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1096:Destructoid
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624:20 December
482:Destructoid
472:Publication
423:Silent Hill
390:trademarked
382:Goichi Suda
284:Development
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111:Composer(s)
105:Muga Takeda
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1531:Categories
1479:Let It Die
1070:Metacritic
1048:2019-01-13
1043:LET IT DIE
1024:2019-01-13
1018:MetalSucks
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974:2015-11-13
943:2014-06-11
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568:References
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