Kotaku: siren

Home's New Siren Lounge: A Great Place To Cabbage Patch

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:40:09 MST

Sony's giving Japanese PlayStation 3 owners a place to chill—a PlayStation Home "lounge" dedicated to the horror game Siren. Looks like a lovely place to have a Home dance party!

According to my shaky translation of the Sony Computer Entertainment Japan announcement, the Siren lounge will feature title-appropriate mini-games, including a hospital that your Home Avatar must escape from. Hopefully, that means dance-offs with the hospital's zombie-like staff.

Looks like this one's Japan-only for now.

Still No Plans For A Siren Blu-Ray Release In The US

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:30:00 MDT

Hope this story from last week didn't get your hopes up. Turns out that information - about a Blu-Ray release for Siren: Blood Curse in the Fall - was for European eyes only. You Americans, you're still in limbo, left only with the option of downloading the game and these helpful words from SCEA:

At this time, there is no Blu-ray Disc version planned for the North American market. Please note, however, that you are able to delete and then re-download episodes since the purchase is linked to your PSN account. The developers kept this functionality in mind knowing that the episodes were fairly beefy.

Hah. "No plans". Already, our favourite catchphrase of 2008! Of course, being a PS3 game it's not too hard to import it, so long as you don't mind the characters telling you to stick to the footpath, mind the grey-skinned chaps and use only aluminium weapons. Side note to publishers: more press statements need the word "beefy". Still No U.S. Plans For Disc-Based ‘Siren: Blood Curse' [MTV]

New Siren: Blood Curse Screens

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:30:00 MDT

Scared yet? No, probably not. They're just screenshots! But seeing as Siren is one of the few series able to genuinely get me feeling a little icky, they're scary by proxy, because now I can imagine those events in-game, with the siren, the shuffling, etc, and that gets me a little jittery.

Siren: New Translation Is Pretty, Horrifying

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:20:12 MDT

A demo for Siren: New Translation—somewhat of a retelling, not so much a remake of the PlayStation 2 Siren—recently hit the Japanese PlayStation Store, but this is my first real chance to get a look at media from the game. It's reportedly packed with English language dialogue and text, with some Japanese thrown in for good measure, so we hope the North American localization isn't far behind its overseas Summer release. Slaying possessed Japanese villagers with various farming implements certainly seems more appealing than whatever is going on in this ugly mess.

Siren Trailer Creeps The Hell Out Of My PS3

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:20:00 MDT

You know what? I hate Silent Hill. But loved the first Siren (or as it's known down here, Forbidden Siren). Don't know why. Critics may tell you otherwise, but you know better than to listen to critics. So, yeah, after watching this, am I excited about the prospect of a third time around (going straight past the much less-awesome second game), with the same old siren and blood but nice new graphics and sound? You bet I am.

Sony Japan Teasing Next Siren Game?

Mike Fahey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:00:00 MDT

Several of our readers have pointed us in the direction of a new countdown taking place at Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's website. Our hatred of countdown clocks borders on the legendary, but at least this one has a little kick to it. It involves the sound of rain, horrific noises, people panicking, and red water droplets. My money is on a new Siren game. Both the first and second game were focused on blood-red water and both were scary as hell. Hit up the site and listen to the audio a bit and see if you don't at least get a few heebies, and possibly a jeebie or two. Well be back to you with Siren 3 news in 53 hours from now.

Spooky SCEJ Countdown [Sony Computer Entertainment Japan - Thanks Everyone!]

Sam Raimi Bringing Scary PS2 Game to Big Screen

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:20:20 MST

Variety reports that director Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures has acquired the film rights to the PS2 game Siren. The company previously remade the J-horror Ju-on into The Grudge. The film adaptation of Siren will follow an American medical school student searching for her missing sister in Japan who finds herself trapped with an unspeakable evil that can no longer be contained. (Read: a room full of sleazoid Hollywood agents.)

Variety [Official Site]