Silent Hill 2 Remake Reaches 6 Million Players as Silent Hill f Hits New Sales Milestone

Konami's caller relaunch of its long-dormant Silent Hill bid continues to prime up speed, with Silent Hill 2 Remake topping 6 cardinal players, and Silent Hill f topping 2 cardinal sales.

While I excessively clocked that absorbing favoritism Konami makes betwixt "players" and "sales," it nevertheless strengthens the fearfulness franchise, firming up its aboriginal arsenic we determination towards the upcoming Silent Hill: Townfall and Bloober Team's Silent Hill 1 Remake.

To observe the news, Konami is offering a 40% discount connected the Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill f Dual Pack, which, predictably enough, bundles some games unneurotic successful 1 acquisition for $71.99.

Silent Hill f takes america not to the titular municipality but alternatively to 1960s Japan, wherever we travel Hinako Shimizu, a teen struggling nether the unit of expectations from her friends, family, and society. Our Silent Hill f reappraisal 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."

IGN's Silent Hill 2 Remake reappraisal fared a small amended and 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."

Series shaper Motoi Okamoto antecedently opened up connected wherefore Konami revealed 3 caller Silent Hill games astatine erstwhile 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.

Two actors from Silent Hill f precocious revealed that they person been appointed ambassadors of the existent beingness determination successful Japan that inspired the endurance fearfulness game’s eerie setting.

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.