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The Most Unique Silent Hill In Years Just Got A Freaky New Trailer
30.5.2023
Silent Hill Ascension, Konami’s cryptic “live, real-time interactive series” game, just got a brand new trailer. It looks tense, with nasty enemies that should provide enough nightmare fuel to last through your waiting for details on other upcoming Silent Hill projects, like the Silent Hill 2 movie...
8 Fashion Tips To Transform Into A Horror Game Protagonist
10.5.2023
This summer, we’re dressing like horror video game protagonists, like this TikTok with over 100 thousand views recently declared. But not in the sour browns or bloated hoodies you see men wearing in games like Alan Wake or Silent Hill—we need to start dressing like the girls.Read more
Silent Hill 2 Team Shows Terrifying Gameplay Preview Of Their OG Horror Remake
17.3.2023
2016 psychological horror game Layers of Fear is, in developers Anshar Studios and Bloober Team’s words, getting not quite a remake, but a “reimagining”—”a unified vision of horror” chaining together the stories of Layers of Fear, sequel Layers of Fear 2, all pre-existing DLCs and a new one, called...
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
Here’s Every Single Video Game Remake You Can Play In 2023
9.3.2023
This year is completely stuffed with video game remakes and remasters, like the gaming world is an overgrown hermit crab stubbornly holding onto a little cone-shaped shell. While you might wish to be born again every month or so, video games aren’t afraid to rehash what they are again, and again....
Kotaku's Top 10 Games of 2022
30.12.2022
I was warned of how heated Kotaku’s GOTY arguments traditionally get when I first started here in November, so I was a little nervous when I was put in charge of organizing and tabulating our list of the best games of the year. Read more
My OCD Doesn’t Want Me To Play Horror Games, But I Do It Anyway
27.10.2022
It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi fish, and I’m the swampy backyard pond.Read more
Every U.S. PlayStation 2 Game Manual Is Now Scanned In 4K
25.10.2022
Physical game manuals are hard to come by these days, especially as the industry begins to heavily lean into cloud streaming and digital-first infrastructures. But if you remember those good ole times when game boxes came with chunky pamphlets for you to peruse before jumping into your recent...
13 Frightening Moments In Games That Live In Our Heads Rent Free
21.10.2022
We’re about a week and some days away from Halloween, my fave holiday, but the spooky season is already in full swing here at Kotaku. While I’ve recently blogged about FromSoftware games—and Bloodborne’s Amygdala—giving me the creeps, I figured I’d expand the scope and round up some of the most...
After Years Of No Silent Hill, Konami Just Opened The Flood Gates
19.10.2022
Silent Hill fans can finally—finally!—rejoice. Konami has confirmed that, after accidentally leaking some details earlier today, the beloved survival horror game Silent Hill 2 will make a return as a timed PlayStation exclusive, alongside a bevy of other Silent Hill projects currently in the works....
Konami Leaks New Silent Hill 2 Project, Based On Classic Horror Game
19.10.2022
Just hours before its official presentation today, details about some Silent Hill projects were possibly leaked by none other than Konami itself. Way to tell on yourself, huh?Read more
Silent Hill Announcement Coming While Website Still Dunks On Pyramid Head
17.10.2022
Few games drive rabid fan speculation and conspiracy theorizing like Silent Hill, and after years of wild guesses, Konami revealed it’s finally ready to announce what’s next for the cult-favorite horror franchise later this week. There’s even a new Silent Hill website, because the old one still...
Chainsaw Man’s Bombastic, Gory First Episode Lives Up To The Hype
7.10.2022
Although the fall anime season is stacked as hell, one anime sits atop the catalog of new and returning isekai, mecha, and shonen shows as the most hotly anticipated show of the year: Chainsaw Man. Whether you’re in the anime community or not, chances are decent you’ve seen fans hype up...
11 Gruesome Horror Games, Ranked By How Much They Made Us Scream
7.10.2022
Despite being afraid of literally anything and everything on the planet, I love Halloween. Octobers mean dutifully logging a slasher a day in my Letterboxd account, or using my journal to hash out what Friday the 13th would have been if Jason were handsome under the mask (he’s a waterlogged hermit...