Silent Hill: Ascension, an interactive horror series from Genvid Entertainment and Konami Digital Entertainment, is launching tonight with the hope that a broader streaming play will get its start on Halloween.
The premiere of the series, which centers on a cult and the bloody lengths its members will go to, will stream tonight at 6 p.m. Pt / 9 p.m. Et. The Silent Hill franchise has been a mainstay of the gaming world for more than 20 years, selling millions of copies. Accordingly, the new iteration has already gotten on the global radar, notching 1 million pre-registrations between Google Play and Apple’s App Store.
Bad Robot Games, a division of JJ Abrams’ production outfit, is a partner in the Ascension series, along with Canadian gaming studio Behaviour Interactive.
The principles involved with the project envision the series having a media presence far beyond the usual provinces of interactive gaming. While Twitch and...
The premiere of the series, which centers on a cult and the bloody lengths its members will go to, will stream tonight at 6 p.m. Pt / 9 p.m. Et. The Silent Hill franchise has been a mainstay of the gaming world for more than 20 years, selling millions of copies. Accordingly, the new iteration has already gotten on the global radar, notching 1 million pre-registrations between Google Play and Apple’s App Store.
Bad Robot Games, a division of JJ Abrams’ production outfit, is a partner in the Ascension series, along with Canadian gaming studio Behaviour Interactive.
The principles involved with the project envision the series having a media presence far beyond the usual provinces of interactive gaming. While Twitch and...
- 10/31/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Alongside Bloober Team, the rest of the Silent Hill 2 remake team at Konami is making the rounds, spreading the good news about the game. IGN sat down with Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto, as well as Silent Hill 2 concept artist Masahiro Ito and composer Akira Yamaoka to discuss the project, including the decision to go with Bloober Team as developer.
According to Okamoto, Konami settled on remaking Silent Hill 2 over the original due to SH2 being “the true psychological horror” identity of the series. “We decided that if the brand’s identity is true psychological horror, we needed to start by remaking Silent Hill 2. There were of course some people inside the company who thought it would be better to start with 1, but I wanted to start this project with something that symbolizes this identity.”‘
Okamoto elaborated, saying that during the time that Konami was discussing the revival of the series,...
According to Okamoto, Konami settled on remaking Silent Hill 2 over the original due to SH2 being “the true psychological horror” identity of the series. “We decided that if the brand’s identity is true psychological horror, we needed to start by remaking Silent Hill 2. There were of course some people inside the company who thought it would be better to start with 1, but I wanted to start this project with something that symbolizes this identity.”‘
Okamoto elaborated, saying that during the time that Konami was discussing the revival of the series,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
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