The Silent Hill franchise might currently be dead, but that doesn’t mean it will stay that way forever. In fact, there have been various rumors circulating that are very persistent with insisting that Konami is fighting hard to resurrect the Silent Hill franchise with a vengeance to make up for the unfortunate cancelation of the much anticipated Silent Hills. In fact, rumor has it, that particular game – yes, Silent Hills – might actually be brought back in the future as well.
The rumors come from ReylonHorror, who state they have a trusted source that told them about the suggested projects. In fact, they’ve stated that Masahiro Ito (creature designer for the first four Silent Hill games) is hard at work on a new game for the franchise.
As they’ve stated from their source, they’ve indicated that “Keiichiro Toyama (director and writer of the original 1999 Silent Hill) and Akira Yamaoka (composer for the majority of the franchise) are also returning alongside Masahiro Ito. The trio will helm a “soft reboot” of the Silent Hill series, possibly just called Silent Hill.”
Here’s when they said it’s also a possibility that a revival of Silent Hills could also be in development:
“Sony is working to patch up the relationship between Kojima Productions and Konami in order to resurrect the game due to the amount of buzz and continued demand for it five years after its cancellation.”
If that’s true, they mentioned the new game might even be compatible with the new VR headset for the upcoming PlayStation 5 console. Interestingly this new version would reportedly be “more akin to a TellTale/Supermassive narrative-driven title” but with “full creative freedom” for Kojima.
However, the site does make note that this Silent Hills game isn’t actually in development yet; just the supposed reboot from SIE Japan Studio that’s apparently been in development for about a year.
While these are all just rumors, they do seem rather promising – and not to mention believable. After all, Silent Hill is a pretty massive property. And after the success of the recent Resident Evil games, it makes sense that Sony would want to work with Konami in bringing back their own incredibly missed horror video game franchise.