Most times we hear about another Xbox 360 game joining the Xbox One backward compatibility list, it's a chance to reflect and recall fond memories. Today is unfortunately not one of those instances. You'd think that having Silent Hill 2 an...

Long gone are the days when playing computer games was seen as the reserve of teenagers or people with less "respectable" hobbies. People from all walks of life enjoy sitting down with their favourite console or indulging in some PC gaming,...

The past week in games has been all about strong, imposing men getting in touch with their softer side and nurturing their young – well, and cardboard boxes. Both Kiryu Kazuma in Yakuza 6 and Kratos in God of War may not quite be...

[Mr. Namara is going to talk at you for a bit, and you’re going to listen. Why? Because dudeman is straight up dropping knowledge! Also, this is a fun blog, and it’s more than worth your time! I hope everyone is having a great H...

In a Dead Space developer diary, executive producer Glen Schofield used a good example to illustrate how audio is integral to fear: "We've turned off a scary movie -- the picture -- and just run the audio and it's very scary, but if yo...

[This is not a drill, people - you only have three and a half more days to play horror games. After Tuesday night, you have to put them all back on the shelf until next October. Nobody plays horror games November-September. It's illegal. Pr...

[How many of us are willing to go out of our way to learn a new language just to enjoy our favorite hobby? For many outside of primarily English-speaking countries, it can be less of an option and more of a necessity if you want to enjoy th...

Earlier this week, EA announced that Visceral Games, the studio responsible for a new Star Wars game under Amy Hennig, was being shut down with immediate effect. This led to a lot of speculation as to whether this was the end for the fully ...

Retroid's fifth episode was dedicated to Horror games, and it's finally ready for your listening pleasure. I was joined by Conor Elsea, Aaron Yost, and Joanna Mueller, and we talked about horror-themed games like Resident Evil and Friday th...

Daniel Licht, who created haunting music for some of entertainment's darker franchises, died yesterday after a battle with cancer. He was 60 years old.Detroit-born Licht is known for his work in the later Silent Hill iterations, including D...

Super Bomberman R may have not have set the world on fire on release, but Konami is trying their best to keep it from being a full-on bomb. With a free DLC update fixing many of its issues, and with good early sales numbers, Konami could re...

In 2006, while the main studio was working on handheld titles, including the PSP's Silent Hill: Origins, Climax Los Angeles was working on a pitch for a PS3-exclusive Silent Hill built in Unreal Engine 3. While Konami liked Climax enough t...

An artist from the team behind Alien Isolation has created a short but atmospheric teaser in tribute to horror series, Silent Hill. James Brady — an environment QA artist for Creative Assembly — recreated the series’ trad...

You may have heard that Mondo will be selling four pretty amazing posters at Emerald City Comicon, but there's another surprise in the mix as well. The company has announced that there will be a pair of limited edition vinyl soundtracks for...

Shattered Memories opens with a perfect family moment captured on VHS. A young girl proclaims undying love for her father, before the tape stops, rewinds, and replays the scene again. The repetition continues until that warm feeling in your...

Fans have recreated the P.T./Silent Hills teaser in a real-life video. Shooting in live-action and adding the sounds and score from the actual demo, this trailer does a fantastic job of emulating the disquieting uneasiness of the origi...

After P.T., a lot of people were excited for the Hideo Kojima/Guillermo del Toro/Norman Reedus joint Silent Hills, right up until the point it was canceled. Scratch that; people were still excited about the idea, including Norman Reedus him...

If you want to get Zack Furniss's attention, mentioning Phantasmagoria, Silent Hill, and P.T. while having a Babadook-lookin' homie in your game is sure bet. SadSquare Studios is attempting to crowdfund Visage, its take ...

I don't put my nerd glasses on very often, but here goes: Man at Arms made Pyramid Head's Great Knife, but they chose the worst version of it and the worst game as inspiration. In Silent Hill 2, the Great Knife was a vicious slab of metal t...

Silent Hill: Origins opened with an outsider saving a little girl from a house fire. But when you look back on its place in the series, it meant so much more than a simple rescue. Travis Grady had problems of his own, but they meant very li...

If you're still salty over the cancellation of Silent Hills, you are not alone. Norman Reedus - who's likeness was used in the (terrifying) Silent Hills interactive teaser P.T. -- is still "super bummed" about the whole thing, but recently ...

What makes the difference between houses and homes? Is it the space itself or the people inhabiting them? Is it down to the memories we create for ourselves or the aged familiarity of the spaces around us? And if a room is indifferent to ou...

Silent Hills being cancelled was bad enough for some, but I reckon the constant dribble of information about what could’ve been seeping out in the months following it has to be even worse. Now here’s a little bit more of that d...

Oh hey, it's that time again where we get to learn why Silent Hills would have been the perfect best game ever if it had not been cancelled. Hooray for more quotes about this cancelled game. So, according to Guillermo Del Toro, there w...

What was that? You're finally ready to let go of what Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro could have brought to Silent Hills? Though you long to see what could have been, you've accepted that all you'll have is P.T., if you're among those w...