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Konami’s recent financial report for Q1 seems to suggest that it has more ammunition in its chamber. Sources seem to suggest that the company is developing a new Silent Hill game – not Silent Hill f and not Silent Hill 2’s Remake.
While we saw Silent Hill 2 Remake get announced earlier on this year, Konami’s other efforts have focused on eFootball and its Metal Gear Solid revival. However, fans yearning for a new entry into perhaps the most influential horror franchise of all time have been left insatiated.
The good news about this, as per The Gamer’s report, is that “it’s working on [a Silent Hill game] internally instead of handing to another studio.” On August 2nd, leaker Dusk Golem highlighted Konami’s fiscal results for Q1 and alluded to Konami’s statement:
We will continue to produce completely new titles in the SILENT HILL series, and intend to provide a
Konami
variety of information through the “SILENT HILL Transmission” program, which will be broadcast
simultaneously around the world
Dusk Golem further stoked the excitement: “Obviously, Silent Hill 2 Remake will be releasing in a few months on October 7th for PC & PS5. Silent Hill Townfall & Silent Hill f are also announced for the future. There is also a internally developed SH game in the works, and a couple other unannounced things.”
Unfortunately, as is the case far too often in this industry, there was no verified source available to confirm these claims. Until then, we can’t say for certain that it is confirmed.
Part of the excitement surrounding this focuses on the fact that Konami is developing a game itself. With Bloober Team being handed the reigns on the controversial Silent Hill 2 Remake, and NeoBards Entertainment handling everything for Silent Hill f, seeing top Konami talent working on its own horror series would be a fantastic moment for fans.
Unfortunately, myself and many other fans of Konami’s legacy franchises have sour memories. The 2010s were not kind to the company, nor was the company kind to itself. It ditched Hideo Kojima, turned into a gambling company through its pachinko craze, and gave up on many of the IPs it had established itself through. Luckily for fans, it’s reviving its main IPs. Metal Gear is finally getting remakes of its greatest games, while Silent Hill has had plenty of attention in the past few years. A new, internally developed, Silent Hill game would be the icing on the cake.
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