Just a few months ago, the announcement of a new Silent Hill game on PlayStation 5 seemed like an inevitability. No matter whether it was a platform exclusive or not, rumours were rife of a reveal at Sony's Future of Gaming event and there was good reason to believe them. The thinking was that the project had been in development for 18 months as of April 2020, Konami then brought back iconic villain Pyramid Head for an appearance in Dead by Daylight, and then one of the sources which kicked all of this speculation off said that Silent Hill "should be" part of the aforementioned digital event. But then it didn't happen.
So, what's the latest? Is there really a Silent Hill title on the way to PS5 or was it all just a load of nonsense? The answer is packed full of uncertainty. Many of those who made the rumour a thing, including website Rely on Horror and controversial Twitter character Dusk Golem, have largely avoided the topic in the time since June. The insider did tweet the following a few days ago: "Silent Hill is in the works, I know that for a fact. Started dev in 2019." However, is their reputation in tatters at this point? You be the judge.
What makes this rumour so interesting is that absolutely none of the more reliable sources inside the industry have even begun to comment on the matter. It's radio silence from the likes of Bloomberg's Jason Schreier and senior analyst Daniel Ahmad, who are normally fairly vocal on shutting down nonsense that does the rounds on the internet.
Where does that leave us, then? It's hard to judge as the ones who started all of this hearsay continue to quietly back their claims with suggestions that an official announcement could take place in the next couple of months. A recently set up Twitter account titled Silent Hill Official did spark another round of speculation, but Konami tried to play it down as just a bit of fun on social media. Of course, Sony is going to have to talk about the PS5 again at some point before launch -- we still don't even have a price or release date -- and so we feel like this project has one last shot at becoming a reality. If we make it past another digital showcase without the reveal of Silent Hill though, we think this rumour will be pretty much dead and buried.
[source twitter.com, via News: What Happened to Silent Hill's Rumoured PS5 Reveal?]
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I want to believe.
Hopefully so but I don’t particularly trust that leaker.
How about we just not speculate about it until it's officially confirmed to be true? Saves us all the headache.
@RBMango if anything this article serves as a reminder to not blindly believe the rumours...
PS5 RE8 resolution/framerate fiasco aside, are we going to pretend that Dusk Goldem didn't give us the basic rundown of RE8 Village (werewolves, witches, Ethan), Ono leaving Capcom and the RE2make and Sekiro reveal on the same day?
Guy made a mistake, but he has his sources.
Wow this is so mysterious, it's almost as if a Japanese dog has been pulling levers behind the scenes all this time...
@Nickolaidas not his first time being full of crap though, is it.
He’s very much earned his fall into disrepute.
https://twitter.com/dark1000949/status/1294355623333834753?s=21
You would have thought Konami would be look at the massive success that Capcom are having with Resident Evil and try and do the same. Either with a remake or a brand new entry. Surely there’s money to be made here?
You are a fool if you put too much stock into leaks and rumours. Now and again they will come tumps but if you throw enough crap at the wall it is bound to stick eventually. Sad state of affairs in the gaming press in recent times if the majority of the 'news' is just based on leaks and rumors. What ever happened with doing some proper journalism and finding out for yourself, rather than letting some scrub or insider looking for their 15 minutes of fame?
In regards to this story, I'm not surprised we've not heard nothing as everytime there was a rumour Capcom were pretty quick in coming out to deny it. The people who start this thing in the first place have most likely moved on to whatever is flavour of the moment.
@Futureshark this post deserves more likes.
I hope its not like pt. I hope its third person also.and you have to have weapons guns.knives.baseball bat.etc word up son
My feeling is this. Sony had a PS5 State of Play with these announcements planned instead of that PS4 one to put the nail in the coffin, but pulled out when Xbox started losing momentum and then delayed Halo and realized they didn't need it right now.
This is why I don't take these people who tweet about 'insider' info seriously anymore.
I think everyone should stop using dusk golem as a source 😂
@playstation1995 I'm guessing they were gonna go 3rd person with Silent Hills, since why use Normal Reedus's likeness if you never see him? But with the success of P.T., I wouldn't be surprised if they switched gears to first person.
Personally, I'm open to either. The main thing that matters to me is that the game has a strong theme like the originals did, in terms of the game director having an overarching artistic vision and wanting to convey something about the human pathos (even the American-made games did this to a degree, IMHO). So long as it's not a focus-group and fan-service driven game made to appeal to as many people as possible, I'll be happy!
@stinkyx. But what about the weapons.silent hill always have those.pt it felt like outlast.i want to fight the monsters.shoot them.or use weapons.word up son
@playstation1995 Me too, man...gotta have the weapons! That's why I never really liked Outlast, P.T., or Silent Hill Shattered Memories.
Anyway, I think the third person view really helps in survival horror games regardless if there are weapons or not, because often times you have to dodge or weave through a group of enemies (if only to save ammo) and that's a lot harder to do in first person.
@Nickolaidas To be fair the Ono thing can be easily predicted, he was gradually stepping back apparently.
1,2 and 3 were very good games, especially 2. After that it literally went downhill, more so when new dev teams started producing the later titles...
To bring it back well it needs the original team..... and the gameplay will need alot of new design ideas... It can be done but not so sure it is being done?
So nothing as usual
The sub title made me think it was in development but was cancelled lol
I can feel it in my bones. It's happening. It's coming.
And it better not be another one of those where it's like OH HERE'S PYRAMID HEAD YOU REMEMBER HIM
A proper one. Scary one.
As a Nintendo fan, I'm pretty used to seeing people getting hyped about rumors, only for those rumors to turn out to be either false or misunderstandings of some sort.
If it comes, it comes. There's no sense in getting worked up over hot air, though.
And, anyway, I'm still kind of burned over P.T., so if it does get revealed, I won't get properly hyped until it's close to release and we know there's no way for this to go south.
Really love the sly reference in the subtitle of this article, obviously whoever wrote it has some love for the Silent Hill series.
In Silent Hill 2, you go into a bar and on the wall you see some graffiti: "There was a HOLE here. It is gone now." Its an esoteric piece of world-building and despite one of the devs weighing in during an interview, nobody really knows what it refers to specifically in the context of the game. It's still debated to this day among nerdy fans.
Anyways, shows you the love still out there for this series.
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