Tag: Silent Hill
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...
News Silent Hill 2 Puts Incredible Survival Horror on More Platforms This Month
Set to drop on Xbox Series X|S on 21st Nov
One of the best horror games available on PS5, Silent Hill 2, looks to be venturing to new platforms later this month. On 21st November 2025, specifically, it looks like the Bloober Team remake will delight Xbox Series X|S owners. It's been common knowledge for some time now that Sony had a 12-month...
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...
News The Silent Hill 2 Remake Now Represents a Quarter of the Series' Total Sales
Quarter 'bout that then
The modern remake of Silent Hill 2 has been a major hit for Konami, now responsible for a considerable portion of the franchise's total sales. In a video from Konami itself (thanks, Gematsu), it's confirmed that worldwide sales and shipments for the remake have now surpassed 2.5 million. The same video also confirms the...
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...
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...
News Want More Silent Hill on PS5? You May Not Have to Wait Long
Townfall awaits
Are you loving Silent Hill F? The release has been fighting hard for our Game of the Month award, and has been attracting acclaim all over social media since its release. But if you’ve completed the campaign, you may be wondering what’s next? Well, rumour has it Silent Hill: Townfall may not be far away. While the source is...
News Silent Hill 2's PS5 Console Exclusivity Is Coming to an End
Expect announcements this week
Silent Hill 2 was always announced as a timed PS5 console exclusive, and that period is coming to an end. In all the old promotional materials for the critically acclaimed Bloober Team release, the small print from Sony stressed that the ga
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Silent Hill F?
Silent contemplation
Silent Hill F has been out on PS5 for just over a week now, and for the sake of this poll, we're hoping that you've managed to roll credits on at least one of the game's endings. Yep, we want you to rate Silent Hill F — and we're super interested in seeing what kind of review scores it ends up getting. That's because this is...
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...
News Silent Hill 2's Overdue PS5 Pro Fixes Now in Konami's Hands
Bloober Team not in charge of things
The fixes planned for Silent Hill 2 when running on a PS5 Pro have ended up in the hands of Konami, instead of Bloober Team. The developer said "publishing matters are handled by Konami" when asked about optimisation issues on a PS5 Pro, insinuating it's not got anything to do with the fixes anymore. Previously,...
News Silent Hill 1 Remake Now a Big Focus at Bloober Team, Could Make Cronos 2
Cronos called a "huge success" at launch
Bloober Team has announced that its remake of Silent Hill is now in the hands of one of its two main production teams, making it the main focus of the Polish developer's efforts alongside a second, unannounced project. The update was shared in an investor discussion involving CEO Piotr Babieno and Vice...
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...
Poll Are You Playing Silent Hill F?
F marks the spot
It's taken what feels like an eternity, but we finally have a brand new Silent Hill game to talk about. Silent Hill F is out now on PS5, and we want to know if you're creeping you way through this suitably horrible adventure. Pushing a new direction for the series with a greater focus on combat — and even some RPG elements —...
Interview 'It's All About That Unfamiliar Feeling' - How Silent Hill F Puts You on Edge
We chat with Konami and Neobards
Silent Hill F launches this week, and we recommended the game in our PS5 review. Prior to its release this week, we had the chance to sit down with Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto from Konami and director Al Yang from developer Neobards. <related ids="188085"> While we only had 10 minutes to chat,...
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...
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...
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...
News Silent Hill 2 Movie Adaptation Return to Silent Hill Gets First Trailer
Hits cinemas in January 2026
The first teaser trailer for the Silent Hill 2-based movie Return to Silent Hill went live earlier today, revealing a 40-second glimpse of the film set to release in January 2026. Catch it above. Giving very little away, the short trailer focuses on James Sunderland (played by Jeremy Irvine) as he explores Silent Hill...
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...
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...
Round Up Silent Hill F Previews Rave About Upcoming PS5 Horror
Media impressions are live
A series of Silent Hill F previews have gone live today, detailing the experiences of other games media websites based on five hours of play. Impressions are overwhelmingly positive, suggesting the first completely new game in the series will pick up where Silent Hill 2 left off with another excellent survival horror...
News Silent Hill: Townfall Still Alive as Dev Gets a New Name
No Code becomes Screen Burn
Silent Hill: Townfall remains in active development despite the almost three-year silence it has been since the reveal, its newly-named developer has today confirmed. No Code, best known for titles like Observation and Stories Untold, announced it'll now be known as Screen Burn. As the studio actually has coders now, it...
News Silent Hill 2 Movie Adaptation, Return to Silent Hill, Dated for January 2026
The first Silent Hill film director also returns
It's been announced that the film looking to adapt the story of Silent Hill 2, titled Return to Silent Hill, will release on 23rd January 2026. The film is being directed by Chrisophe Gans, who is returning to the horror franchise after directing and writing the first Silent Hill flick released back...
News Silent Hill 1 Remake Announced, from Bloober Team
Project now in development
Having previously announced that it will continue to work with Bloober Team after the success of last year's Silent Hill 2 remake, Konami today confirmed the developer will be giving the original PS1 game the same treatment. The announcement was made in today's Konami Press Start livestream, which concluded with the two...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
News Silent Hill 2's Proper PS5 Pro Patch Is Still in the Works
Bloober Team, Konami working on a solution
Silent Hill 2 developer Bloober Team has confirmed in a statement that it's still working with Konami on delivering a true PS5 Pro enhancement update for its excellent survival horror remake. Via Eurogamer, it simply said: "We're working with the publisher on a solution and will share more details as soon...
News Get Silent Hill 2's PS5 Soundtrack on 6 Beautiful Vinyls for $155
Full 93-song soundtrack available to pre-order
Konami and Bloober Team have announced they're teaming up with Laced Records to offer the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack in a physical collection of six vinyls. The release contains 93 songs, and also comes with a 32-page artbook and notes from composer Akira Yamaoka. Pre-orders are live on the Laced Records...
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.
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...
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...
Live Watch Silent Hill Transmission Right Here (March 2025)
F in the chat
Following on from the excellent Silent Hill 2 remake, Konami is set to reveal the next Silent Hill title it has in the pipeline: Silent Hill F. That will be the focus of today's Silent Hill Transmission, but there might be other pieces of news alongside it. The livestream will begin 30 minutes after the publication of this article, at...
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...
News Silent Hill 2 Has Been Massively Successful on PS5, PC
Tops two million sales in three months
Konami has announced that digital sales and physical shipments of Silent Hill 2 have now topped two million units, making the survival horror remake a big success. The game – brilliantly developed by Bloober Team – launched as a PS5 console exclusive, so these numbers also include PC purchases as well...
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...
News Silent Hill 2 Players Decode Ominous Messages from Endless Static
Sending out an SOS
Silent Hill 2 is amongst the spookiest games ever made, and Bloober Team's excellent remake included some entirely new scares, with more being discovered all the time. Particularly attentive players have began to discern a pattern in the endless static on the TVs spread around town, with some even repeating legible messages in...
News Silent Hill 2 Patch 1.06 Fails to Fix PS5 Pro Problems
Graphical issues remain on PS5 Pro
Bloober Team has today released a new update for Silent Hill 2 that intends to fix the issues the title is facing when it is played on PS5 Pro. It's available to download now and weighs in at 517.1 MB, but it appears that anyone playing on the new upgraded console shouldn't get their hopes up too much for the...
News Silent Hill 2 PS5 Pro Issues Are Being Worked on, Dev Confirms
Polish dev aware of problems
Silent Hill 2 studio Bloober Team has acknowledged the problems affecting the game when running on PS5 Pro, stating it's working on a fix. Last month's horror remake is one of a few titles facing graphical flaws when played on Sony's new upgraded console, with reports of reflections constantly flickering on-screen. Now,...
News Konami Quiet as PS5 Pro Players Report Issues with Silent Hill 2
Pro patch lost in purgatory
If you were planning on diving into Silent Hill 2 on that fancy new PS5 Pro, you might want to hold out. Players have been reporting technical issues since the new console came out. A dedicated PS5 Pro patch has been promised, but as both publisher Konami and developer Bloober Team aren't talking, it's hard to say when or...
News The Sublime Silent Hill 2 Gets PS5 Pro Enhancements
PS5 Pro Enhanced tag spotted
Last month's excellent Silent Hill 2 remake will be treated to PS5 Pro support, as it's been spotted the game's PS Store listing now spots a PS5 Pro Enhanced tag. Bloober Team and Konami haven't detailed what those upgrades will be just yet, but we've reached out to PR to try and gain more information. On the base PS5...
News Silent Hill 2 Fan Solves the Mystery Behind PS5 Remake's New Photos
You've been here for two decades
A Silent Hill 2 fan has solved the mystery behind the PS5 remake's new Strange Photos collectibles, as confirmed by Bloober Team's creative director and lead designer Mateusz Lenart. Posted to
News In Europe, 78% of Silent Hill 2 Copies Were Purchased on PS5
Just 22% on PC
Sony went to a lot of trouble promoting console exclusive Silent Hill 2 on PS5, and it looks like it’s paid off: according to GSD data, as shared on the GI.biz Microcast, a whopping 78% of the game’s European sales were purchased on the PlayStation platform. The remaining 22% were purchased on PC. This data incorporates both...
News Silent Hill 2 PS5 Patch 1.04 Fixes Lots of Small Glitches, Crashes
Available to download now
Bloober Team has deployed the first post-launch patch for Silent Hill 2 on PS5 and PC, where it addresses a long list of minor glitches and crashing issues. It's available to download now, updating the game to version number 1.04. Perhaps the most noteworthy fix would be the one applied to Brookhaven Hospital, where you can...
News Silent Hill 2 Dev Bloober Team Done with Making 'Sh*tty' Games
Polish dev feeling pretty chuffed
Silent Hill 2 remake developer Bloober Team is currently riding high, enjoying critical acclaim and over a million sales, pulling off the contentious project seemingly against all odds. Best known for such bangers as Blair Witch, The Medium, and
News Sublime PS5, PC Remake Silent Hill 2 Tops One Million Sales
Manages milestone in three days
Konami has this morning announced its excellent PS5, PC remake of Silent Hill 2, produced in conjunction with Bloober Team, has sold more than one million copies since its release on 8th October 2024. The total combines shipped copies and digital downloads, making it the fastest-selling entry in the series to date. A...
