Return to Silent Hill Movie Will Be a ‘Faithful Adaptation’ of Silent Hill 2, Cineverse Promises

According to Cineverse, which has acquired the rights for the third Silent Hill film in the U.S. when it releases later this year, Return to Silent Hill will be a “faithful adaptation” of the original Silent Hill 2’s story.

“Silent Hill is one of the best video game franchises, period, and Christophe Gans did a phenomenal job capturing the atmosphere of the games once again with Return to Silent Hill,” Cineverse executive director of acquisitions, Brandon Hill, told Variety.

Director Christophe Gans added: “I am delighted to partner with Cineverse, which has shown a genuine understanding of fanship. Return to Silent Hill is an adaptation created out of deep respect for a true masterpiece of a game, Konami’s iconic Silent Hill 2. I hope fans will enjoy and be fulfilled with the experience this new film has to offer.”

The film’s plot will feel familiar to anyone who played the original Silent Hill 2 or the 2024 Bloober remake. It follows “James (Jeremy Irvine), a man broken after being separated from his one true love (Hannah Emily Anderson). When a mysterious letter calls him back to Silent Hill in search of her, he finds a once-recognizable town transformed by an unknown evil” and “terrifying figures both familiar and new.” It was unveiled in October 2022, but it took until May 2024 for us to get our first glimpse at Return to Silent Hill’s version of Red Pyramid Thing — AKA Pyramid Head.

Gans’ first Silent Hill movie, based loosely upon the first game, follows mother Rose as she searches for her missing daughter, Sharon, in a town where it snows during summer. Although the screenplay was written by Oscar-winning writer Roger Avary, who wrote Pulp Fiction, we thought Gans’ first adaptation was a mediocre 5/10, writing: “So there we have it. Our worst fears realized yet again. The video game-to-film genre has endured more than a decade of mediocrity. Silent Hill is probably the smartest and best-looking video game adaptation yet, it just doesn’t have much else going for it. After all, video games are about entertainment, and Silent Hill is a chore to sit through.”

The second movie, Silent Hill: Revelation — which was not directed by Gans but instead by Michael J. Bassett — was based loosely on sequel Silent Hill 3. That secured a less favorable 4.5 in our review: “Silent Hill Revelation 3D is an inferior sequel in every way, shape and form, a horror sequel that fails to either intrigue or scare, and one that just might have killed the franchise cold-dead.”

Return to Silent Hill is slated to release sometime later this year, with Cineverse promising a “wide theatrical release in America.”

Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Knights Of The Crusades is a busy, bloody, villainous grand strategy RTS

I’ve been meaning to research the Crusades for a while. A series of vicious medieval religious wars for control of the Holy Land, initiated by the Latin Christian Church following the conquest of Jerusalem by the Rashidun Caliphate, they’ve become a collection of memes bandied around by today’s armchair fascists. See also, “deus vult”. I’ve explored them indirectly in articles about the cultural inheritance of Warhammer 40,000, but never really dipped into any history books or crusader fiction save for ailing 2004 action game Knights Of The Temple: Infernal Crusade, in which Sir Spamalot Go Bonk against a majestic sunset.

One place to start the R&D rollout might be Knights Of The Crusades, a grand strategy 4X game in which players re-enact the period from the perspective of Christian and Muslim factions.

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Bam Margera Officially Confirmed For Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4

“this one will be well worth it”.

Professional skater Bam Margera has been officially confirmed for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 on the Switch and Switch 2.

Margera’s involvement had been in question following a string of legal difficulties in recent years, but a recent report suggested that Tony Hawk himself was responsible for bringing Margera on board. Now, a behind-the-scenes look has provided all the confirmation we need.

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What Did the New Pope Do While Waiting for the Conclave? He Watched the Conclave Movie, of Course — Oh, and It Turns Out He’s a Gamer

If you’ve ever wondered what a prospective Pope does to pass the time, wonder no more; according to a close family member, the recently elected Pope Leo XIV is just like us, playing games and watching movies in his downtime.

As we reported earlier this week, Edward Berger’s sensational papal thriller Conclave took moviegoers by storm last year, prompting some real-life religious leaders — including those who had participated in this week’s actual conclave to select a new Pope — to look to the film for guidance given its “remarkably accurate” portrayal of the process. That included Robert Francis Prevost, who’s just been elected as Pope Leo XIV.

Talking to NBC, the Pope’s older brother, John Prevost, shared details of his last conversation with his brother before he was appointed. In amongst talking about Wordle and Words with Friends — it’s true, Pope Leo XIV is a gamer; the brothers play the word games together every single day — the elder brother asked if his sibling had watched the movie Conclave for tips.

“He had just finished watching the movie Conclave,” Provost revealed. “So he knew how to behave. So, it’s that kind of stuff [that we talk about] — I just wanted to take his mind off of [the upcoming conclave]. Laugh about something.”

From director Edward Berger, the BAFTA and Oscar-winning Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church.

Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Alien: Rogue Incursion gets a non-VR “Evolved” edition this year, with prettier, deadlier xenomorphs

Alien: Rogue Incursion will get a non-VR release on PC later this year, allowing would-be Colonial Marines access to its Weyland-Yutani black site without first requiring you to force your head inside a pair of microscopic televisions. Subtitled “Evolved Edition” – which feels like a real elbow in the kidneys for VR evangelists – it will sport “even deadlier Xenomorphs and enhanced visuals”. Hopefully, that’ll be enough to juice the VR version’s current Mixed user review consensus on Steam.

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Untitled Boxing Game Codes (May 2025)

If you’re hunting for some Untitled Boxing Game codes in Roblox, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve scoured the game’s official social media pages and compiled all of the game’s redeemable codes for May 2025 in one place so you can get your hands on some free spins, coins, and emotes.

If you want to keep up to date with the latest codes in Untitled Boxing Game, you can also find them across the game’s various pages and social media platforms. The best two spots to check are the game’s official Roblox page, where the codes are posted directly below the description, or on its Trello page in the “Codes” tab. You can also become a member of the DrowningSome Discord server, where you’ll find members of the community frequently sharing codes they’ve come across. Or, of course, you can keep track of all active Untitled Boxing Game codes here in this article.

Active Untitled Boxing Game Codes (May 2025)

Make sure to type the codes exactly as they appear below. Untitled Boxing Game’s codes are case-sensitive, so if you don’t type them exactly as shown, the code won’t be accepted.

  • disjoints – 5 Spins (NEW)
  • whitecash – 14999 Cash
  • joeisreal – 10 Spins
  • vexthegoat – 15 Spins
  • void – 9999 Cash
  • bringus – 15 Spins
  • lovereturns – 2999 Cash
  • matchmaking – 5 Spins
  • newyear – 2999 Cash
  • jolly2 – 5 Spins
  • morefeints – 3 Spins
  • avatar 4999 Cash
  • fastservers – 2 Spins
  • dualemotes Free emote spin
  • freeemoteforall – Free emote spin
  • ubgforever – 5 Spins
  • freecrates – 3000 cash
  • teleport – 3 Freespins

Expired Codes

As of May 2025, these are the codes that no longer work:

  • bigbigcode
  • supersecret
  • sale
  • knockdownfits
  • halloween
  • spooky
  • powerlevel
  • asura
  • weball
  • brazil
  • activateboost
  • jumpscare
  • animetime
  • animecrates
  • shotgunrework
  • bigcode
  • comingsoon
  • thegames
  • kocash
  • 500mil
  • manyfixes
  • oneyear
  • ipposreturn
  • freeemote2
  • settings
  • cashcashcash
  • beefy
  • beefy2
  • koanims
  • watwatwat
  • balrog
  • delayapology
  • chronose
  • pocketchange
  • morecash
  • delayingsome
  • vegeta
  • yamcha
  • hammer
  • randomcode
  • feint
  • 200mil
  • freeemote1

How to Redeem Untitled Boxing Game Codes

To redeem Untitled Boxing Game Codes, all you need to do is head into the game itself and look for the “Codes” tab on the left-hand side of the screen. Click the tab, type in your code and hit enter. If the code is accepted, you’ll see your redeemed award appear above the enter button. If the code isn’t accepted, you’ll get an error message reading “Invalid Code”.

Callum Williams is a freelance media writer with years of experience as a game critic, news reporter, guides writer and features writer.

Chrono Trigger writer is “starting to contemplate” a remake after all

Rumours of a Chrono Trigger remake briefly bubbled up before being swiftly pin-popped last week, following a mistranslation of the JRPG‘s writer, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii at a panel. The potion-swilling public were understandably chuffed (you still can’t Google Horii’s name without being served videos of pog-faced excite-os screaming “Chrono Trigger Remake Confirmed!!!”), but it soon turned out that no such remake was actually planned.

Based on a recent interview with Gamereactor at the same event, it sounds like Horii has been considering doing something with Chrono Trigger after all, which isn’t too surprising after Square Enix said they planned to celebrate the game’s 30th anniversary with “various projects” back in March. From Gamereactor:

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Europa Universalis 5 won’t launch with a subscription – but it might get one later

Grand strategy country crusher Europa Universalis 5 was announced yesterday, revealing a complex century-spanning historical sim. But one thing we still don’t know is the price or how it’ll be sold. If you want to buy the previous game in the series, Europa Universalis 4, you’ll find a slew of subscription models and a big library of DLC alongside the base game. Which might cause some fans to worry that the sequel will launch with some sort of similar subscription model. But this won’t be the case, say developers Paradox Tinto. They’re going to sell it normally. At least for now.

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Buy Deltarune On Switch And Get The Switch 2 Version “At No Additional Cost”

A “cross-buy” offer.

Deltarune will be releasing the same day as the Switch 2 and ahead of the big launch, Toby Fox has provided an update in his latest newsletter about how you’ll be able to access his game on your new Nintendo system.

If you’ve already bought the game on the original Switch, or plan to get it on this platform any time soon, you’ll be able to get it at “no additional cost” on the Switch 2. You’ll need to be using the same Nintendo account on both systems and this offer excludes Japan, where a small payment is required.

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