NowWire · AI-assisted reporting summary · September 22, 2026 UTC
A New Chapter in Scotland
The horror video game Silent Hill: Townfall transports the long-running franchise to a fictional Scottish fishing community named St Amelia, which is based on the East Neuk of Fife. Developed by Glasgow studio Screen Burn, the game features an apocalyptic fog and an atmosphere defined by island poverty, absent lairds, and an oil-drilling corporation, according to a review published by The Guardian. [1]
Gameplay and Mechanics
Players primarily control an unassuming outsider named Simon as he hides from demonic entities and navigates a town left largely deserted after a mass tragedy. The title also features two other playable characters: nurse Zoe, voiced by Kezia Burrows, and Richard, an alpha-male energy company CEO. The game relies on diegetic design principles, requiring players to manually check physical maps, use dated real-world technology like floppy disks, and pick up telephone receivers to save progress. [1]
Sources
- Silent Hill: Townfall review – shame and suffering on the Scottish coast — 2026-09-21T12:00:23.000Z