[Scarlett.]

BBFC have rated it 18 now
The only other SH 18 game was that hauntingly scary SH4: The Room

[Tom4784]

I'm not surprised really, from the look of the bodily damage and features they've really amped up the gore in this one.

[Scarlett.]

Yeah, I mean PH chops the Surgeon dude in half!

This should be a good game, I pre-ordering properly from Game tomorrow

[Scarlett.]

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classi...2?OpenDocument

The file itself

Its coming.....

[Scarlett.]

Pendulum Announces New Facial Performance Division, Alter Ego, At SIGGRAPH
Thursday August 7, 2008

Pendulum's AlterEgo team will be presenting their technology at SIGGRAPH along with examples from some of their recent projects at the Vicon booth (#1101) on Tuesday August 12 at 12:15 p.m., Wednesday August 13 at 12:15 and 4:30 p.m., and Thursday August 14 at 11:10 a.m.

The AlterEgo team, armed with their most recent innovation and Vicon's new T160 cameras will be giving a demonstration of an unprecedented high-res real-time facial mocap visualization technology, during each of their presentations.

Creation of lifelike and emotive digital characters is one of the most technically complex and arduously sought after facets of the digital animation pipeline -- and of the entertainment industry as a whole. Of course, one of the greatest barriers to achieving compelling 3D characters is the implementation of believable facial performances.

This is an area in which leading 3D animation studio, Pendulum, has focused a great deal of R&D. To this end, they set out to develop a set of proprietary software tools with which they could create the kind of high-end characters that their clients and the studio's owners/directors, Rob Taylor and Mike McCormick, wanted for their productions. The resulting technology, along with high-quality full-performance motion-capture data, like that provided by their long-time production partner, Vicon House of Moves, allows Pendulum to create some amazingly believable facial performances.

They've been evolving this technology for use on a wide range of production pipelines, from high-resolution characters like their "Emotional Old Man" piece, their award-winning MARK ANTONY short, and pre-rendered game cinematics like SEGA/Secret Level's upcoming GOLDEN AXE: BEAST RIDER and the diverse characters of THQ's STUNTMAN: IGNITION cinematic trailers, as well as real-time game-engine based productions, such as the 70 minutes of in-game cinematics they created for Konami's anticipated SILENT HILL V and THQ/Volition's upcoming sequel, RED FACTION: GUERILLA.

Named from the patented software at the heart of their process, the AlterEgo group will offer their services to clients from throughout the film, games, and broadcast arenas. Coupled with high quality facial mocap data, the technology at the core of AlterEgo's services allows them to deliver high-end facial performances at remarkable speeds, transforming extensive amount of mo-cap data into realistic and accurate facial performances. The team's expertise conforming to their clients' diverse pipelines allows them to work directly with real-time engines like UNREAL 3 as well as more traditional pre-render pipelines like Maya or XSI.

This flexibility increases AlterEgo's cost-effectiveness and throughput, while providing an unparalleled solution for leading game developers, filmmakers, and whoever is seeking high quality facial animation.

For more information about AlterEgo go to http://www.studiopendulum.com/alterego.

[Scarlett.]

Its looking like the game is gonna be based around Toluca Lake, maybe the secret of the Little Baroness might be revealed!

[Scarlett.]

[Tom4784]

Looks Creepy!

[Scarlett.]

Yeah, glad so many SH locations are coming back

[Rory]

I saw that Silent Hill movie a few months ago, it wasn't all that great. I hear the games are a lot better.

[Tom4784]

It's all coming back
it's all coming back to me now
There were flashes of gold
and there were flashes of light
There's things I'd never do again but then they always seem right
There were nights of....

What were we going on about again?

[Scarlett.]

lol
Yeah the games are 100x better lol
the films witch burning cult aspect was dumb

[Scarlett.]

Looks like the Cult church in the middle of Toluca Lake

[Scarlett.]

Double Helix games have apparently been listening to SH fans since the start, especially on my favourite SH forum (which is linked to fom Pendulum's offical website)

*The 3D camera was implimented as fans didnt like the fixed camera points
*The box art was noticed to be spelt wrong after fans noticed it was Shepard, not Shepherd (it is now Shepherd)
*Fans wanted to see new locations as well as old, so Double Helix included Alchemilla, Toluca Prison
*Fans wanted a SH2 experience so Double Helix have worked hard at it
*Also fans who drew monsters for fun have been asked if Double Helix can do something similar

[Scarlett.]

Konami have given Game the release date of the 26th November 2008!

[Tom4784]

Oh I thought it was September?

[Scarlett.]

OH lol it is D'oh!
lol Play.com have it down for release next April (which is a bunch of crap as the BBFC have rated the fianl product

[andyman]

So its 28th sep? Is this game going to be the best of the series like gta 4 was? ...

[Scarlett.]

26th

Possibly will be the best, theres a new combat system and the camera is fully 3D (like GTA IV's camera)

[andyman]

cool not too far away then. Not been much in the magazines about it tho, loads about fallout3. Is it comming out for the ps3?

[Scarlett.]

Yep PS3, 360 and PC

The marketing has been very weak, there isnt even an offical website

[andyman]

Then again GTA3 had lil ads at the time... HUGE GAME! Should be a good time for game for the run up to christmas :-)...
Silent hill homecoming
Socom confrontation
Star wars: the force unleashed
Ghostbusters
Midnight club: los angeles
Dead space
Fallout 3
Far cry 2
Fracture
Little big planet
Motorstorm pacific rift
Prototype
Saints row 2
Mercenaries 2
Brother in arms hells highway
Alone in the dark
Fifa 09
Tom clancys endwar
Mirrors edge
Resistance 2.... Dam theres loads more and i need to buy them.. Lol

[andyman]

They should make a shenmue 3... Had 1 and 2 for the dreamcast.
I did enjoy the forklift truck bit... I even went and got a real forklift truck licence

[Scarlett.]

Lol

I hope SHH is the best yet

[Scarlett.]

SHV.net is to get a preview game soon! which means the UK version of the game is being made (actually put onto discs)