{"id":7483,"date":"2010-09-08T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"silent-hill-8-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/7483-silent-hill-8-announced","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill 8 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that there will be another Silent Hill title, an eighth for the series. Silent Hill 8 is currently a working title, and will likely be changed since it isn&rsquo;t particularly catchy, and also draws attention to the fact that this franchise <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">has been flogged to death<\/span> is still going strong.<\/p>\n<p>The game should be arriving in 2011 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In honouring the rich history and strong following of Silent Hill, we&rsquo;re working hard to build a next generation horror game that the fans truly deserve,&rdquo; said Shinji Hirano, President of Konami Digital Entertainment Inc.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This Silent Hill introduces an all-new storyline and unique evolutions in gameplay, building on innovations and successes from over a decade of true survival horror and terror,&rdquo; Hirano continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to the press release:<\/p>\n<p><em>The survival horror experience of Silent Hill 8 begins after a prison transport vehicle careens off the road, leaving lone inmate Murphy Pendleton stranded in Silent Hill. Gamers will encounter mind-bending puzzles, as well as horrific creatures and otherworld terrors using everyday objects from wooden chairs to glass bottles to fend off their enemies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The natural response, fight or flight is left to the player as they unravel a dark, thought-provoking storyline which will appeal to fans of the early, classic Silent Hill series, as well as anyone who enjoys a deep, psychological horror experience. In addition to the main storyline, players will also be presented with variable side quests along the way that can change depending on their play style, revealing unknown evils within the town.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konami has announced that there will indeed be an eighth Silent Hill game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}