TheSilent Hillrumor mill has been churning away for quite some time now, arguably ever since the hugely-anticipatedSilent Hillsprojectwas cancelled back in 2015. In the intervening time, fans and media alike have desperately latched on to any nugget of information they can find about the future of the series. A recent announcement from Konami may give them all something to get excited about, though.
According to a press release early today, Konami has joined forces with Polish company Bloober Team, the developers behindLayers of Fearandsurvival-horror titleThe Medium, in a “strategic partnership” that will open the doors to future collaborations. It seems that some work may already be under way, in fact: according to VGC, one of the projects Bloober Team is working on is “Silent Hill-related.”
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This would seem to confirmthe rumors of a Bloober Team-developedSilent Hillgamethat circulated back in February, when CEO Piotr Babieno revealed that the company was working on “another horror IP…with a very famous gaming publisher.” Despite the attempted vagueness of Babieno’s comments, fans quickly took them to mean that the company had joined forces with Konami and had received the green light for aSilent Hillproject.
If VGC’s source is correct, it could also lend credence to the rumors thatKonami is partnering with several developers to work on multipleSilent Hillprojectssimultaneously. Since some of the more recent titles in its big franchises have met lackluster sales figures, it would seem Konami is becoming more open to the possibility of trusting third party developers with its big names, such asMetal Gear,Contra, andSilent Hill.
Hopefully these reveals will pan out well, and fans won’t be subjected to the back-and-forth confusion ofthe rumors surroundingAbandoneddevelopers BlueBox Game Studios. Following a cryptic Tweet reading “Abandoned= (First letter S, Last letter L),” the internet exploded with excitement at the idea that the team might be developing the newSilent Hill, only for those hopes to be dashed in hurried denials just a few hours later. The fact that Bloober Team is actually associated with Konami now certainly puts this latest batch of rumors in a stronger position already, though fans should naturally keep their hopes in check until an official announcement.
Regardless, this certainly appears to be good news forSilent Hillfans. Ever since the series' creator, Keiichiro Toyama, moved on to pastures new, the possibility of a new, authenticSilent Hillgame seemed to be dwindling, despiteToyama’s promises that his next game would prove to be just as much of a psychological horror experience. The fact that the franchise appears to be safe in the hands of a company like Bloober Team with reliable horror credentials can surely only be a good thing going forward.
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