Silent Hill comes home in September

Europe to get Homecoming, the latest in the survival horror franchise, in autumn; US release date not yet known.

When the original Silent Hill game crept up on gamers in 1999, few could have guessed it would spawn a series still serving up shocks almost 10 years later. Konami's amazingly brief E3 '07 press conference confirmed that it would bedo just that, when the company announced Silent Hill 5 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Konami has now confirmed that the game will be called Silent Hill: Homecoming, and will hit European shores at the end of September this year. News about other territories was not released.

The game introduces a new protagonist, Alex Shepherd, and follows him as he moves from his hometown back to the titular town to face the "darkest horrors" and find his brother. Konami has promised a new combat system to go with the change of platform, but the only details currently available are that it will feature "a wide array of attacks and counters" and "a variety of weapons."

Homecoming will be the venerable survival horror franchise's first outing on next-gen platforms. It will also be the first entry in the series to extend the story since 2004's Silent Hill 4: The Room. Last year's PlayStation Portable title Silent Hill: Origins, which arrived on the PlayStation 2 earlier this year, was a prequel.

110 Comments

  • sam_lin

    Posted Jun 25, 2009 9:22 am PT

    that,s cooooooooool

  • cringle88

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 8:35 am PT

    Cant wait i love all the silent hill games and ive been waiting for it to go next gen since i got my 360.

  • -E-N-E-M-Y-

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 9:01 am PT

    I'm going to be playing my tushy off in the fourth quarter of this year, a lot of great games come out, and this ones on my list.

  • M4Marl

    Posted Jun 12, 2008 11:11 pm PT

    This is going to be awesome :]

  • maybe_he

    Posted Jun 6, 2008 11:55 pm PT

    I am sp happy to hear Silent Hill comes home in September

  • maybe_he

    Posted Jun 6, 2008 11:48 pm PT

    I played on PS2. this sounds make me terrible!

  • maybe_he

    Posted Jun 6, 2008 10:21 pm PT

    this is my favorate game!

  • manoelmessias

    Posted May 12, 2008 7:08 pm PT

    Silent Hill 5 is coming out in September 2008 or 2009?

  • Joman1000

    Posted May 4, 2008 5:50 pm PT

    To be totally honest, as an avid fan of the Silent Hill series, this looks like it could potentially be a major letdown. The two most discouraging things about the screenshots and movies are that it is way too much like the movie (which I liked, but I'm expecting originality) and there is too much visibility. One of the most frightening aspects of the games is that your sight is limited to the point where you're confused about what you're NOT seeing just as much as what you are. I'm afraid that unless the American team is disturbed enough to fully appreciate the atmosphere of the previous games, it will flop and have to be viewed as a lesson by everyone involved.

    But I guess that would be fine, because they'd probably get it right the next time.

    That's just how I see it at this point.

    www.myspace.com/djjoman

  • eldertaco

    Posted Apr 28, 2008 11:42 pm PT

    I can't wait!

  • Unreal_fighter

    Posted Apr 28, 2008 10:05 am PT

    Better buy some spare underwear in September

  • Saint_cizz

    Posted Apr 26, 2008 12:42 pm PT

    silent hill has always been sick stuff. sept for the room. that game was lame.....that rhymed

  • F3ga

    Posted Apr 26, 2008 1:36 am PT

    love u

  • cjothom

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 4:36 pm PT

    I cannot wait for this game. It's going to be so sweet.

  • Darkreaper_1

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:51 am PT

    To be honest i think they'll need slightly more than a new combat system to stop this title feeling stale. The story line doesn't sound very original either. I've only played Silent Hill 2 but loved it.

    I also agree with "pain4ever" that this game will probably be delayed until next year.

  • Zerosumgame

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 11:37 am PT

    will xbox get this title? I need to know!

  • pain4ever

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 8:55 am PT

    thay say it'll come out in autumn but just like res evil 5, MGS 4 & GTA4 it'll get pussed back till next year, but still a have a good feeling that this one will be verey good

    p.s if you havnt played the first silent hill you sould. if you ask me i'd say its the best but thats my opinion

  • trystkl1826

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 4:49 am PT

    I still have not played the first game of this series. LOL

  • v8nnwilder

    Posted Apr 24, 2008 3:14 am PT

    Silent Hill has come a long way and I still remember playing the original Silent Hill for the first time... I was one of the first of my friends to buy it... back then no one not even me knew what Silent Hill was about and I actually thought at the time that it might be a decent game to pass the time till I find something better to play...

    But I guess (as everyone else that played Silent Hill 1) you realized within the first 10 minutes that Silent hill was A LOT more than what you bargained for! I still freak out when I hear that G****** siren! Till this day that game left my mind all warped... Got me hooked on proper survival horror games... Okay well in my book there is only Silent Hill and Resident Evil... But the new Alone In The Dark seems good too...

    I just hope they can bring back that "feeling" of the original Silent Hill in this one. Don't get me wrong they were all good, except maybe "The Room" didn't enjoy that one all that much.... But I'd like to feel the same "fear" as I did in the first one..... And I hope they have a Kitana in this one as well...

  • Ranteal

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 5:03 pm PT

    Not so sure about this one. Its being made by americans. Somehow it didnt surprise me that an american silent hill will have "a wide array of attacks and counters" and "a variety of weapons." . Man, the whole thing behind silent hill is that your dude isnt good at fighting. It makes the game more realistic. Now its gonna be all american with sic combos and kill shots, who wants to bet.

  • DrDoom007

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 5:03 pm PT

    I have a question, in the X360 version it says that the release date will be at Sept of 2008 and in the PS3 wsays it will be in Sept of 2009, it will have separated release dates or it was a typo?

  • fall_out_boy96

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 4:31 pm PT

    Yuck, stoopidest name ever, but I am looking forward to this.

  • polarmanda

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 4:02 pm PT

    YAY can't wait.

  • dragonbreathrw

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 3:05 pm PT

    Doesn't matter. Alex still looks a lot like Dean from Supernatural.

  • Sireph

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 2:57 pm PT

    OOOH, this better not suck!

  • mullinmagic

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 1:49 pm PT

    Its about time us brits get stuff early, seems to be the trend though lately as it also happend with GT5 prologue, mario kart wii ect.. Not that i am complaining. Cant wait for the next installment of the best franchise ever! Roll on september!

  • FantasticalZom

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 12:13 pm PT

    It's good that Europe's finally getting something first for a change, but with their luck, it's probably going to release everywhere in June...

  • Jewelspoint

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 11:27 am PT

    Oh my god yay! Can't wait to hear about USA Release.

  • sophospeare

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 10:42 am PT

    Sweet, my favorite Survival Horror franchise!! But it will have some big shoes to fill now that Resident Evil 4 has raised the bar for the genre. One things for sure, it'll definitely have more fog than any other game!

  • RockMan-NEO

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 7:57 am PT

    woo! on the month of my Bday XD

  • lew_0911

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 7:46 am PT

    GOOD LORD! Finally, I'm so excited about this!

    Now the only thing we need is retconning all those UFO/dog endings and connect them to the real story. Goofy ending? That's because it's true.

    Ok, please don't kill me.

  • ocdog45

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 7:32 am PT

    boring? gimme an american date.

  • thestickman

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 12:10 am PT

    Hope we don't have to wait much longer to get it overseas Can't wait for this game.

  • cyw1988

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 12:09 am PT

    Not really one I am looking forward to but I'll definitely check it out when it's released. Hmm September 08...I smell a rat....trying to snare sales away from RE 5 I presume?

  • Nawras

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 11:33 pm PT

    What's with the name Shepard these days

  • XBLACKXVIPERX

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 11:17 pm PT

    Homecoming? that subtitle sux even though it means the main character coming back to his hometown or something to do with the game plot .I think the brief trailer that has "Silent Hill V" with the Silent Hill:Origins insignia at the end sounds alot cooler, I hope that's only a region's sub title cause some games have differnt names/subtitle overseas they better call it Silent Hill V in North America ! I love the Silent Hill & Resident Evil franchise ,other survival horror franchises come close but they can't compare with those 2 series maybe the classic alone in the dark series especially with its next -gen installment

  • funnysplay

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 6:53 pm PT

    this makes three action survival games to look forward to this year.

  • gun_blade25

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 6:25 pm PT

    Honestly, I never got into the other SH games cause I was a little wuss when I was younger, but I have to buy this game.

  • BigSmitts07

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 5:46 pm PT

    ive never actually played any SH's...because i always thought they lacked comparted to RE..but maybe ill give it a shot....

  • tdelorean

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 5:25 pm PT

    bedo?

  • uk_beny

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 5:00 pm PT

    is this going to be a little SH vs AITD vs RE5

  • cjothom

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 4:47 pm PT

    Good lord...I cannot wait for this fricking game

  • ArsenicA

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 4:11 pm PT

    hope its better then SH4... wich really sucked

  • ivanfred

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 3:29 pm PT

    The challenge the developers face is to create a dynamic combat system without changing Silent Hill from a survival horror game to an action game.

  • edpeterson

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 3:27 pm PT

    I can't wait for it, I hope there's a special edition cuz I'm going to get this the day it comes out

  • thenephariouson

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 3:26 pm PT

    RE5 & AITD for me!

  • Pete5506

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 2:30 pm PT

    Sweet hope this ones dose better then the last one

  • AnthraxAngel

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 1:58 pm PT

    I love the silent hill games, and to be fair I think the only thing I could criticise about the previous sequels is the combat system. But hearing about it all getting a change with a more diverse selection of weapons... its just got me even more excited

  • lonelygamer360

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 1:52 pm PT

    when is noisy hill coming ?

  • tigerfan1993

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 1:29 pm PT

    To the bat child, this game will have those things, havent you seen the trailers?

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