Silent Hill 8: Things you need to know

 Konami definitely has been kicking ass with the all succession achieved from their games franchises. This includes the succession of the survival horror video game franchise, the Silent Hill, which have been released since the first debut in January 31st, 1999. The titles included in the franchise are:

1. Silent Hill (PSX-PSONE,1999)
2. Silent Hill 2 (PS2, 2001)
3. Silent Hill 3 (PS2,2003)
4. Silent Hill 4: The Room (PS2,2004)
5. Silent Hill: Origins (PS2,PSP,2007)
6. Silent Hill: Homecoming (PS3,PC,2008)
7. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PS2,PSP,2009)

8. Silent Hill: Downpour (2011)

Yes, this year it will be the 8th time for Konami to release the next franchise of Silent Hill, and it is confirmed already that title for this newly released would be "Downpour", extracted from a name of an area in the southeastern part of Silent Hill, and as the name itself suggests, water will be the main element and factor this time. Of course, it will not be a regular water but the creepy Silent Hill kind, meaning you'll find stuff like "bizarre water effects [that] look like an upside down river flowing across a ceiling" as reported by QJ.net.

 

 Apparently, the well-known Silent Hill landmark such as Alchemilla Hospital would not be appearing, but still the fans will be astonished by the appearance of more familiar places experienced from the previous adventures.The radius of the area is reported to be wide and massive and has a subway system.

One of the interesting things to know from the game, the developers will be working on the gameplay concerning the relevance of encountering the enemies just by fighting them alone. This means that it will revolves other strategy of surviving, like fleeing after hitting the enemies instead of beating them to their last twitch. Quicktime events will also take part during boss fights, as reported by the QJ.net.

 Fighting will be tougher than any previous franchise as the weapon inventory system will be no longer available. Guns have been degraded and potentially break after a frequent usage. Side quests have also been confirmed. This might be the reason of the developers want the players to experience the true survival in the horrifying world of the Silent Hill. I mean, what's the point of thrilled survival if you had loads of weapons and had nothing to be scared of.

Some rumors have already been circulating concerning the new approach of the gameplay feature, where the multiplayer will be available. Well, the answer for these rumors is, NO, there will be no multiplayer, confirmed by the producer himself, Devin Shatsky. 

According to the details extracted from the QJ.net, Devin Shatsky rebuffed all rumors pertaining to said multiplayer feature, pointing out that his colleage Marek's answer in an interview must have been a mere misinterpretation. 

 "Whoever that Italian interviewer was either took Radek's comments completely out of context, or it was lost in translation." he said, "As previously mentioned, we were (many moons ago) investigating a separate Multiplayer mode, but that was quickly extinguished when we costed it out and determined how much resource time it would detract from the core singleplayer experience."


The game will be released for PS3 and XBOX 360 later this year.


Here's a full 4 minutes trailer for the game. Help yourself. :)



Source: QJ.net

Prototype 2: It's coming in hot!

 Remember the 2009's game produced by Radical Entertainment, where the only thing you need to do is to squash or destroy almost everything just to gain the magnificent power and mission objective? Yeah, the Prototype, and now, we'll be having the second sequel,entitled with the Prototype 2, pretty soon. Thanks to qj.net and the EGM Digital Magazine for such a great news! Arigato gozaimasu.

We'll be disclosing the details upon the game now.Let's see now...

Based on the sources, the game will be well prepared with:

• Even more enhanced structures
• Deepening storyline
• New characters
• New chicks
• Storyline-connected side quests
• Limited number of slots
• Enemies and vehicles can be possibly dismembered.
• and of course, it is the New York still, packed with 3 divided zones, literally based on the level of the infection; the green, yellow and red.

 However, there are things that would be permanently changed. For instance, the previous muscle mass power will be unavailable but being replaced with the tendril powers. Another change will be the power store reappearance, which will not be rolling on the next sequel, instead, an underground lairs will be used for a purpose of absorbing certain powers and upgrades from your nemesis.

Okay,that's it for now. I've prepared the trailer, so just help yourself. :)



*and oh yeah, there's nothing wrong with the released date on the trailer, it will be coming in the year of Mayan's, the 2012, be prepared. :D

Sources: QJ.net, EGM Digital Magazine

Arkham City: Professor Hugo Strange's turn!

Guess what? I've been waiting for this quite a very long f-ing time, it is the turn for psychotic Professor Hugo Strange to strike! But hey, my favorite villain of all time is still here, and this time, The Joker will imperial the whole Gotham City, and one of the factors for the current state of the city to turn into the one they pronounced as the Arkham City!

The battlefield is wider in term of radius; we're talking about the the whole squares of the city, in any necessary meaning, has turned into the city of villains, thugs, and crime masterminds. Instead of running the Arkham Asylum once again, the warden Quincy Sharp whom has been elected to be the next Mayor, decided to close down the institution for an unthinkable reason; by establishing the Arkham City, the new maximum security home for all of Gotham City's criminals!

In order to sustain the criminal rate, Sharp has setup an extremely heavy fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, where the thugs capable to roam around freely, and they are allowed to do whatever they want, as long as they do not put any attempt to escape. Far greater than that, Dr. Hugo Strange has been appointed by Sharp to run this newly innovated prison, the man who knows the fact of Bruce Wayne is behinds that mask! Dark Knight is forced to face his old classic villains, including the Penguin,  Sionis, Catwoman, and even Two Face! Trust me, it is going to be huge and earthly greater than the previous sequel!

The release date will expected to be by the end of this year, which is September 30, 2011! (damn, that's still far ahead, i cant wait any longer!!!). It will be available for PC, XBOX 360, and PS3.

A trailer for you guys to enjoy!




Sources: Gamestates, IGN

Dead Space 2: Hitting the market now!

 As i am writing right now, the most terrifying, horrifying video game ever created on earth is striking the market, available for almost all platforms, including the iOS based ones, the iPhone 4G, iPad, and iPod Touch 4G! But wait, the version iOS will not be entitled with Dead Space 2, just a sequence between the first and second version of the game. Good news, the iOS version is already out, so make sure to get yourself a copy!

Anyway, let's focus on the other platform of Dead Space 2. Interested to get one? Well, get yourself $54.96 and you'll be able to purchase a pre-order stock from the Amazon, giving you the 8% discount prior to the title released today! Plus, free shipping!

Here's the list of standard price based on respective platforms on Amazon:

Playstation 3 - $54.96 ,saved $5.03 based on the original price $59.99
(converted to Malaysian Ringgit - RM168.08, tax excluded)

XBOX 360 - $54.96 ,saved $5.03 based on the original price $59.99
(converted to Malaysian Ringgit - RM168.08, tax excluded)

PC - $56.99 ,saved $2.96 based on the original price $59.95
(converted to Malaysian Ringgit - RM174.29, tax excluded)

Dead Space 2 is a sequence of the previous game, Dead Space, a collaboration of EA Inc. and Visceral Games. The previous version of the game was a flying colors success, and yet to be predicted the second one will meet the same result, or even greater. Dead Space 2 comes with a multiplayer features up to 8 players online in objective-based mission setting in five astonishing locations.

Get your ass up and start playing the f-ing awesome game!


Source: Amazon

Dead Space 2: Isaac rocks you,again!

Never tell me you had never heard about any Dead Space before,but only if you had, then stop calling yourself a hardcore gamer! The thriller sequence continues in the latest and brand new Dead Space the 2nd, which again covers the adventure of a space engineer named Isaac Clarke, the adventure of unlikely to be end easily, but this time, no more USG Ishimura, it is the space itself which happened to be the battlefield!

The saga continues after 3 years from the first game, when our protagonist Isaac and his crews were having a technical visit upon USG Ishimura, not long after the ship has been muffled with human-based alien or lively corpses called Necromorphs. The adventures was overall recorded over the ship, where they were about to figure out what the hell is wrong with the ship. Being killed one after another, the crews left fewer with Isaac and a female captain, surviving for their lives. Well,that was history already, the thing where Isaac having right now is a present thing!

This time, the beginning starts when Isaac wakes up on a space station known as the Sprawl and figured the place is having too much thrilled Necromorphs, with almost no chance to survive! He is about to kick ass,again! Now that is where the adventure starts, you'll be asked to pick up a plasma cutter (noted that the any modded materials you have made in for the last first game will no longer available,you need to start from the basis,again), you'll be doing an engineering suit and take the fight to the monsters that eager to kill and rip your arms!

The main goal to be covered would be a search and destroy mission, where you need to find the religious idol known as the Marker which causing all the madness, but doesnt that sounds a little bit lame and cliche? Well,the factor that makes story of Dead Space 2 far more greater than the first one is the internal war Isaac will be experiencing! This time,it is about the Isaac himself,solving the riddles entangled in his mind, in fact to be precise, Isaac has definitely lost his mind!

Due to the guilty feeling upon the death of his girlfriend, Isaac seems to be clueless and trying to find out something which can make him reassures. The story makes Dead Space 2 kinda heavy stuff to be comprehend by most of the new players if none of them plays the first game. Isaac will be suffering from internal conversation and severed hallucination based on the past adventures.

Personally, Dead Space 2 is really a kick ass game,anyone should give it a try, and trust me, you'll be addicted to it by any moment. The game will be unleashed this January 25th and OMG it's TOMORROW, and available on PC,PS3 and XBOX 360. Be the first to experience the most terrifying game ever!

Maybe a little trailer will motive you more! Enjoy!