According to Cineverse, which has acquired the rights for the third Silent Hill film in the U.S. when it releases later this year, Return to Silent Hill will be a "faithful adaptation" of the original Silent Hill 2's story. “Silent Hill is one of the best video game franchises, *******, and Christophe Gans did a phenomenal job capturing the atmosphere of the games once again with Return to Silent Hill,” Cineverse executive director of acquisitions, Brandon Hill, told Variety. Director Christophe Gans added: “I am delighted to partner with Cineverse, which has shown a genuine understanding of fanship. Return to Silent Hill is an adaptation created out of deep respect for a true masterpiece of a game, Konami’s iconic Silent Hill 2. I hope fans will enjoy and be fulfilled with the experience this new film has to offer." The film's plot will feel familiar to anyone who played the original Silent Hill 2 or the 2024 Bloober remake. It follows "James (Jeremy Irvine), a man broken after being separated from his one true love (Hannah Emily Anderson). When a mysterious letter calls him back to Silent Hill in search of her, he finds a once-recognizable town transformed by an unknown evil" and "terrifying figures both familiar and new." It was unveiled in October 2022, but it took until May 2024 for us to get our first glimpse at Return to Silent Hill's version of Red Pyramid Thing — AKA Pyramid Head. Gans' first Silent Hill movie, based loosely upon the first game, follows mother Rose as she searches for her missing daughter, Sharon, in a town where it snows during summer. Although the screenplay was written by Oscar-winning writer Roger Avary, who wrote Pulp Fiction, we thought Gans' first adaptation was a mediocre 5/10, writing: "So there we have it. Our worst fears realized yet again. The video game-to-film genre has endured more than a decade of mediocrity. Silent Hill is probably the smartest and best-looking video game adaptation yet, it just doesn't have much else going for it. After all, video games are about entertainment, and Silent Hill is a chore to sit through." The second movie, Silent Hill: Revelation — which was not directed by Gans but instead by Michael J. Bassett — was based loosely on sequel Silent Hill 3. That secured a less favorable 4.5 in our review: "Silent Hill Revelation 3D is an inferior sequel in every way, shape and form, a horror sequel that fails to either intrigue or scare, and one that just might have killed the franchise cold-dead." Return to Silent Hill is slated to release sometime later this year, with Cineverse promising a "wide theatrical release in America." Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article
The map masters who make the madcap map mayhem of Straftat have made more maps for maladjusted mates to mop up their misgivings in machinegunning map-bound mockery. The magnificent maraud 'em up has mustered 37 more maps a mere month after the mapsters mapped a further 35 maps into the multiplayer mix-up, meaning that by my map math the myriad maps now measure 263 - much more than many mainstream grudge match manufacturers may have mapped. Read more View the full article
The Honkai: Star Rail 3.3 livestream codes are now available for redemption for a short time, so you must act fast if you want to ensure you can redeem all their related rewards, which include in-game materials for your characters, as well as free Stellar *****. Version 3.3 is the next big update for HoYoverse’s turn-based RPG, and it should continue expanding the game, especially within the world of Amphoreus. The Version 3.3 livestream revealed all sorts of information about the patch, such as gameplay information about Hyacine and Cipher in Honkai: Star Rail 3.3, the patch’s new playable characters. View the full article
Tripwire has remerged to bring co-op shooter fans everywhere - many of whom have waited years for a sequel to Killing Floor 2 - some major news about the release date of Killing Floor 3. Now, you may remember that the game actually had a March 25 release date for a while, before Tripwire suddenly took it off the calendar without providing a new date. Read more View the full article
We've just had Indiana Jones and the Great Circle get Steam Deck Verified after an update, and now it's Marvel's Spider-Man 2 that's also seen a game upgrade and Valve bumping the rating to Steam Deck Verified. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
I've been meaning to research the Crusades for a while. A series of vicious medieval religious wars for control of the Holy Land, initiated by the Latin Christian Church following the conquest of Jerusalem by the Rashidun Caliphate, they've become a collection of memes bandied around by today's armchair fascists. See also, "deus vult". I've explored them indirectly in articles about the cultural inheritance of Warhammer 40,000, but never really dipped into any history books or crusader fiction save for ailing 2004 action game Knights Of The Temple: Infernal Crusade, in which Sir Spamalot Go Bonk against a majestic sunset. One place to start the R&D rollout might be Knights Of The Crusades, a grand strategy 4X game in which players re-enact the ******* from the perspective of Christian and ******* factions. Read more View the full article
Krafton has shared a preview of the upcoming InZOI mod kit, which will officially launch later this month. The developer has confirmed that the highly anticipated InZOImod kit tool will be available via the Epic Games Store in late May, with further updates to the game's modding ecosystem planned throughout 2025. View the full article
Limited Run Games have announced that the GEX Trilogy, an upgraded edition of three classic games, will arrive on June 16th. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle from MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks has a fresh update out, and with it Valve have now rated it Steam Deck Verified. Nice to see more developers ensure their games work better. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Developer Iron Galaxy has confirmed that former professional skateboarder and Jackass star Bam Margera will indeed be making an appearance in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4. The highly anticipated duo of games are remakes of Pro Skater 3 and 4, which were originally released in 2001 and 2002, respectively. The first two entries in the iconic skateboarding series already received remakes in 2020 and earned positive reviews across the board, so expectations are high for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4. View the full article
This is not a drill! Helldivers 2's next big Galactic War twist, the one Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani suggested would lead to players ******** their drawers en masse, looks to be kicking off with a huge tease and livestream centered around a mysterious "STATION-81". Read more View the full article
System76 have launched a brand new and upgraded Serval WS premium laptop that sounds delicious, and I have hardware envy now. Additionally, it seems their COSMIC desktop is due to expand soon. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Alien: Rogue Incursion will get a non-VR release on PC later this year, allowing would-be Colonial Marines access to its Weyland-Yutani ****** site without first requiring you to force your head inside a pair of microscopic televisions. Subtitled "Evolved Edition" - which feels like a real elbow in the kidneys for VR evangelists - it will sport "even deadlier Xenomorphs and enhanced visuals". Hopefully, that'll be enough to juice the VR version's current Mixed user review consensus on Steam. Read more View the full article
Nintendo put out an updated version of its Nintendo User Agreement last night. While this may not sound especially exciting, some of these changes and additions to the fine print set the stage for some serious consequences to those looking to mess around with the Switch 2 and its various games and services. Read more View the full article
While Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree is a decent mix of search action and soulslike, it's rough around the edges and does not excel in any particular facet. View the full article
Good news, folks who've been desperately awaiting some official word on where season two of Amazon Prime Video's Fallout TV Show is at. It's now wrapped up filming - cue a bunch of posts from its biggest stars celebrating that fact, and the rest of us kicking off release date reveal watch. Read more View the full article
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