Book of Memories, the controversial spin-off from Konami's terrifying Silent Hill series, will hit UK shops on November 2nd, the publisher has announced.
Why is it controversial? Because the game, exclusive to PlayStation Vita, is a top-down co-operative action game rather than a sinister single-player adventure. You'll be able to choose and customise your character from a selection of high school horror cliches - Jock, Bookworm, Rocker, Goth and Preppy - and team up with up to three friends to tackle monsters and solve puzzles. Iconic series antagonist Pyramid Head puts in an appearance, along with lots of other undulating fleshbag monstrosities.
The news comes in the same week as Silent Hill's closest survival horror rival, Resident Evil, releases its latest sequel - the epic Resident Evil 6.
Silent Hill: Book of Memories is developed by WayForward, the studio which has had considerable success in reworking old games in new ways. It successfully revived A Boy and his Blob for the Wii, and most recently released an updated version of classic arcade beat-em-up Double Dragon.
And if that's not enough, a second Silent Hill movie, Revelation, hits cinemas later this year in eye-popping 3D.
Published: 02/10/2012
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