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After many rumors and leaks, and over a decade without a major new game, Konami will reveal the future of the Silent Hill series on Wednesday this week, at 5 pm EDT.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn your restless dreams, do you see that town?\u201d the company tweeted<\/a> from the official Silent Hill account. \u201cThe latest updates for the SILENT HILL series, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM. PDT.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In your restless dreams, do you see that town? <\/p>\n

The latest updates for the SILENT HILL series, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL<\/a> Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM. PDThttps:\/\/t.co\/8Knoq9xYsa<\/p>\n

\u2014 Silent Hill Official (@SilentHill) October 16, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The tweet links to a new Silent Hill website, which has no further information.<\/p>\n

Masahiro Ito, who worked as monster designer and art director on the first three Silent Hill games, retweeted<\/a> the announcement. Ito confirmed in 2020<\/a> that he was working as \u201ca core member\u201d of a development team on a new game. A piece of artwork signed by Ito appeared in a series of images that leaked earlier this year, purporting to be from a new Silent Hill game.<\/p>\n

These images are said to relate to a PT<\/em>-style playable teaser for a new, mainline Silent Hill. South Korea’s game ratings body recently rated a game called Silent Hill: The Short Message<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Also in the works, reportedly, is a remake of Silent Hill 2<\/em> made by Polish horror specialist Bloober Team (Layers of Fear<\/em>), which announced a partnership with Konami last year. A third rumored project involves an episodic, story-focused series. Also, Christophe Gans, who directed the 2006 movie Silent Hill<\/em>has said he’s working on the script for a third Silent Hill movie.<\/p>\n

Any and all of this might be revealed on Wednesday; it’s even possible we’ll see the release of the reported playable teaser.<\/p>\n

Despite being hugely popular with horror fans, the Silent Hill series has been more or less dormant since 2012, which saw the release of Silent Hill: Downpour<\/em> <\/em>and handheld spinoffs Silent Hill: Book of Memories<\/em>. Neither title was well received. The series was due for a high-profile relaunch in a game called Silent Hills<\/em>produced as a collaboration between Hideo Kojima and the film director Guillermo del Toro, and promoted by the release of PT<\/em> But the game was canceled in 2015 amid Kojima’s acrimonious departure from Konami and the publisher’s partial retreat from major game development.<\/p>\n

The return of Silent Hill is a big moment for fans of the series, and it’s also a big test for Konami, which hasn’t released a major video game since 2018’s Metal Gear Survive<\/em> \u2014<\/em> unless you count the disastrous launch of its rebranded soccer franchise, eFootball<\/em>. All eyes will be on Wednesday’s announcement to see if it can rebuild players’ trust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n