Game news Silent Hill: 3 Games, a Movie and a Series announced, the cult saga is indeed back!
Claiming loud and clear for years that Konami must finally back down: Yes, the company is back in pure and hard video games with ambitious projects. And to do that, it’ll be relying on its legendary Silent Hill franchise, of which three new games were announced last night… in addition to a movie and a series. Here’s everything you need to know!
Silent Hill’s comeback was an open secret: rumors and leaks had been piling up for over a year, leaving no doubt about a decent comeback. But maybe we didn’t expect so many projects: The Silent Hill Transmission deployed last night was indeed generous, very generous with three new games all with different concepts.
Before you go into detail, you know It was the remake of Silent Hill 2 that got the ball rolling, followed by another title, Silent Hill Townfall, published by Annapurna Interactive (as intended by the noise of the corridors). Then, A movie called Return to Silent Hill has also been confirmed, which is directly inspired by Silent Hill 2! Finally, it was Silent Hill Ascension that was highlighted
summary
- Silent Hill 2 Remake is (finally) official
- Silent Hill Townfall, time for renewal
- Silent Hill f, the big surprise of the evening
- Silent Hill Ascension: We call it the UFO
- Return to Silent Hill: the umpteenth gift
Silent Hill 2 Remake is (finally) official
Finally. The internet has been talking about it for quite some time and it was he who was chosen as the main announcement for this Silent Hill broadcast: The legendary Silent Hill 2 will be entitled to a proper remake developed by Bloober Teamthe Polish studio to whom we owe the two Layers of Fear, The Medium, Blair Witch and Observer.
We are therefore entitled to a completely revised technology, the game runs on Unreal Engine 5 and harnessing Lumen and Nanite technologies for stunning light and ambient occlusion management. The camera is also modernized and moves behind the shoulder of the main character James.
In order not to ruin this video game monument, fans will be pleased to learn the return of original concept artist Masahiro Ito, as well as composer Akira Yamaoka, who will once again sign the soundtrack.
Ah, and an important detail: it will be a PS5 console exclusive (for at least a year)! The title will be released simultaneously on PC in 2023at a date to be determined.
Silent Hill Townfall, time for renewal
As rumors predicted a brand new Silent Hill is well entrusted to publisher Annapurna Interactive, Known for having published games like Stray, Outer Wilds or What Remains of Edith Finch. This one is sweetly named Silent Hill Townfall and the carrying capacity is ensured by No CodeStudio behind apps like Observation or Stories Untold.
However, the first revealed trailer doesn’t give much away:
Silent Hill f, the big surprise of the evening
The show ended with the revelation of Silent Hill f, a pleasantly surprising title, and with good reason: the context is planted in ’60s Japan! Finally, Konami, an all-Japanese company, will finally leave the English-speaking countries to return to sources that undoubtedly speak more to her. What has the gift more than to inspire a fan.
Well, but The project is not being developed by Konami, but by NeoBards Entertainment, a Taiwanese company founded in 2017 and led by Jean-Marc Morel, a Frenchman. NeoBards Entertainment is best known for working on the Resident Evil 3 remake and for being behind the controversial multiplayer game Resident Evil Re:Verse (which is still unreleased). So there is something to be excited about.
Production is handled by Motoi Okamotoa nintendo veteran, and the scenario of Ryukishi07Japanese author of many famous audio novels, graphic novels and manga.
Silent Hill Ascension: We call it the UFO
Another rather curious project was also brought to the fore: Silent Hill Climb. It’s kind of an interactive series mixed with a video game.
Inspired by the internet and in particular by the chat system of a platform like Twitchthe experience will be cinematic, with the ability for viewers to influence the story. Together they decide the course of the scenario with some important instructions, namely: no turning back is possible and death is final. This is something to pique curiosity. Release is planned for 2023.
Return to Silent Hill: the umpteenth gift
Konami didn’t choose to do things by halves to bring Silent Hill back to life. In order to, a brand new movie is in the making and this one will be called Return to Silent Hill! And specially, Directed by Christophe Gans againwho had already shaped the first live-action film adaptation in 2006.
And the terribly crisp anecdote is that the feature film will be directly inspired by Silent Hill 2 while taking certain creative liberties (It should be understood that this is not a pure and hard adaptation of the game). So we know the characters will be based on James Sunderland and Maria, Pyramid Head will be in attendance… and the goal will be a younger, more modern audience.
in summary, Silent Hill is truly back, and it’s a godsend for all survival horror fans, years after the fiasco of an abandoned Silent Hill and an unmasked Hideo Kojima PT in more ways than one. . Between The Callisto Protocol, Dead Space, Resident Evil 4 (which will be revealed in more detail tonight) and these new Silent Hill projects, we can say that the genre is doing well, very well in fact.
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