Silent Hill F (PS5) News Articles
Thursday13th Nov 2025
News Silent Hill F Made Easier in Difficulty Overhaul, Adds Casual Mode
Get all the PS5 patch notes here
Konami and Neobards Entertainment have published a new Silent Hill F patch on PS5 today that works to slightly lower the difficulty throughout the game, and adds a new Casual Mode. The update tweaks the difficulty by making changes to enemy density, faster stamina replenishment, and reducing the damage taken from...
Monday3rd Nov 2025
Public voting now open
Public voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2025's most talked-about prize is now open. The annual awards show takes place later this month, on the 20th November, and features public voting across a wide range of categories. But as alluded, 'Ultimate Game of the Year' is the big one. 12 titles have been nominated, and...
Monday27th Oct 2025
News Silent Hill F Actress Goes Viral Streaming Acclaimed PS5 Horror Game
Millions tune in to watch
Over 1.5 million people have watched Silent Hill F actress Konatsu Kato play the first part of the PS5 survival horror game. The star, who promised to livestream her playthrough for fans, has already amassed over 100k subscribers having started the game late last week. She’s scheduled to broadcast the next part on 29th...
Thursday16th Oct 2025
News Silent Hill F's Physical Soundtrack Release Cancelled Due to 'Various Circumstances'
Don't like the sound of that
Konami has cancelled the physical release of the Silent Hill F soundtrack in the most vague terms possible. The OST for the publisher's recently released survival horror game, composed by Akira Yamaoka and Kensuke Inage, was planned for release in December, via the Konami Style online store. Unfortunately, due to...
Thursday9th Oct 2025
News Konami Is on a Roll! Wins Back-to-Back Players' Choice Awards on PS Blog
On the ascent
Has any publisher won back-to-back Players’ Choice awards on the PS Blog before? We’re not going to sift through the entire history of the fan voted poll, but we reckon it’s unlikely. Konami has just pulled it off, though, following up Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’s success in August with Silent Hill F in September...
Friday3rd Oct 2025
News Silent Hill F Enjoyed an Outstanding PS5 Debut in Japan
Retail sales rival Silent Hill 2 on PS2
There’s been a ton of talk this generation of PS5 being unable to support the ambitions of Japanese developers alone. (Capcom even recently alluded to the price of Sony’s console as being an obstacle to Monster Hunter Wilds’ success.) But when it comes to Silent Hill F, the title’s Japanese horror...
Monday29th Sep 2025
News Silent Hill F Selling Faster Than Silent Hill 2, Already at 1 Million Units
No longer silent
Konami has confirmed Silent Hill F has already sold over one million copies, meaning it's doing considerably better than last year's PS5 remake of Silent Hill 2. The excellent Bloober Team title managed to surpass one million units within a week, but Silent Hill F is now "growing in shipments at an even faster pace in each region,...
News Too Scared to Play Silent Hill F? You Could Consider Reading It Instead
Book off
Are you simply too terrified to play Silent Hill F? Well, you may consider reading it instead. Over in Japan, publisher Konami has announced a novelisation of the latest title, adapted by author Shiro Kuro. The book will follow the story of the game, penned by visual novel legend Ryukishi07, but will allow you to experience it through the...
Monday22nd Sep 2025
News Silent Hill F Is Another Game That Stumbles on PS5 Pro
PSSR strikes again
Much to the frustration of PS5 Pro owners, performance hiccups in third-party games have become concerningly common — and Silent Hill F is the latest high profile release to stumble. As outlined in a new technical analysis from Digital Foundry, the survival horror title offers just one graphical mode on the Pro — named...
Saturday20th Sep 2025
News Beware! Silent Hill F PS5 Spoilers Could Soon Start Seeping Online
Enjoy the silence
Silent Hill F is a narrative-focused horror experience you’ll probably want to experience fresh. It’s problematic, then, that retail copies are beginning to break their street date and find their way into the hands of lucky consumers. While this is good news for the fortuitous individuals enjoying extra-early access, the game...
Wednesday17th Sep 2025
News The First Silent Hill F Review Score Is Now Live
Famitsu shares its praises
Ahead of its release next week, Silent Hill F has bagged its first official review score: a 36/40 from Japanese outlet Famitsu. The rating is the result of four 9/10 scores, which culminates in the highest rating the magazine has ever awarded a Silent Hill game. It awarded both the PS1's Silent Hill and the PS2's Silent...
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
News Silent Hill F's Harrowing Story Trailer Attempts to Find the Beauty in Terror
Suzie Yeung takes lead role in English dub
Suzie Yeung – the voice actress you may recognise from a variety of different games, including Yuffie in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Eula in Genshin Impact – will play protagonist Hinako Shimizu, assuming you select the English dub. At Gamescom this week, Konami released a story trailer for the...
Monday4th Aug 2025
News Silent Hill F Includes Multiple Endings, New Game Plus Mode for Subsequent Playthroughs
Return trip
It's been confirmed that Konami's upcoming survival horror game Silent Hill F will retain the series' tradition of featuring multiple endings. The info comes from a press event in Tokyo (thanks, Polygon), where the developers confirmed the game will have several endings to discover. Every player will experience one specific ending on...
Monday9th Jun 2025
News Konami Continues Road to Resurrection with Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill Livestream This Week
37-minutes of updates and news
In a not-E3 week where we’ve barely heard a peep from major publishers like EA and Ubisoft, Konami is proving that it’s very much back in the game with a 37-minute broadcast focused on the likes of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill F. The publisher says to tune in on 12th June for game news and...
Friday6th Jun 2025
News This Is the Real-Life Japanese Actress Playing Hinako Shimizu in Silent Hill F
"There were days when I felt like I was losing my mind"
Japanese model and actress Konatsu Kato said there were days where she felt like she was “losing her mind” portraying protagonist Hinako Shimizu in the upcoming Silent Hill F. Writing on Instagram, the star confirmed that she’s spent a “really long time in the world of Silent Hill”...
Thursday5th Jun 2025
News Silent Hill F Will Be Enhanced on PS5 Pro, Promises a Smoother Experience
"Enjoy a more aesthetic experience"
Konami has confirmed that the upcoming Silent Hill F, surprisingly due out as early as 25th September, will be enhanced on PS5 Pro. While it stopped short of sharing any specifications, series producer Motoi Okamoto explained on the PS Blog that the title will “retain graphical fidelity at stable [frame...
Wednesday4th Jun 2025
News Silent Hill F Right Around the Corner, Out on PS5 This September
Just over three months away
Konami has announced the next Silent Hill entry, named Silent Hill F, is surprisingly close to release. Part of the latest State of Play livestream, it's confirmed for a PS5 release on 25th September 2025. Catch the new trailer above. In 1960s Japan, Shimizu Hinako's secluded town of Ebisugaoka is consumed by a sudden...
Monday24th Mar 2025
News Silent Hill F So Scary Australia Has Already Banned It, Sight Unseen
Nani state
Silent Hill F doesn't even have a formal release window yet, but that hasn't stopped a fearful Australian government from preemptively banning it. Konami's next entry in the truly terrifying Silent Hill series was refused classification, which usually means major changes would need to be made for the game to be released in the region.
Sunday16th Mar 2025
News Even Silent Hill F's PS5 Steelbook Is Horrible to Look At
But you're gonna want it
Silent Hill F, the brutal new PS5 survival horror from Konami, comes with an unprecedented content warning. It’s not a game for the faint of heart, then – and neither is its steelbook. Available as an exclusive physical pre-order item in the UK, with more details to be announced in due course, it depicts protagonist...
Friday14th Mar 2025
News Silent Hill F's Content Warning Demands a Strong Stomach
Please read before playing
Silent Hill has always dealt with difficult topics, but new PS5 game Silent Hill F is shaping up to be the most disturbing entry in the long-running survival horror series yet. Its content warning, posted visibly on the game’s website and various product pages, is not for the faint of heart. Rather than sugar coat it,...
News Silent Hill F Revealed for PS5 in Debut Trailer
First entry set in Japan
More than two years since its original announcement, Konami has fully unveiled Silent Hill F for PS5, the first new main entry in the series since 2012's Silent Hill Downpour. Marking a significant departure for the survival horror franchise, it represents the first time a Silent Hill game will be set in Japan rather than...
Monday10th Mar 2025
News Silent Hill Livestream Announced for Thursday, Will Reveal Silent Hill F
Streaming at 3pm PDT / 10pm GMT
Konami has revealed it'll be hosting a Silent Hill Transmission livestream this week on Thursday, 13th March 2025, with the intention to publicly unveil Silent Hill F. The game was announced more than two years ago at the same time as the Silent Hill 2 remake and Silent Hill: Townfall, though neither it nor Townfall...
Wednesday22nd Jan 2025
News Silent Hill F Resurfaces with a Korean Age Rating
So does Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
New age ratings in South Korea for Silent Hill F and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 have just been uncovered, bringing both long-in-development titles back to the surface. Gematsu spotted the listings, but whether it means either title is close to release or even an update is unclear. Silent...
Thursday20th Oct 2022
News Silent Hill F Revealed by Konami, But Who Knows What It Is
Story from Ryukishi07
A third Silent Hill game was announced during this evening's Silent Hill livestream, currently named Silent Hill F. Just like Silent Hill: Townfall, the reveal is very vague and lacks any platforms or a targetted release window. Instead, we have the trailer embedded above to watch. Interestingly, the story is being written by...
