After rumors and leaks, including an early morning flub that revealed today's entire showcase lineup, the Silent Hill franchise has finally been shared by the company.
We saw news of a remake, a new movie, an interactive live experience, some merch, and a brand new game, all within the Silent Hill universe, during today's showcase, which was presented as a livestream but ended up being a 48 minute long video.
The studio that created Layers of Fear and The Medium is working on a remake of Silent Hill 2. The game will only be available on PS5 and PC for the first year after its release. The Silent Hill 2 remake announcement was compounded by the news that the makers of Silent Hill will be making a new movie based on the sequel.
After a lengthy conversation with Gans and his vision for Silent Hill 2, Konami shared all the neat merchandise it is planning to release featuring, what else, a bunch of what will likely be ridiculously expensive but damn- cool statues of everyone's favorite triangle helmet wearer.
There are two completely new Silent Hill experiences that are being worked on by the company. In Silent Hill: Ascension, fans get to decide what happens and who lives and dies without a reset button. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like Until Dawn was made for multiple players. Silent Hill: Townfall is being developed in partnership with No Code Studio and Annapurna Interactive.
We got a brief glimpse of a completely new Silent Hill game that is not a remake or a movie. The trailer for Silent Hill F has a frightening moment when a girl's face falls off. There are moments in which the red spider lilies grow out of holes in the body. Don't trypophobes? It's really serious.
The Silent Hill franchise has been updated many times. There hasn't been a new game in the series since 2012 and it was thought that the franchise would get a revival with the release of P.T. Silent Hills was canceled and the P.T. demo was removed from the store due to the departure of Hideo Kojima. Silent Hill has been in limbo since that time.
Earlier this year, Silent Hill was once again reawakened from its grave of uncertainty when social media posts that were supposedly of a Silent Hill game were posted. The screenshots were taken down in order to give credence to their origins. The rumors were correct with the press conference. It is cool that the franchise is coming back. I am looking forward to meeting this new generation of monster lovers.
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