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Microsoft Store Briefly Leaks Release Date for ‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake
Business, as they say, has picked up for Xbox Series owners and Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2. After last week’s discovery of the ESRB rating for the Xbox Series version of the acclaimed remake, the Microsoft Store prematurely posted the game’s page, along with a November 21 release date. The page has subsequently been taken down, but not before True Achievements snapped a screenshot.
Much like what PlayStation 5 and PC owners received, the Xbox Series release of Silent Hill 2 will include a Deluxe Edition, which includes a digital artbook, digital soundtrack, and a Pyramid Head pizza box cosmetic. On top of that, the game will purportedly also launch alongside a bundle that features the remake and the recently-released Silent Hill f.
Unfortunately, once again there appears to be no sign of the “Born From a Wish” DLC, which was rumoured to be in the works. This would no doubt have been fitting, seeing as the original Silent Hill 2 for the Xbox launched back in 2001 with the additional content, which subsequently made its way to the PlayStation 2 in the Greatest Hits version.
Silent Hill 2 centres around James Sunderland, who arrives in the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his late wife Mary, who had been suffering from an illness and died three years before. Upon arriving in the town, James finds it inhabited by horrific creatures, with one known as Pyramid Head taking a particular interest in him.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.