Silent Hill: Origins & Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on PSN Today!

On April 17th, we announced that the scary duo Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories would be making their way to the PlayStation Network. We can now happily reveal that these two Silent Hill titles are out today!

For just £7.99/€9,95 each, picking these games up for some edge-of-seat thrills is a no-brainer. Silent Hill: Origins sees protagonist Travis Grady explore a seemingly-empty town, whilst facing manifestations of his own haunted childhood memories. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, meanwhile, follows Harry Mason’s search for his daughter in a reimagining of the original Silent Hill – but with added innovations which sees the player’s decisions directly affect the narrative.

You can now get stuck into both of these titles, which were previously available on UMD for the PSP, on the PlayStation Network – if you missed out the first time around, now is the ideal time to play these brilliant Silent Hill titles. For more information, you can read the full Press Release below:

Origins and Shattered Memories available now as seminal horror series returns

Konami Digital Entertainment B.V today releases its eerie Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories titles via the PlayStation®Network service.

Previously available for Sony’s PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the two games are priced at just £7.99/9,95 Euro each and offer a very different take on KONAMI’s legendary Silent Hill series.

Silent Hill: Origins acts as a prequel to the series and follows Travis Grady, a truck driver, as he enters the mist-shrouded town to dig up information on a girl he rescued from a fire. Silent Hill: Origins uses the series’ famed third-person perspective to trail Travis as he explores the seemingly abandoned town, collecting items to help him in his search. As he ventures further into the town, however, memories of his childhood haunt him – and then the monsters come out…

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is widely regarded as the most innovative addition to the series, and as it adapts its gameplay to the decisions the player makes. Effectively a reimagining of the first Silent Hill, Shattered Memories retains the premise of the first game – Harry Mason’s search for his missing daughter – but has a plot that changes dependent on how the user plays. The game is framed by a visit to a psychotherapist, wherein the user is asked questions – while the characters Harry meets in the game will also react differently depending on how they are approached, the questions they are asked, or how Harry interacts physically.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories also removes all combat elements from the game, with players forced to flee when the town’s inhuman denizens give chase, adding a nightmarish quality to the game and the impression that danger lurks in every dark corner.

Silent Hill is a series with an enviable reputation for innovation and chills. Terror now has a new home via PlayStation®Network…

We regret to inform you that  both Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories are not compatible with PlayStation Vita. We apologise for this inconvenience. However, if this changes, we will be the first to let you know!

Are you going to be downloading both these titles? Which one will you play first? Let us know in the comments, or over on twitter at @KonamiUK!