KONAMI'S SILENT HILL 4: THE ROOM(tm) SHIPS TO RETAIL STORES NATIONWIDE

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. - September 7, 2004 - Konami Digital Entertainment - America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that Silent Hill 4: The Room(tm) for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and PC DVD-ROM has shipped to retail stores nationwide. By enhancing the award-winning features that have defined the series - intense and bone chilling gameplay, superior graphics and a haunting musical score by the series' producer, Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 4: The Room will strike terror into the hearts of gamers with the most frightening experience in the history of the franchise.

"In Silent Hill 4, the horror hits home - right in your own room," said Wilson Cheng, product manager at Konami Digital Entertainment - America. "By transforming a would-be sanctuary into an unpredictable and inescapable nightmare, players will find themselves in uncharted territory as they explore a nightmarish alternate reality to unravel a truly unnerving mystery."

Silent Hill 4: The Room begins in the sleepy town of South Ashfield, only a few short miles from the infamous town of Silent Hill. When the game's new hero, Henry Townshend, awakens from a nightmare, he finds that he is trapped in his apartment. Through a portal which mysteriously appears in his home, Henry must match his wits and brawn against heinous creatures and the ghastly undead that lie in wait as he tries to solve the mystery of his entrapment.

Assuming the role of Henry, gamers set off on a fast-paced and highly captivating journey into the depths of darkness, filled with a cast of disturbing characters and monsters. With Henry's apartment functioning as a home base, players will transition between a 1^st person real world perspective and a horrifying alternate reality in a 3^rd person view.

Further enhancing the action, players can build up their arsenal of weapons in order to battle a number of horrifying enemies who will attack from around any corner or even through any wall. For the first time in the series, gamers can execute more powerful blows when fighting with hand-to-hand combat weapons by activating a new power gauge. Players will also meet numerous people throughout the game, including Eileen Galvin, Henry's next-door neighbor, who will help Henry through this morbid adventure. Gamers will be able to equip Eileen with special weapons to help fend off deadly creatures.

Silent Hill 4: The Room is rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB and is available for an SRP of $39.99. For more information on the game, please visit: www.konami.com/silenthill4.

About the Silent Hill Series of games and franchise information
Konami's Silent Hill® franchise first debuted on the PlayStation® in 1999, and established the series' brand of psychological horror. It went on to sell over a million units and is considered one of the scariest games of all time. The follow up sequel, Silent Hill® 2, was equally well received and praised for its use of new 3D sound technology that added a new dimension to gameplay. Silent Hill® 3 was released with critical acclaim for PlayStation®2 in August 2003 and is considered to be the best game in the series. The Silent Hill® franchise has also expanded into other entertainment genres including a major motion picture and comic series. French production company Davis Films will produce the feature film adaptation of the hit franchise for worldwide release and IDW adapted the Silent Hill® franchise into a comic series that launched in February 2004. Read more about the comic at: www.idwpublishing.com.

About KONAMI CORPORATION
Konami Corporation is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game market. Konami Corporation's action and adventure titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid®, Silent Hill® and Castlevania®, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the US and Konami of Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation, the parent company of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami Digital Entertainment - America can be found at www.konami.com/usa

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