Unintentional rhymes aside, Silent Hill V will no longer be known as such.  Instead, it has been dubbed Silent Hill: Homecoming.

It's somewhat appropriate, considering the franchise is getting a fresh start with a new developer, The Collective.  The American game development company has brought us"classic" titles such as Buffy the Slayer (2002), Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), and Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (2006).  Apparently, they cancelled Dirty Harry to make Silent Hill V-er.. I mean Homecoming.

The game features a new protagonist as well.  The story follows Alex Shepherd, who is returning to his hometown in search of his brother.  An investigation of his brother's mysterious disappearance inevitably takes him to Silent Hill, also known as the happiest place on Earth.

Does anyone else feel really uncomfortable about all of this?  Anyone who really knows me can tell you I'm an SH fanatic, I mean, Pyramid Head and Henry Townshend?  What a couple of lookers.  Can The Collective really live up to Team Silent's legacy?  I am praying that they do.

On a more relevant note, Silent Hill: Homecoming will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 in Europe toward the end of September.  Most are assuming that North America will be seeing its release around the same time.