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Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Sales Disappoint, Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers Starts Off Slow
"It isn’t shocking that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers failed to make the NPD top 20 list for December video game sales. Unfortunately though, both titles have sold under 50,000 copies thus far."
Icrontic's ever-jovial CB Droege brings us this week's interesting new releases in video gaming. This week, the Wii Virtual Console brings the NES classic "Blaster Master" and Konami unleashes Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
"While rumors have been going around all day regarding Silent Hill series composer and producer Akira Yamaoka leaving Konami, OSV has received official confirmation from Yamaoka himself. This is huge news for the gaming industry, as Yamaoka has been one of the biggest critics of the Japanese gaming industry. It will be interesting to see what he does if he decides to work freelance in the gaming industry."
A 35 year old man, known only as "Jan H.", recently caused a blackout at the Sophia Hospital in the Netherlands because he thought he was in a Silent Hill game.
While no one was seriously hurt during the 45 minute blackout, Jan caused a great disturbance in the hospital. Elevators became stuck and workers had to manually respirate the patients in the intensive care unit.
Later in court, Jan claimed he had suffered a psychotic break in the hospital which led him to believe that shutting...
Konami have confirmed that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will be released in February 2010 in Europe.
America will likely see the game at the end of this year or start of next year.
Silent Hill is one of the scariest, most disturbing game series in existence. So you would think it would only appeal to a niche audience, right? Not according to Silent Hill: Shattered Memories producer Tomm Hulett. He believes that, if all types of people watch horror movies at the cinema, then why shouldn't they be able to play horror games too? Shattered Memories will still stay true to the series' roots, but it will also be targetted at a more general audience.
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Kotaku recently got a glimpse of the new Silent Hill: Shattered Memories demo, and noticed a few very interesting things about the game. It is not a remake of the original Silent Hill. Instead, it's a complete make-over.
The gameplay has been reworked from the ground-up, with 50% of the game being action (though Konami didn't go into any details on the fleeing aspect), which may disappoint or delight long-time fans, depending on your perspective. And the Wii's interactive features will also...
"Konami have announced they are to bring the renowned Silent Hill series to Wii as Silent Hill: Shattered Memories heads to the Nintendo system for the first time in Autumn. The game, a clever reimagining of the now out of print first Silent Hill title, will also be released for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation2 at the same time."
![Box shot of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvTmludGVuZG9fV2lpL0FkdmVudHVyZS9NeXN0ZXJ5/silent_hill_shattered_memories_frontcover_small_VlGTI4tBzDkDten.jpg)