UGO writes: "A considerable number of naysayers in the Silent Hill fan community are – perhaps justifiably, perhaps not – up in arms over the coming release of the series' sixth iteration, subtitled Homecoming. The reasons are two-fold. First, more and more fans have come to question the value of perpetual sequels for a series which has increasingly replaced innovation with derivation.
"Second, Homecoming marks the first Silent Hill console release to be developed not by Konami's Team Silent but by an external developer instead, Double Helix Studios. And a Western developer at that. Of course, Silent Hill: Origins was ported from PlayStation Portable to PlayStation 2 and both of those were developed here in the States by Climax Studios. However, Homecoming is planned for a late-September release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC platforms which officially makes it a big-ticket, AAA item. And we've spent the past week absorbing the first several hours of a preview build. Naysayer or not, you know you want to hear our impressions."
