SILENT HILL®
ORIGINS IN
DEVELOPMENT
FOR
PLAYSTATION®2
COMPUTER
ENTERTAINMENT
SYSTEM
Survival
Horror Title
Makes
Transition
from
Handheld to
Console
EL SEGUNDO,
Calif. -
January 22,
2008 -
Konami
Digital
Entertainment,
Inc. today
confirmed
speculation
that Silent
Hill®
Origins,
released
last year
for the PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable)
system is in
fact
currently in
development
for the
PlayStation®2
computer
entertainment
system. Now
PlayStation
2 system
owners will
have the
opportunity
to
experience
this
frightening
and popular
survival
horror game,
complete
with
signature
sound and
music from
renowned
Silent Hill
composer
Akira
Yamaoka.
"Console
gamers can
now expect
the same
chilling,
suspenseful
and
fear-filled
experience
that
handheld
gamers
encountered
when we
released
Silent Hill
Origins on
the PSP
system,"
said Anthony
Crouts, Vice
President of
Marketing
for Konami
Digital
Entertainment,
Inc. "This
is their
chance to
learn more
of the
mystery and
mythos
surrounding
Silent Hill
that's been
hinted at in
earlier
games and
made the
series such
a success."
Players take
on the role
of Travis
Grady, a
lone truck
driver
making a
routine
delivery
when he
makes an
unfortunate
detour to
the
mysterious
town of
Silent Hill.
Players must
help Travis
escape the
city's
horrific
inhabitants
and unravel
the mystery
of the
strange
hallucinations
from Travis'
past,
visions that
have plagued
him since
childhood.
Updated
controls
maximize
combat,
allowing
Travis to
use his
fists, his
wits and an
array of
weapons
including a
meat
cleaver,
pool cue and
sledgehammer
to fight his
way through
the
nightmarish
world of
Silent Hill
and face
multiple
endings
based on his
actions.
For more
information,
please visit
www.konami.com.
About Konami
Konami is a
leading
developer,
publisher
and
manufacturer
of
electronic
entertainment
properties.
Konami's
titles
include the
popular
franchises
Metal Gear
Solid®,
Silent
Hill®,
DanceDanceRevolution®
and
Castlevania®,
among other
top sellers.
The latest
information
about Konami
can be found
on the Web
at
www.konami.com.
KONAMI
CORPORATION
is a
publicly
traded
company
based in
Tokyo, Japan
with
subsidiary
offices,
Konami
Digital
Entertainment
Co., Ltd. in
Tokyo,
Japan,
Konami
Digital
Entertainment,
Inc. in the
United
States and
Konami
Digital
Entertainment
GmbH in
Frankfurt,
Germany.
KONAMI
CORPORATION
is traded in
the United
States on
the New York
Stock
Exchange
under the
ticker
symbol KNM.
Details of
the products
published by
Konami can
be found at
www.konami.com.
"Silent
Hill" is a
registered
trademark of
Konami
Digital
Entertainment
Co., Ltd.
About Sony
Computer
Entertainment
America Inc.
Sony
Computer
Entertainment
America Inc.
continues to
redefine the
entertainment
lifestyle
with its
PlayStation®
game
console, the
PlayStation®2
system, the
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
system, the
ground-breaking
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system and
its online
and network
services the
PLAYSTATION®Network
and
PLAYSTATION®Store
Recognized
as the
undisputed
industry
leader, Sony
Computer
Entertainment
America Inc.
markets the
PlayStation
Family of
products and
develops,
publishes,
markets and
distributes
software for
the PS one
game
console, the
PlayStation
2 computer
entertainment
system and
the PSP
system for
the North
American
market.
Based in
Foster City,
Calif. Sony
Computer
Entertainment
America Inc.
serves as
headquarters
for all
North
American
operations
and is a
wholly owned
subsidiary
of Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Inc.