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Major Silent Hill announcement is happening later this week

Konami is set to reveal the future of Silent Hill very soon.

Well, it looks like Silent Hill is about to make an enormous comeback after lying dormant for over a decade. Fingers crossed, anyway.

On Sunday, Konami announced the Silent Hill Transmission is happening Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. PDT // 5:00 P.M. EDT // 9:00 P.M. GMT on the publisher’s official website here. As for what the announcement will entail — we have no idea. Though everyone’s hoping it’ll be a new game.

“In your restless dreams, do you see that town,” Konami said on Twitter. “The latest updates for the Silent Hill series will be revealed during the Silent Hill Transmission.”

In your restless dreams, do you see that town?

The latest updates for the SILENT HILL series, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM. PDThttps://t.co/8Knoq9xYsa

— Silent Hill Official (@SilentHill) October 16, 2022

There have been countless rumors of new Silent Hill projects over the past two years. Most recently, an all-new mainline entry, a remake of Silent Hill 2, and some kind of small-scale spinoff allegedly by Annapurna Interactive. Don’t take any rumor as gospel, of course, but something video game related is almost certainly coming. Last month, South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) rated a game called Silent Hill: The Short Message. So yeah, we (probably) are seeing that soon.

All of this is a pretty big deal since Silent Hill is a dead franchise for all intents and purposes. The last installment was Silent Hill: Book of Memories, which came out on Oct. 16, 2012, exclusively for PlayStation Vita. While probably not intentional – the Silent Hill Transmission news came precisely ten years after the series’ last game. Wild stuff.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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New Silent Hill game has been rated in Korea

A mysterious listing for Silent Hill: The Short Message appeared on South Korea’s rating board.

We’re fast approaching the spooky season, meaning it’s time for another round of Silent Hill revival rumblings. This time, it’s something a little more promising.

As spotted by Gematsu, South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) rated an all-new game called Silent Hill: The Short Message on Monday. Its publisher is apparently UNIANA, a company that regularly publishes Konami’s games in South Korea — including eFootball 2022.

There aren’t any other details about Silent Hill: The Short Message at this time, but it’s worth noting that games typically only appear on rating boards when a project is almost complete. So whatever this title is, we’ll probably hear more about it soon.

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Rumors of various Silent Hill projects have been floating around online for several years now. There’s supposedly an all-new mainline entry, a complete remake of Silent Hill 2, and some kind of short story anthology by Annapurna Interactive.

Screenshots from one of these titles leaked online this past spring, but Konami quickly began taking them down via DMCA claims – more or less confirming that the pictures were authentic. It’s possible these images were from Silent Hill: The Short Message, but all we can do is speculate.

There’ll likely be plenty more Silent Hill whispers until Konami comes out and confirms these games exist. There hasn’t been an installment in this series since Silent Hill: Book of Memories came out on the PlayStation Vita in 2012.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Unconfirmed screenshots of a Silent Hill 2 remake leak online

Blurry images allegedly from the Silent Hill 2 remake are floating around online.

Rumors of a Silent Hill 2 remake have been circulating for months, and some early screenshots are allegedly floating around online now.

Over the weekend, numerous images of what’s rumored to be a Silent Hill 2 remake began popping up all over Twitter. Many of these were swiftly taken down already, but VGC reporter Andrew Marmo has managed to keep a few very low-quality shots up for the time being.

The three images show protagonist James Sunderland trepidatiously making his way through several locations. One shows him investigating a messy office, while the second has James at the foot of an enormous hallway. It’s hard making these out, and I say that as someone that’s beaten Silent Hill 2 upwards of 50 times — look, it’s one of the survival horror greats. Don’t judge me!

There’s no mistaking the third image, though. It’s the Brookhaven Hospital, complete with a Bubble Head Nurse enemy. Check out the screenshots below.

Supposedly more images of this remake: Credit @alej135 pic.twitter.com/mifC9ucJ4D

— Andrew Marmo (@the_marmolade) September 4, 2022

As with every rumor, don’t take this as anything official. Infamous leaker Dusk Golem, who’s long-teased this supposedly Bloober Team lead project, claims that the screenshots are genuine but are from an early build of the game.

“They’re real, but they’re not even CLOSE to the final product,” Dusk Golem said via Resetera. “These are from an internal pitch demo from Bloober before they got greenlit, so it’s literally a no budget proof of concept thing rather than a final product, just keep that in mind. Out of everything that could’ve leaked, this isn’t actually what the final game looks like.”

There’s been some speculation that publisher Konami might make an announcement regarding all this at the Tokyo Game Show, which begins Sept. 15, 2022. Again, though, this is mostly just hopeful wishing.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Silent Hill 2 fans fix 20-year-old glitch

The aging PC port no longer crashes with this mod update.

A passionate group of modders responsible for Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition has fixed an infamous glitch that’s been in the PC version for 20 years.

For whatever reason, the original 2002 PC port of Silent Hill 2 did not work well with multi-core CPUs. The streaming audio engine, specifically, would cause a lot of crashing. Since virtually every modern desktop and laptop utilizes a multi-core CPU, you can see where issues arise. That original PC version is overflowing with other bugs, too, like random monsters clipping out of existence, making progression impossible. Can you tell this is an old wound of mine?

Incredibly, the Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition team rebuilt the entire streaming audio engine. So now, playing Silent Hill 2 on multi-core CPUs is no hassle. For an in-depth breakdown of this patch, watch the video below.

Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition is an absolute godsend. The modders behind it have spent years restoring this classic by implementing stability fixes, adding modern resolution support, redrawing 2D textures, and importing high-quality assets straight from the PS2 original. If you’re even slightly interested in revisiting arguably the best horror game, there’s no better option than the Enhanced Edition. Don’t confuse this with the infamous Silent Hill 2 HD Collection either, as that is (without question) a legendarily terrible means of playing this classic.

Rumors of a Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team have been floating around for months. Fans are unhappy about it, mainly because the original still holds up so well. If nothing else, at least the Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition team is preserving this game.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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New Silent Hill film might be coming soon

Director Christophe Gans is working on the third movie.

Christophe Gans, director of the original Silent Hill movie, is working on a script for another sequel.

In an interview with French publication Jeux Video, Gans confirmed that he’s developing a third Silent Hill film. Translation comes via ComicBook.com.

“The script for a new Silent Hill movie that is totally independent from the two previous movies made and respects the way Silent Hill has evolved,” Gans said. “Most of the time, these are stand-alone stories. Silent Hill is a bit like Twilight Zone, the fourth dimension, a place where anything and everything can happen.”

That’s probably for the best. Silent Hill Revelation, which quietly came out in 2012, is a front-runner for the worst video game adaptation ever made. At least in my books. Gans did not work on that one, though.

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“I worked on a new Silent Hill, which is a Silent Hill of the year 2023 since the film would be released next year, in 2023, and not a Silent Hill as I imagined it in 2006,” Gans continues. “It is a Silent Hill for today’s audiences while being ultra respectful of the saga.”

Back in 2020, Gans began teasing the third film. So it’s no surprise that a script would be well underway.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Fans are not happy about the Silent Hill 2 remake rumors

Revisiting classics is tricky, and not everyone believes Bloober Team will do the classic horror title justice.

As various rumors regarding Silent Hill‘s revival swirl, fans are hyper-fixating on one project in particular. Yup, the alleged Silent Hill 2 remake by Bloober Team. Just typing out that sentence hurts me as a long-time series fan.

Let me break it down as concisely as possible for anyone unfamiliar with this mess. Silent Hill 2, arguably the greatest survival horror game of all time, might be getting a remake. Not only that, but Layers of Fear and The Medium developer Bloober Team could be behind it. I won’t go into the nitty-gritty, but let’s just say Silent Hill 2‘s story entails some heavy themes regarding abuse, and fans don’t think the studio can do the tale justice.

While it’s slightly unfair to judge any game well before it comes out, I share the apprehension. Imagine if, say, M. Night Shyamalan announced he was remaking The Shining. Absolutely horrific thought, right? Well, this is how Silent Hill fans feel right now.

As is always the case with games industry discourse, everyone is weighing in. Most are unhappy, some supernaturally positive, while others are just posting glorious memes. Let’s take a look at the best reactions below.

Several Silent Hill projects are reportedly in development

There’ll be no shortage of restless dreams in the near future.

Konami is likely bringing Silent Hill back in a big way, as the publisher is allegedly working on several major titles. We already knew about whichever project got hit with a DMCA claim and the rumored Silent Hill 2 remake by Bloober Team, but there’s more!

According to VGC, Annapurna Interactive might be collaborating with Konami on some sort of Silent Hill short story anthology. Each tale would stand independently, not tying into any prior storyline. However, the report notes that Annapurna Interactive may have only been one of several companies Konami contacted about reviving the series and may not be working on the short story collection at this point.

Venturebeat journalist Jeff Grubb echoed something similar when discussing the various Silent Hill rumors on Twitter. So while none of these projects are happening for sure yet, it’s looking practically all but confirmed now. Come on, Konami. Spill the beans already!

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Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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New Silent Hill seemingly confirmed by DMCA takedown from Konami

Today it’s a new Silent Hill, and normally we’d wait for something a little more corroborated before posting, but then Konami issued a DMCA on all the images. Which, you know, confirms they belong to them, making the leak legitimate. Whoops.

Not a week goes by without someone claiming they’ve got shots, video, gameplay, or other leaks from something that will get them five minutes of Twitter fame. Today it’s a new Silent Hill, and normally we’d wait for something a little more corroborated before posting, but then Konami issued a DMCA on all the images. Which, you know, confirms they belong to them, making the leak legitimate. Whoops.

AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem, a popular YouTuber, game developer, and regular leaker (though not always backed up by those games releasing) put the tweet out a few hours ago, with a few images and scant few details. Sidebar: I wish these people were less coy when leaking, it makes everybody hate you. Just say what you have or what you’re happy to, good Lord.

Anyway, since then Konami DMCA’d him, as confirmed in a post on ResetEra but not before the images were distributed all over the internet – you can see them in that thread, on whichever Reddit you prefer, and so on. Given a DMCA is a way to say “hey, this is our content, and that person doesn’t have the right to publish it” it’s a good way to accidentally confirm a leak.

The images themselves are not getting a particularly good reception from the small but passionate Silent Hill community or the wider horror game one. That’s mostly down to comparisons between the character image of a woman with “I hate myself” written on her forehead and Jared Leto’s famously unsuccessful portrayal of the Joker in Suicide Squad.

Of course, none of that confirms that this game is still in development, that it will look anything like this when it’s eventually announced/released, or that it will go any further. Leaking stuff from a game can even lead to that game being canceled if the reaction is negative enough or, well, if the people in power feel like it. It may be many moons or never before we see anything of this.

Written by Ben Barrett on behalf of GLHF.

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Guillermo del Toro isn’t working on Silent Hill, despite speculation

It’s not happening.

Konami chose to cancel Silent Hills more than five years ago, and Guillermo del Toro is still upset about it.

Silent Hills was going to be co-directed by del Toro and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. However, the project never got off the ground due to Kojima’s departure from Konami. The duo would reunite to work on Death Stranding, but many still wonder what a Silent Hill game from them would be like, including del Toro.

Earlier this month at The Game Awards, del Toro mentioned Silent Hill in passing, which led to a lot of speculation that he might be working on a new entry in the series. While guesting on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the hosts straight-up asked the Oscar-winning director if he is working on a Silent Hill title. Much to the chagrin of survival horror fans everywhere, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

“No, not at all,” del Toro said. “It’s just one of those things in my life that makes no sense. I just wanted to tickle the ribs of Konami because I don’t understand. That was so perfect. What we were going to do was so enthralling.”

Huge bummer. Coincidentally, Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama announced his new horror game Slitterhead at the Game Awards.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Slitterhead is a beautifully disgusting survival horror game from the creator of Silent Hill

Keiichiro Toyama is back.

Among the seemingly endless onslaught of explosions shown off at The Game Awards, Keiichiro Toyama dimmed the lights with his latest project Slitterhead.

Best known for creating Silent Hill, Toyama’s new studio Bokeh Studio seems to be looking to cause many sleepless nights with Slitterhead. First of all, just try saying the word “Slitterhead” out loud without shuddering. You know someone is a master of the horror craft when just saying their name fills you with disgust.

Of course, if that’s not enough to make you wince, check out the trailer for Slitterhead below. The body horror vibes are, well, dialed up to 11 and then some.

As a long-time Silent Hill fan, I’m delighted to see this. The vibe is a little more with Toyama’s other horror series Siren, what with all the nasty blood and guts.

Toyama’s last game was 2017’s Gravity Rush 2. So this is a big of a return to form for him.

There is no word on what platforms Slitterhead will be on or when it’s coming out just yet.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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