The MagicBox reports: Sony mentioned 100,000 copies of their PS2 horror adventure game SIREN was sold in Japan in 2 weeks, which already met their sales prediction. They also have some new Biohazard: Outbreak movies.

This isn’t explicitly horror-related, but I feel that it is worthy of a post. The Daily Herald, an Everett, Wash. newspaper, is carrying a feature titled “Violent video games are training children to kill.” The article asserts (without the back up of any sort of source information) that games use “simulation techniques” to train children […]

Crunk Games has posted a hilarious fashion roundup of survival horror characters and costumes. Check it out. – via Slashdot Games

Thanks to some prodding by Endaso over in the forums, I’ve added two more games to the database: Enemy Zero and Martian Gothic: Unification. There are 71 games now listed.

Interesting tidbit from Polygon: Japanese developer Spike, perhaps best known for their popular wrestling and racing game franchises, has confirmed plans for survival horror game entitled “Michigan” on PlayStation 2. Tentatively scheduled for release in spring 2004, specifics regarding the game, its storyline and associated features remain largely undisclosed. Spike reportedly plans for formally unveil […]

From The MagicBox: Sony has suspended its Japanese TV ad for the PS2 horror adventure game SIREN, the TVCM was said to be too scary, and they have received a number of complaints after children got too scared after watching the ad. Anyone have a link to the commercial in question?

Fatal Frame 2 comes out in eight days in the US. The MagicBox has new images. Feel free to salivate.

The Magic Box has posted some cool looking new movies for Nebula: Echo Night and Kuon (“Nine Grudges”). Kuon looks like it will be quite a different take on survival horror: the game is apparently set feudal Japan, and the entire presentation gives one a sense of pre-Meji era spookiness. Nebula: Echo Night also looks […]

Happy Halloween Everybody!

I’ve added a system to track game series (Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc). I’ve been thinking about this system for a while, and I think it will be useful. What do you think? Are there any other systems you would like to see?