view more via the XeNTaX forum, Neogaf and Facepunch.

With P.T now being pulled apart, there really isn't much else it can show us. Surely after nearly 2 years it's time to put it to rest and say goodbye?

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Allison Road is revived!

8/22/2016

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Allison Road, the game that was considered a spiritual successor to P.T has returned from the dead!

Announced today (August 22nd 2016) via the official Facebook Page, Allison Road was cancelled in June this year for unknown reasons. A brief cancellation announcement was given with very little details.

Originally being creating by their own label Lilith Ltd, it was later announced after a highly successful kickstarter campaign (which was withdrawn upon announcement) that they had teamed up with Team 17 to help create the game. 8 months later the game was cancelled.

The game is now back in production with the creator Christian Kesler working on the game by himself and under a new label Far From Home.

No information as to when we can expect a release date or any other details have been announced but with the game being back in production this is good news all by itself! Fingers crossed we finally get to see Allison Road in all its glory this time.

Read more about the revival via IGN

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Silent Hill soundtracks coming to Vinyl plus new art prints and collectibles!

4/5/2016

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Mondo today announced that they are working on a series of posters, vinyls and collectibles for a number of popular Konami titles including Castlevania and Silent Hill. The releases are directly in partnership with Konami themselves.

The posters will be available exclusively at their booth during the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle on April 7th. The Silent Hill posters feature a nurse and come in two variants, both are limited edition with the general poster being limited to 125 prints and its red variant only 75.

As well as this Mondo have announced they will be releasing various soundtracks on Vinyl this year also. Although Silent Hill is confirmed, which soundtracks will be releases is yet to be announced. No release date has been announced as of yet.

You can check out the posters below.