Konami is bringing back Silent Hill in a big way.
As part of the new Silent Hill transmission, Konami announced multiple Silent Hill games and projects including a full remake of Silent Hill 2. Read on to see everything that was announced today in the Silent Hill Transmission.
Silent Hill 2 Remake
As rumored, Bloober Team is developing a full remake of Silent Hill 2 with the help of original Team Silent artist Masahiro Ito and composer Akira Yamaoka. The remake was announced for PlayStation 5.
The remake will retell the story of James Sunderland who is looking for his dead wife, who sent him a mysterious letter from the town of Silent Hill. Konami and Bloober are promising a fully reworked game using new technology and delivered in 4K.
Silent Hill f
Another new spinoff announced is Silent Hill f. Set in 1960s Japan, this narrative-driven spinoff will be written by acclaimed Japanese writer Ryukishi07, who created visual novels like Higurashi and Umineko.
The spinoff will juxtapose a beautiful and terrifying world and focus on the psychological, supernatural mysteries of Silent Hill.
Silent Hill: Ascension
Potentially the most unique announcement from the transmission, Konami announced Silent Hill: Ascension, an immersive project where participants around the world will control the characters in a new Silent Hill story. Basically a Let’s Play Pokemon version of a new Silent Hill story that will be live on multiple platforms.
Silent Hill: Ascension is a collaboration between Genvid Entertainment, Bad Robot Games, Behvaiour Interactive, and dj2 Entertainment.
Return to Silent Hill
Christophe Gans, the director of the first Silent Hill movie is making a third movie in the series with Return to Silent Hill. Details are being kept under wraps for now, but Konami is promising more information about the project at a later date.
Konami’s return to Silent Hill has been highly-anticipated and now the details of the new Silent Hill projects have finally been revealed. Share what you think about the announcements below and which Silent Hill project you’re most excited about.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.
