A little while back, we reported on a trademark renewal for Konami's Silent Hill IP. Of course, while such a move is hardly confirmation of new entries to the franchise, there appears to be mounting evidence of new Silent Hill games releasing in the coming months and years.
According to our friends at VGC, Konami is working on not one, not two, but three different Silent Hill projects. The first is a full sequel to the series, said to be in development by a Japanese studio. Our sister site Push Square reported on a series of images leaked by Twitter user AestheticGamer; images, mind you, that were swiftly removed under a copyright claim. What's notable is that one of the images is said to be a piece of concept art by none other than Masahiro Ito, known for his historical work on the Silent Hill franchise.
Considering this game is reported to be a full sequel, the likelihood of it arriving on Switch is admittedly slim, at best. This might also be the case for Konami's second project: a full Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team, famous for its work on Layers of Fear and The Medium. Reports point to this title being a potential timed exclusive to PlayStation consoles, so while we may see this one on Xbox at some point (assuming it's real, of course), a release on Switch is, again, unlikely.
Our best bet might be in the form of Konami's third project, which is said to be a smaller, episodic series of "short stories". Publisher Annapurna Interactive is currently rumoured to be attached to the project, and is known for its previous work on games such as Sayonara Wild Hearts, Kentucky Route Zero, and Twelve Minutes. Considering the smaller scale, this is perhaps most likely to appear on Switch.
Of course, it goes without saying that all of this information should be taken with a pretty huge pinch of salt. Images leaked by AestheticGamer appear to be most concrete evidence of new Silent Hill content we've seen yet, but nothing should be considered 'confirmed' until Konami says so.
What do you make of the rumoured Silent Hill games? Do you think any of them has any hope of arriving on Switch? Let us know in the comments.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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Id love to see some thing good for the franchise but it's Konami so i'm waiting for like an interactive slot machine, silent hill mobile gatcha game and maybe a badly handled port for switch. Probably some NFT rubbish too.
At least we know it won't be any remaster... /:
I’ve only ever played Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on Wii and loved it.
Still waiting for more, Konami. And it’s been how many years past a decade now?
It’s absolute insanity that publishers are STILL ignoring a 100+ million strong userbase with a significantly more “hardcore” audience than the Wii ever had. The Wii had freaking exclusive Far Cry and Dead Space games for crying out loud, and meanwhile, we can’t even get bloody PS3 ports around here.
I'm not a Silent Hill fan, but I'd try if they release. But what I really want from Konami is a Metal Gear Collection (MSX games, Solid 1-5, Rising, PSP games...)
Switch got an insane japanese install base. PS5 on the other hand not yet. Konami is a japanese company but on the other hand it didn't even release Pro Evolution Soccer on Switch. So my guess is: SIlent Hill 2 Remake Cross Gen (Xbox, Playstation), new Silent Hill (PS5, XBSX-S), third project Silent Hill Spin Off maybe Switch
I'm excited to see Konami revitalize the Silent Hill series as the first hybrid game that is both a Pachinko machine, and an NFT.
If SONY are money hatting the projects then it's a big no. Otherwise, I don't see any reason why Konami wouldn't be all in on Switch versions.
@dimi Konami stated a couple of years ago that they were looking at PES on Switch. I think it will come at some point (maybe as f2p or something lol, but still)
Pachinko, pachinko and maaaaaaybe a remake if we say please
@GrailUK I'm guessing the only reason Konami is bothering is because some one else is footing the bill.
I'd just like a Metal Gear Solid collection for the Switch. What the Switch does so well is retro compilations.
I thought the Blair Witch game developed by Bloober Team was quite good. It gives me hope for their take on Silent Hill.
Blair witch was good. I have it for switch. I hope we get any silent hill game. The Wii one always looked good.
Better idea: instead of working on three things at once you haven't done in years work on making ONE really good.
if true obviously sony is paying konami a lot of money for these games..
Konami, according to leaks, seems to be working on a new Silent Hill, since the days of SH:Downpour. Seems amazing that every so often, a leak will tell you a new game is coming...But, wait, now, not only one, but three... Let's all just forget that this exists. Konami doesn't and never seemed interested in this series since Silent Hill 1, and I think that will not change.
One is a slot machine, one is a poker table, and one is an HD version of the first Silent Hill IOS game.
I'm sat here playing Silent Hill Shattered Memories on Wii after not having played it for years and this new article appears
Sadly 0 chance this is coming to the Switch.
Switch won’t get silent hill
Over on push square & pure xbox you'll get most people moaning about PS4 / Xbox one versions of games 'holding back the new consoles' on here it's the opposite lol
Don't care.
It's not some "long lost masterpiece".
No idea why ppl keep talking about it like it is. Even Fatal Frame is more interesting
@GrailUK kinda like how Nintendo 'money hatted' monster hunter on switch lol stop acting Asif all 3 companies don't do it
@Would_you_kindly Erm...I thought my comment was reasonable lol. You think Nintendo would pay for Silent Hill?? I'm not convinced as it's not typically asociated with Nintendo consoles, but you might be right.
Oh boy! Three new pachinko machines?! We're spoiled!
The series may as well stay dead if none of the games is coming to the leading console, other than the first two games the many after didn't do so well and the latest movie was a cringe movie.
A Konami executive winds up in Silent Hill and must do battle with demonic nurses that look like Hideo Kojima as well as the dreaded Cryptohead.
@Would_you_kindly well he said Sony specifically because Sony is the one who does the money hatting thing the most.
Nintendo and Xbox do it as well but compared to those 2, Sony does it the most.
Though I would love for SH to come to Switch, I doubt it will happen. At this point though, I’ll take it on any system.
@JaxonH You say you don't care, then you say you have no idea why people think its a masterpiece? doesn't that answer our question?
you don't think its a masterpiece, other people other people think it is.
I really just want good ports of 2, 3, and Shattered Memories.
@anoyonmus I said it because Silent Hill is associated with the Playstation brand and they have already paid for Konami games (Castlevania collection.) It didn't need saying everyone does it. Nintendo and Bayonetta is probably the main example. But the context wasn't to have a go at SONY and I think it betrays how petulant some folk are if they construed it as such.
It's probably just 3 new NFTs with art based on SIlent Hill
@Richnj Sony is my best bet. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony bought the IP outright eventually. Then maybe they could get Kojima to finally create Silent Hills.
@Lizuka Hell yes! That would be amazing on the Switch and those are my 3 favorite Silent Hill titles.
@GrailUK Nah, Nintendo won't pay for Silent Hill. They paid for Fatal Frame and barely cared for it.
@anoyonmus I'd say Microsoft is the worst for it after the zenimax & Activision acquisitions
I'd be excited, but we're talking about Konami in the full grips of cryptorgasm. They're gonna ***** this harder than rabbits on rabies.
@JaxonH On the outside chance that you aren't just trying to rile up SH fans, the series is incredibly important to video games as an art form. I can't think of a game before SH1 that used symbolism in storytelling as well or relied on their audience to have the intelligence to piece together what actually happened in the story by taking what little you were told explicitly, combining it with non-obvious clues from the environment and cutscenes, and making theories. The game essentially had a wiki before wikis existed, encouraging fans to come together and share their theories to get to the bottom of what really happened.
@Thaliard
I'm not trying to rile anyone up.
I'm just flabbergasted at how a few select influencers and media sites keep talking about this series, as if it's some kind of historical masterpiece.
Imo it's a dime a dozen horror game. Not bad by any means. But not deserving of the insane attention ppl are giving it.
I can appreciate the aspects you find notable, but I'm just growing tired of hearing ppl artificially inflate this series to be more important than it is. Same thing people do with Eternal Darkness. A minority praising it like it's the best horror game of all time, when in reality it's just yet another B grade horror game, decent fun but nothing more.
@Would_you_kindly and Sony buying up Firesprite, Bungie, Haven Studios, Housemarque, Bluepoint and also moneyhatting FF7R, FF16, Security Breach, and many more isn't worse. I would say Sony is worse because they did it more. Not MS.
@anoyonmus I don't think those examples you have said are comparable to zenimax & Activision no , they are tiny in comparison
@JaxonH I totally respect your point of view, but I'm gonna have to disagree a little. As far as a "game" in the mechanical sense, totally agree. From a pure mechanics perspective, the game is not great, even compared to its contemporaries, but the atmosphere and the way the story told elevated games as an artistic medium and is still highly influential today.
I will admit it's probably hard to play it nowadays and still see what the fuss was all about, but that's true of a lot of poorly-aged classic media. The first Evil Dead movie is about as boilerplate of a horror movie as they come nowadays, but it was praised for how original it was at the time. People took the ideas, improved them, and the once-original concept is aged by its own influence.
That being said, the series is pretty much a one-trick pony and there's not really anything that can be said that hasn't already been said at this point. It's dead and needs to be buried, but it deserves an impressive headstone at least.
@Richnj I wouldn't say a remake and two new games aren't caring for it. Though they unfortunately did not all make it to NA.
@JaxonH what's a few examples of A grade for you? A+?
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