Remember Harker (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii)? Long after we've heard of the game being developed by The Collective, Foundation 9 has revealed that the next-gen Jonathan Harker adventure is on indefinite hold. Reportedly, its devs are now working on a different survival horror title. Hit that jump to learn more.

No creepy, faceless nurses in this batch of Silent Hill 5 screenshots, but you do get to look around the tranquil, and historic town of Silent Hill, where the residents are so friendly, they just want to eat you up. Check out the full article for the latest Silent Hill 5 screenshots for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Patrick Doody is one of the writers hired to develop the story of Konami's Silent Hill 5 (PS3, Xbox 360). As far as the interview is concerned, Doody was able to divulge more about the "scary" factor of this survival horror game and even got to provide details on the lead character, Alex Shepherd. Check out what he said in the full article.

The big buzz just a few days ago loomed over the societal-political sector, when a video game violence bill beset by a preliminary injunction was held back permanently after courts found the law was unconstitutional. The bill, proposed by senator Leland Yee and former California Assemblyman, was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger back in 2005.

But before the law could come into effect on January 1, 2006, the collective alliances of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA), and the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) countered the law with a suit. The result rendered the law useless when courts decided to place a preliminary injunction on the law.

Like many other video game laws, the California video game violence law wanted to restrict the sale of violent video games (as classified by the law) to anyone under the age of 18. It only went as far as punishing violators with a US$ 1,000 fine, but back in Monday, the law was proven unconstitutional and was rendered ineffectual - permanently.

The game industry, instead, had provided invitations to the political sector to aid in the much-needed re-education of purchasing decisions and rating systems for media and to encourage parents to partake in the game selection process for their inappropriately aged children. But it appears the politicians will not sway so easily.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has suggested that he will appeal the ruling by U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte and stand by the bill "the Governator" signed into law two years ago. In defense, he commented:

I signed this important measure to ensure that parents are involved in determining which video games are appropriate for their children. The bill I signed would require that violent video games be clearly labeled and not be sold to children under 18 years old. Many of these games are made for adults and choosing games that are appropriate for kids should be a decision made by their parents. I will vigorously defend this law and appeal it to the next level.

As GamePolitics put it, "It’s not over until it’s over in California," and we couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Perhaps we won't be seeing it soon, but according to newly installed WBIE senior vice president Samantha Ryan, a next-gen Dirty Harry game will be released. Eventually.

The game has currently been put on indefinite hold following staff reorganizations at Foundation 9. The Collective, a division of Foundation 9 and the studio who was handling the videogame adaptation of the 1970 film, was pulled off the project. Approximately 30 Collective staffers were handed their pink slips.

A Foundation 9 spokesperson declined to comment on Dirty Harry's status, but even though things are looking grim for old Mr. Callahan, there's still some light at the end of the tunnel.

"We are moving forward with the Dirty Harry next generation videogames and will be changing our development plans in keeping with the best interest of the franchise legacy," said Ryan in a statement. "WBIE is dedicated to creating a game that will bring Clint Eastwood's legendary Detective Harry Callahan character to the interactive space with a new story and great gameplay."

Foundation 9's The Collective has remained pretty tight-lipped about their upcoming horror game Harker. Game goodies are pretty hard to come by and we don't even know yet who's going to publish the game. So imagine our joy when we heard that the official website for the said game is now up and running.

Yeah-huh, you can now check out the game's site which already has a trailer and a bunch of screenshots put up. Aside from that, the site seems to be a work in progress so we have yet to meet the characters we'll encounter in the game. As we said, game info remains scarce so there's no set release date yet, all we know is that it's based on Dracula and players will get to take on the role of Jonathan Harker, who's faced with the mission of killing all the vampires.

The screens you see below (as well as the one above) are from the 360 version of the game. And even though they've been out for quite a while now, we're giving it to you guys just in case you weren't able to catch them. Oh, and you can check out the official game site by clicking on the read link below. Harker is set to hit the shelves in 2008.