The rumor that Bloober Team is engaged on a Silent Hill 2 remake is true, in keeping with movie director Christophe Gans.
Speaking in an interview with French outlet MaG – Movie & Game (thanks, ResetEra, through IGN) the Silent Hill film director claimed that a number of video games are within the works from a number of groups at Konami.
Gans mentioned he’s working with the identical Silent Hill staff he labored with on the primary movie within the franchise, which we assume is how he gained the data.
“I do know a bit in regards to the [next Silent Hill game]. I work with the Silent Team, the unique creators. I work in collaboration with Konami,” mentioned Gans.
“I’m working with the Silent Team, the unique creators at Konami, there are a number of video games in improvement as we converse, there are a number of groups on it, with an enormous line of video games, they’ll revive the franchise, I feel they had been actually impressed of the success of the remakes of Resident Evil which might be evidently distinctive video games.”
When pressed a bit by the outlet, Gans goes on to say within the interview that “sure” Bloober Team is engaged on the Silent Hill 2 Remake.
Of course, his feedback nonetheless aren’t a direct affirmation from Konami, so we’ll simply have so as to add it to the present stack of proof.
Back in February 2021, Bloober Team introduced it was working with a “well-known gaming writer” on an current horror franchise with many speculating the undertaking was a Silent Hill recreation. It was confirmed the next month that the writer was Konami. In May of this yr, pictures claiming to be of the Silent Hill reboot appeared on-line due to prolific leaker Dusk Golem. Konami rapidly issued a DCMA which resulted within the pictures being taken offline.
Later in May, extra rumors of Bloober Team growing the remake popped up together with phrase that a number of Silent Hill initiatives had been within the works. When July rolled round, Bloober Team lastly addressed the rumor, however neither confirmed nor denied it.
While all indicators level to sure on the Bloober Team Silent Hill entrance till an official announcement is made, we’ll simply should file all the pieces away as a rumor. Maybe Konami will reveal the following Silent Hill undertaking throughout The Game Awards 2022. It can be the right venue for a shock announcement in spite of everything, however who is aware of? It’s simply wishful considering on our half.
