Silent Hill is currently dead. After Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills was canned there’s been no news of a follow-up, despite the perpetual unfounded rumors of Sony buying the IP and/or Konami resurrecting it. As a long-time fan, this state of affairs is intensely frustrating, especially as Resident Evil moves from strength to strength and we got a tantalizing taste of a current-gen Silent Hill in the amazing P.T. demo.
But there’s a bit of news that’s broken recently that might show some light at the end of the tunnel. Keiichiro Toyama, who created Silent Hill and went on to mastermind the similarly excellent Siren franchise has announced a new horror title. Earlier this year he founded Bokeh Game Studio and in an interview with IGN Japan explained that their first project will “appeal to fans of my previous work”.
He went to reveal a little more, saying:
“If anything, this will be more of a horror-oriented game. But we will focus on making this a broader entertainment experience, rather than a hardcore horror game.”
It’s an intriguing-sounding game, but here’s hoping this “broader” experience doesn’t skimp on the spooky stuff. Other information is thin on the ground, though Toyama revealed that the lead platform is currently PC, that it’s aiming for a 2023 release and thus presumably will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
Other than Silent Hill and Siren, Toyama has an admirable gaming pedigree. His most releases are the Gravity Rush games, which are extremely neat and stylish action games. Other than that he’s also responsible for character art on the cult Sega CD classic Snatcher, which seriously deserves some kind of re-release as original copies can cost over $400 (if you want a factory sealed copy you’re looking at over $1000).
It’s early days for the studio and the game, but if Toyama can bring the atmosphere and ambience that made Silent Hill and Siren so bone-chilling we may be onto something very special.
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