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Silent Hill: Townfall, the Silent Hill spin-off from Konami, Annapurna, and Screen Burn got a new trailer today. Footage of the game showed new character Simon exploring his own version of a Silent Hill doing melee and shooting in first-person perspective in a creepy coastal town.

Announced in 2022, Townfall is meant to be the start of an anthology Silent Hill series. It's unclear if that is still the intention based on the trailer, but Konami is sharing more details following today's State of Play stream. 

We don't have a release date yet, but it is coming in 2026 to PlayStation 5 and PC.

 

The Bird That Drinks Tears is a series of high-fantasy novels by South Korean author Lee Youngdoo that began in 2003. Now, some 23 years later, South Korea-based publisher/developer Krafton has announced Project Windless, a Dynasty Warriors-like action game where you play as a sword-wielding chicken based on the books. 

Despite the imagery "sword-wielding chicken" might conjure in your head, it's actually a stylized, brutal, and bloody action game where the chicken is anthropomorphic and really good with sharp blades. He uses those blades to tear through hordes of enemies – the reveal trailer shown during today's PlayStation State of Play showed hundreds of enemies on screen at once, and our chicken warrior slashes through them with ease. 

Check it out in the Project Windless reveal trailer for yourself below: 

As you can see, this chicken isn't playing around as he's seemingly on a quest to take down a snake-like woman who speaks of purity and laying siege to soulless enemies of her goddess – presumably, this chicken is Enemy Number One. Krafton describes Project Windless as a "single-player open-world action RPG" where players will "step into a mythic age as a mighty Rekon warrior and journey across a breathtaking, war-torn world." 

"Stand against overwhelming odds, forge alliances, and wage war across massive battlefields to unite a fractured land and give birth to a new kingdom," the description reads. 

There's no word on when Project Windless is due out (and the fact that it's still going by a "Project" name likely indicates it's years away), but it is in development for PlayStation 5. 

Have you read "The Bird That Drinks Tears" books? Let us know what you think of them in the comments below!

Game Freak is the studio best known as the primary developer of the Pokémon franchise, so its upcoming fantasy action RPG, Beast of Reincarnation, has turned heads since its reveal last year. After a recent showing during the Xbox Developer Direct, another new trailer appeared during today's PlayStation State of Play to reveal an August 4 launch date.

Beast of Reincarnation is set in a post-apocalyptic Japan, and players control a swordswoman named Emma who is joined by her wolf companion, Koo. Billed as a "one person, one dog" action RPG, players engage in stylish melee action against strange robotic enemies and massive plant monsters across lush forests and ruined facilities. Check out the new trailer below. 

Beast of Reincarnation is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. 

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