25th January, 2011: Silent Hill Downpour: New Screens

There was a time when the release of screens would send fan communities off into drooling, anally-retentive messes where they deconstruct environments, obsess over character clothing and complain that the second L in the logo isn’t as frightening as the first.

BRACE YOURSELF, INTERNET. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.

Konami have released a buttload of new screens of the upcoming Silent Hill Downpour, the latest installment of it’s established survival horror series, Silent Hill. These come hot on the heels of the confirmation of the game’s title and are the very first screens released outside of the Game Informer exclusive.

And as a veteran of the series, I have to say … it looks good, people …

Edit: Facebook Competition Details Released!

KONAMI today launched the “Be Buried in Silent Hill!” promotion on Facebook giving fans the opportunity to submit concept art of their own original spine-chilling burial sculpture for the possibility of being included in the graveyard of the latest installment of the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill: Downpour. Since this is a new chapter in the Silent Hill saga, sculptures must be original works and not based off of existing characters or creature designs (ex. no Pyramid Head or Harry Mason). The most ideal submissions will be hellishly original designs players would want to see in Silent Hill: Downpour. KONAMI will hand-select the top six submissions and post for public voting on Silent Hill’s Facebook page on February 10, 2011, and will conclude on February 16, 2011 when the top three contenders will be revealed.

To enter the contest, please visit Silent Hill’s Facebook Graveyard tab, here: http://www.facebook.com/silenthill?v=ap … 086&ref=ts. Silent Hill: Downpour is the eighth installment in the Silent Hill franchise and is scheduled to launch on the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® in 2011.