‘Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow’ Remains the Best “Sequel” to ‘Symphony of the Night’

After briefly flirting with the idea of a 3D Castlevania with the Nintendo 64, Konami decided to go back to the 2D well with the Game Boy Advance. And seeing as the “Metroidvania” style was still hot, it made sense for Konami to try and continue it. Disappointingly for some, neither of the first two […]

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New ‘Silent Hill 2’ James Sunderland Statue Available for Pre-order From Sweet Factory

Back when Konami finally announced the Silent Hill 2 remake, they had also announced that we’d be getting a whack of new Silent Hill merchandise. It just so happens that Sweet Factory has revealed a new Gecco 1/6 scale statue of Silent Hill 2 protagonist James Sunderland that’s available for pre-order right now. Sculpted by […]

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Bloober Team Clarifies ‘Silent Hill 2’ Development Comments, Sale Figures

It would appear that development on Bloober Team’s upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake isn’t quite as far as we were initially led to believe. After comments made last week by Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno saying that the remake was “technically ready”, Bloober Team has since clarified that as a mistranslation. Bloober Team took to […]

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Bloober Team CEO: ‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake is “Technically Ready”

Bloober Team has revealed that progress on their Silent Hill 2 remake is “technically ready”, according to Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno. Babieno revealed the status of the highly-anticipated return of the franchise in a recent translated interview with Polish website Bankier. “Silent Hill 2 is technically ready. That doesn’t mean the game is over, […]

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Bloober Team Aims to Evolve With ‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake

With the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team is looking to compete with the industry heavyweights when it comes to horror and horror-adjacent games. Speaking recently with IGN at DICE Summit 2023, Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno says that the developer wants to move beyond “walking simulator” games to titles with larger scopes and […]

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‘Return to Silent Hill’ – Plot, Preliminary Casting Revealed for New Movie

With filming due to get underway very soon for Christophe Gans‘ Return to Silent Hill, you’re probably wondering just what exactly the details are for the film, including the story and cast. Luckily, German website Filmportal has provided a few details, including some preliminary casting and a few changes from the game’s story. According to […]

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Motion Twin Teases ‘Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania’ DLC With Brief Trailer [Watch]

After being announced during The Game Awards last month, Motion Twin and Evil Empire have dropped a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Castlevania crossover DLC for Dead Cells. Rather than a slick animated trailer as before, this time around, we get some “blink and you’ll miss it” gameplay footage of the DLC in action. […]

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Konami: ‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake Features an Older James Sunderland, Improved Combat Design and More

Alongside Bloober Team, the rest of the Silent Hill 2 remake team at Konami is making the rounds, spreading the good news about the game. IGN sat down with Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto, as well as Silent Hill 2 concept artist Masahiro Ito and composer Akira Yamaoka to discuss the project, including the […]

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Bloober Team Assures ‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake Will be Faithful to Original

After the unsurprising (but still very welcome) reveal of the Silent Hill 2 remake, things have been fairly quiet on the game’s development. Apart from Bloober Team stating that the game is nearing the finish line a few months back, there hasn’t been much meat for fans. Luckily, DreadXP sat down with Bloober Team’s Anna […]

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YouTuber Lord Kayoss is Back With a New Trivia-Filled ‘Super Castlevania IV’ Walkthrough [Video]

He did it before with Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, and he’s doing it again with Super Castlevania IV. YouTuber Lord Kayoss is back again with another mini-doc/playthrough, this time going over Konami’s 1991 classic for the Super Nintendo. As before with his other videos, Kayoss runs through Super Castlevania IV in a full walkthrough, sprinkling […]

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‘Silent Hill: The Short Message’ Rated in Taiwan; Synopsis and Official Artwork Revealed

So with the presentation Konami unleashed announcing the resurrection of the Silent Hill franchise, there was a conspicuous absence from the presentation in Silent Hill: The Short Message. The game wasn’t mentioned at all during Konami’s presentation, despite having been rated in Korea back in September. But now, it appears that the game has been […]

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Microsoft Claims Sony Won’t Allow ‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake on Xbox

While we’re all pretty psyched for Bloober Team’s upcoming remake of Silent Hill 2, recent developments regarding Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard looks to be throwing a wrench into things for Xbox owners. If you haven’t been keeping up with things, Microsoft is currently at odds with the FTC over the acquisition, due to an antitrust […]

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[TGA 2023] ‘Castlevania’ Returns as ‘Dead Cells’ DLC Next Year [Trailer]

Well, Castlevania is (sort of) back. Konami and developer Motion Twin have announced a collaboration for Motion Twin’s roguelike Dead Cells with “Return to Castlevania” DLC. The new DLC will be available Q1 2023. Per the DLC’s Steam page, Castlevania‘s unforgettable characters and gothic setting meet the fast-paced combat of the award-winning roguelite Dead Cells. […]

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A Definitive Ranking of the ‘Silent Hill’ Video Games

For nearly a decade, Silent Hill existed only in our restless dreams, with Konami refusing to finance any new projects and not even facilitating the rerelease of previous games. Sure, there was a spark of hope when Hideo Kojima revealed P.T. and his plans for a franchise reinvention, but that promising endeavor was soon replaced […]

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‘Silent Hill’ Special [Safe Room Podcast]

Before diving into this week’s Silent Hill special, please give last week’s discussion on XCOM: Enemy Unknown a listen. Silent Hill is FINALLY having a moment.  After the tease that was 2014’s P.T., few fandoms have been clamoring for a new main series game announcement quite like this franchise’s faithful. And after last week’s Silent […]

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