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Persona 3, Silent Hill, And More Of The Week's Hottest Takes
4.2.2024
In case you haven’t heard, Persona 3 Reload is out, and it’s awfully darn good. Whether you’re a longtime series die-hard or just hopped on the bandwagon after Persona 5, there’s a lot to sink your teeth into here. But not every game left us feeling quite so satisfied this week. Read on for...
State of Play, Switch 2, And More Of The Week's Biggest Gaming News
3.2.2024
We’re starting to get a much clearer look at the 2024 gaming calendar, after the Xbox Developer Direct on January 18 and now Sony’s State of Play event on January 31. The Sony event gave us an in-depth look at Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding sequel, On The Beach, and boy was there a lot going on....
Silent Hill: The Short Message Has Me Worried For The Franchise’s Future
1.2.2024
The announcement during last night’s State of Play that a new entry in the Silent Hill franchise was out now and available for free immediately brought to mind the legendary P.T. demo. Sadly, the intrigue Silent Hill: The Short Message stoked during its trailer never pays off after playing through...
Everything We Saw At Sony's January State Of Play
1.2.2024
On January 31, Sony held it’s regular State of Play broadcast to show off upcoming games in its ever-growing library. We got a close look at Rise of Ronin, as well as Stellar Blade, and a few more intriguing titles. So let’s dig into everything we saw at the showcase.Read more
New Silent Hill Game is Out Now and Free
31.1.2024
Konami dropped plenty of Silent Hill news during the January 2024 State of Play. In addition to a look at Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake, it also revealed an entirely new entry in the franchise. The game is called Silent Hill: The Short Message and is available to play for free right...
Surprise: Kojima Hid Silent Hill References In OD Trailer
11.12.2023
Hideo Kojima showed off a creepy trailer for his upcoming game, OD, at The Game Awards last week. Featuring three different actors speaking what sounds like creepy gibberish at the camera, it didn’t tell us a whole lot about what this game will even be. But since its reveal, fans have noticed a...
Silent Hill 2 Remake Fans Losing It Over Possible Gameplay Change
6.11.2023
Fans will go searching underneath their couch cushions to find more information about Silent Hill 2, the highly anticipated but, as of now, secretive remake of the beloved survival horror game by Layers of Fear developer Bloober Team. The game does not yet have a release date (though fans have...
Silent Hill Game Disables Chat After Too Many Posts About Ejaculation
2.11.2023
Silent Hill: Ascension carried the weight of the entire Silent Hill franchise, of which there hasn’t been an official installment in about a decade, and immediately fumbled it during a disastrous October 31 premiere. The series—essentially, an extended choose-your-own adventure cutscene progressed...
There's Finally A New Silent Hill Game And Fans Already Hate It
1.11.2023
Konami’s Silent Hill franchise has been dormant for over 10 years. The last mainline game, 2012’s Silent Hill: Downpour, received mixed reviews, with most players put off by its messy combat and scares. It was up to Silent Hill: Ascension, the first new installment in a decade to help nudge...
El Paso, Elsewhere Creator On The Future Of Video Game Development
23.10.2023
This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming’s most pioneering technologies, players, and makers.Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Games Worth Staying Inside For
20.10.2023
We are cruising through October, heading straight toward the cold of winter. Thankfully, the weather doesn’t hate us yet, and instead is filled with a nice crispness that makes me want to at least consider opening a window while I stay inside and play video games. Maybe I’ll just run out for...
Here’s Every Video Game Release Date For 2023
5.9.2023
I have awoken from my sliced ham and prosecco-induced holiday slumber and am ready to acknowledge (with only a little bit of a tremor) that we are in a new year. New year, new me? No. Spiral ham and prosecco remind me that it’s okay for some things to always remain the same. New year, new set...
Armored Core VI: The Kotaku Review
23.8.2023
IIt’s 3:30 a.m., my palms are sweaty, my heart is pounding, and a small mech riding on a tank blows me up for the 11th time. The rubber nubs on my controller’s thumbsticks had started rubbing off long ago, but now they’re completely decimated. The PS5 DualSense was not built for this. Armored Core...
2023’s Best Horror Game Death Scenes
13.7.2023
We’re done with half of 2023 and many of its fantastic horror games, though there’s more on the way (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alan Wake 2, and the Silent Hill 2 remake are still due out). That means we’ve willingly subjected ourselves to lots of stone-cold death scenes—enough to compile in...
Silent Hill 2 Remake Studio Says It's Done With Psychological Horror—And That’s A Good Thing
29.6.2023
Polish horror game developer Bloober Team told Engadget it’s leaving the psychological horror subset—a genre that defined all of its biggest titles, like Layers of Fear and the cyberpunk title Observer—far behind. The studio is currently responsible for the (impossible, diehard fans say) task...
Silent Hill 2 Movie Has Cast Its James And His ‘One True Love’
15.3.2023
It’s been five months since Konami broke the internet with a cavalcade of video game and movie-related announcements during its Silent Hill showcase. Today, Konami announced a casting update on the upcoming Silent 2 live-action film, which will enter production next month.Read more
Bloober Team Reveals Horror Sequel That's Not Silent Hill
9.6.2022
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest has been filled with announcements, from Street Fighter 6 character reveals to a look at The Callisto Protocol’s gameplay. Bloober Team came through with an unveiling of its own, which was a revamp of its cult psychological horror series Layers of Fear,...
OMG, PS5 Horror Game Abandoned Is Mired In Controversy Yet Again
7.6.2022
The last time we heard about Abandoned, the PS5 exclusive that’s still shrouded in mystery, developer Blue Box Game Studios swore it wasn’t canceled despite reports suggesting otherwise. Well, it seems we’re back to questioning the game’s existence again after a GameSpot report alleged Abandoned’s...
Silent Hill Rumors Have Everyone Wondering If Horror Dev Is Worthy
19.5.2022
The internet is once again awash in rumors, reports, screenshots, and vague Instagram posts pointing to a new upcoming Silent Hill game. Maybe even multiple games, including a remake of Silent Hill 2. So you can bet that fans are losing it, especially after horror devs Bloober Team were suggested...
Leaker Says Konami Pulled Silent Hill Pics It Apparently Doesn't Want You To See
13.5.2022
A well-known leaker who goes by the username Dusk Golem has obtained and shared several images from a supposed in-development Silent Hill game on Thursday. The screens, posted to Dusk Golem’s Twitter account, weren’t up for long. According to the leaker, Konami swiftly swooped in to take those...