Bloober Team Working on a Horror Game with a 'Very Famous Gaming Publisher'

I desperately hope Bloober Team is not making a Silent Hill game.

Frankly, I'd be disappointed if it was Silent Hill. Bloober's output really leaves a lot to be desired; the Medium was utterly tedious and completely devoid of scares

It's definitely silent hill

Layers of Fear was excellent so I hope it’s Silent Hill.

@Playstation I don't think Bloober Team has ever put out anything better than a 6/10. The Medium made a great first impression on me, but I quickly soured on it after a few hours.

After playing The Medium and seeing how badly that executed its themes, I really, REALLY hope this isn't Silent Hill. They're very good at mimicking Silent Hill's vibe, but it's all surface-level stuff without any depth.

And don't even get me started on Medium's horrible, HORRIBLE ending message about trauma and depression. It's the exact opposite of what Silent Hill 2 says about the subject and done in a far blunter and stupider way.

Silent Hill finally returning under The Medium developers ok whoever has it PUT DOWN THE MONKEY'S PAW PLEASE!!!

@get2sammyb And PT ripped off Slender and Amnesia and Outlast.

@LiamCroft I'm with ya there they're a garbage tier developer and don't have the pedigree for this franchise just like The Homecoming/Downpour days farming out this icon to crap D-List developers no thanks

@get2sammyb Bloober's entire career is centered around mimicking other games and movies in really half-ass, shameless ways.

Hmm...not sure how to feel about this. I really enjoyed Observer and I think Bloober team is capable of nailing the more surreal and horrifically psychedelic aspects of Silent Hill, but as we all know there is so much more to Silent Hill than that. If this is indeed true, I remain cautiously optimistic for now.

With all due respect to Bloober Team, they’re a mediocre developer at best and I would not have any faith in them doing justice to a series as historic as Silent Hill. I also doubt they would be given Silent Hill to work on personally.

They also said here that they’re working with a big publisher, they said nothing about working on a big horror series. Xbox was a “very famous gaming publisher” with their last game. There is literally no connection to Silent Hill here.

I appreciate what Bloober did with The Medium and creating an old school SH vibe....but I feel it is time to bring Silent Hill into 2021 and don't feel I would want it to feel so archaic.

@LiamCroft basement crawl isn't even worth 0.6 out of ten.. sometimes i think of giving observer a shot, then a nervous twitch kicks in when i realise it's the same team..

Let's hope not ,but silent Hill is one of those games that has its reputation riding on a couple of games and nostalgia ,but to be honest ill be happy if they use the theme tune and siren.

I've never played any of Bloober's games. The Medium looked nice in vids but all of the impressions I've read have been mixed at best.

But, here's the thing, I don't really care if they make a Silent Hill game, because obviously Konami ain't making another one. Maybe there are better developers out there, I'm sure there are, but I'll maintain some optimism. Maybe this is the game they realize their potential. And if not, it becomes another forgettable SH entry like Homecoming - and that's harmless.

Yo, and Downpour, people slept on that game. It was really solid. I'd say it's my 3rd favorite after 1 and 2. People liked to hate on it because of the ill-advised Korn trailer.

I don't see what the big issue is with Bloober developing a new silent hill game.

personally, I think Bloober is a competent team that understand makes a good horror game, I've played just about everything they've put out (except for Observer and Medium) and I've always felt they did a good job with what they had.

there's a lot of comments here saying bloober puts out a lot of "6/10" games and you know what? what's wrong with that? it's like people think if a game isn't a 10/10 then it's a bad game, in my opinion there's nothing wrong with being average and enjoyable.

That's not to say that there isn't a possibility that a SH developed by them ending up bad, but honestly if we want to see the series return, we should welcome a new SH game developed by team with experience in horror with open arms, or at the very least with cautious optimism.

@LiamCroft I was going to say exactly the same thing, they just don't have either the resources or ability to pull off what should be a big project and The Medium was a million miles away from even the first Silent Hill game

and even if Keiichiro Toyama were still with Japan Studio, what's the guarantee that it would be a good game just because the series creator and a japanese dev team behind it?

I'm going to be laughing when it isn't even a Silent Hill game and you all are jumping straight to conclusions.

@PegasusActual93 lol good point

@PegasusActual93 I do think SH is coming back but when, how, and who would make it? that I can't say

another hard pill to swallow with silent hill is that anyone will ever get team silent back together for a new game is HIGHLY unlikely

at best, Akira Yamaoka and Masahiro Ito would return but Takayoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Owaku, and everyone else are either way too busy at other companies or not working in the games industry at all

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@Rob_230 Now that would be cool! would love to see either franchise return

Wrong developer for silent hill. It's not going to turn out right. It's just not.

@Rob_230 Or Alone in the Dark. There’s plenty of possibilities besides Silent Hill.

Bloober Team worked with Akira Yamaoka on their most recent game as well...

I can see it now. We get a new Silent Hill, but it's a run-and-hide Clock Tower clone like The Medium. Somebody really should have been more specific when they used one of their three wishes to resurrect Silent Hill.

@DeepSpace5D I was just thinking about Alone in the Dark. I sincerely hope a Japanese dev is handling Silent Hill.

Plz no after The Medium bored me to tears after 4 hours deleted it of my Xbox. I would want Remedy or Japan studios to work on it. But I don't think Blooper would be given Silent Hill tbh it's to big of a franchise.

@GingerSilent I would bet a tenner on Japan studios working on it.

@arsmolinarc You and me both bud.

@Rob_230 I'd be devastated this ***** developer doesn't deserve to work on Fatal Frame plus I don't want western devs touching my J-Horror. I'm still praying Nintendo give up their stake in it since they've made it abundantly clear these past 9 years they don't give a ***** about it

Please no bloober team for silent hill, they are terrible at horror games

@Keyblade-Dan Seriously if there's something you don't want in Japanese Horror game it's a western developer developing it.

So what I've learned so far is that 2 silent hill reboots are being worked on and one of them might be being developed by a Japan studio while this one is maybe by bloober. I hope it's true cause I don't want to play a SH game by Bloober. Ever.

4 hours in the Medium, i am enjoying it quite a lot. Though i gotta admit is not at all scary.
I'd like to see this developer try with the SH franchise

The real spiritual successor may end up coming from Bokeh.

Lots of heat on twitter tonight suggesting Konami are working with two publishers on Silent Hill titles, one of which is Japanese:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bloober-team-hints-it-could-be-working-on-silent-hill-but-its-not-the-only-one/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

yes publishers don't make games, are we supposed to care

To be honest I'm enjoying the Medium, yes its got its faults but still really good. If silent hill is the next game then good luck to em. Hope it pays off.

I love how people are so quick to dismiss a developer based on their pass games, but continue to ask for a sequel to a dead franchise that haven't had a good release in years.

Let's be honest with our selfs. If we get another silent hill game. It will not gonna be from a "deam team" like most of y'all are asking for. It gonna be made by one of these B tier horror developers that are looking to really get their name out there

Give Silent Hill to FromSoftware please. Not for it to become a soulslike, but because they would absolutely CRUSH the atmosphere and horror. Bloodborne proves they’ve got the chops!

All of Bloober Team's "horror" games have been distinctly average in my opinion. They have not shown the prowess needed to handle such a distinctly unique IP.
The franchise needs to go back home to Japan and I'm hoping the rumours of just that being true are...well, true. If it does turn out to be Bloober Team I would be extremely disappointed (as will a lot of people) and probably abandon any such hope I've got for the franchise. The Medium was such a let down, nothing scary about it and I wasn't fooled by the so-called return to cinematic camera angles the game offered.

Either way, I just hope these rumours that are ever persistent are shot down or revealed officially soon.

Forget Silent Hill, I want a Koudelka remake! 😂

@GingerSilent
Perhaps it will come back. Alot of franchises need a comeback. Id kill for a new Burnout game. Or a modern reimagining of Quake

After the false promises last year of Silent Hill returning, I'm not expecting anything. However, this does sound decent.

give the Silent Hill IP to From Software istead(at least they would give a Silent Hill game a amazing atmophere.

@Giancarlothomaz That would be amazing tbh

I hope not. The Medium was decent but flash horror games like Exmortis and Hotel 626 had done a better job scaring me, than whatever games Bloober Team had ever developed.

@Ear_wiG Why would From even work on it? They are on an incredible run making their own IP. I would assume Elden Ring isn't going to be a one off given the success and influence of Dark Souls.

@RudeAnimat0r And they have to make Bloodborne 2 first.

@rudeanimat0r @arsmolinarc But one can dream, right? Hang on to that childlike sense of hope and wonder friends, b/c it’s a sick, sad world.

@DeepSpace5D Well, Konami gave permission to do Silent Hill Downpour to a no-name Czech studio with no experience… It could happen again 👀

@LiamCroft if they do are you gonna whine and send death threats to them too?

@nessisonett Was that by Bloober? I completed it and the DLC, but I never finished the darn canvas painting, I couldn't be bothered with another playthrough.

@nessisonett Also, yes, it's annoying when people claim "x game ripped off y game", I remember people saying the same of Dante's Inferno being a GoW clone and it was a fantastic game.

It seems oddly coincidental that as I read this article my child was watching a Thomas episode that has a siren in and now there's one with thick fog in xD

@SilenceCZ And look how Downpour turned out.

@DeepSpace5D Yeah, that’s exactly my point. It was terrible.. Hopefully Bloober isn’t associated with Silent Hill in any way..

@SilenceCZ Well, I’d like to think Konami learned their lesson from that, but I guess we’ll find out sometime around summer it seems.