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Cut PS2 Content From GOG Version of ‘Silent Hill 4: The Room’ Has Been Restored [Video]
Way back in 2020, Konami decided to give some love to Silent Hill 4: The Room fans with a re-release of the game on GOG.com (which is currently on sale with a 30% discount until April 3). Last week, GOG announced that Silent Hill 4 had been added to its GOG Preservation Program, which not only brought several improvements to the 2004 title, but also the restoration of content that was included in the original PlayStation 2 version.
For those unaware, GOG.com recently started its Preservation Program with the goal of ensuring classic PC games remain playable on modern systems, long after their developers had ceased support. The program includes over 140 titles, with many of them sporting improvements such as support for gamepads, modern OS support, stability fixes and more.
In the case of Silent Hill 4: The Room, when the game was ported to PC, several of the game’s hauntings were removed. The hauntings mechanic involved spirits trying to take over various objects in your apartment. When GOG brought the game back, the missing hauntings still remained as such, leading to modders employing their own fixes.
However, with Silent Hill 4 being added to the GOG Preservation Program, the GOG devs have reimplemented the missing content, along with more quality-of-life improvements. According to Adim Ziółkowski, the technical producer at GOG, it wasn’t clear why Konami removed the hauntings in the first place. However, they were still in the code. “So to fix it, it was a matter of finding those lines of code and re-enabling them.”
You can check out the news regarding Silent Hill 4: The Room being added to the program, alongside Fallout 2, Monolith’s F.E.A.R. Platinum, Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption, the Alone in the Dark trilogy and more in the video below.
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Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.