Konami Revealed 3 New Silent Hill Games at Once So Fans Knew It Was 'Serious' About Resurrecting the Horror Franchise

Silent Hill bid shaper Motoi Okamoto has opened up connected wherefore Konami revealed 3 caller Silent Hill games aft a afloat decennary of silence, saying the steadfast was keen to accent to aged fans and caller that it was "serious" astir resurrecting the flailing fearfulness series.

Reflecting connected however the bid has performed since Konami's inaugural Silent Hill Transmission backmost successful October 2022, Okamoto explained however the awesome Silent Hill 2 Remake was designed with "half new, fractional aged customers successful mind" to guarantee it could pull caller fans to the franchise.

"Three years ago, successful 2022, we announced 3 titles: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill f, and Silent Hill: Townfall," Okamoto explained connected Twitter / X, arsenic transcribed by Automaton. "We didn’t privation to conscionable denote a azygous remake to 'test the waters.'

"We wanted radical to consciousness however superior we were astir reviving the series. Developing a remake and a caller rubric simultaneously people involves risks, but we wanted to convey our committedness archetypal and foremost. Only erstwhile a caller crippled is announced tin the aboriginal of a bid beryllium seen. Users won’t consciousness motivated to prosecute with an IP unless they tin consciousness it has a future. If the institution takes a wait-and-see approach, truthful volition the players. The institution needs to amusement however superior it is truthful that users tin get genuinely excited. I deliberation that’s lone fair."

Of each the projects revealed since that 2022 showcase — Silent Hill: The Short Message, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Silent Hill f, Silent Hill: Townfall, and media projects Silent Hill: Ascension and the upcoming movie, Return to Silent Hill — the bulk person been received good by critics, fans, and caller players alike, suggesting it was a gamble worthy taking for the Japanese publisher.

Silent Hill 2 Remake has sold 2.5 cardinal worldwide, which pushes income of the franchise wide to 10 million. Silent Hill f has sold 1 cardinal copies. IGN's Silent Hill 2 Remake reappraisal returned an 8/10. We said: "Silent Hill 2 is simply a large mode to sojourn – oregon revisit – 1 of the astir dread-inducing destinations successful the past of endurance horror." Our Silent Hill f reappraisal besides returned a 7/10. We said: "Silent Hill f presents a caller fresh mounting to research and a fascinatingly acheronian communicative to unravel, but its melee-focussed combat takes a large plaything that doesn’t rather land."

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.