Everyone is going to have practise their best surprised faces when Konami and Bloober finally get around to officially announcing the Silent Hill remake as it’s one of the worst kept secrets in the industry. Back in 2021 Konami and Bloober Team announced a partnership to “to produce games from existing and new IPs”.
Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno said, “It is a historic day for me and the culmination of several years of our work. The fact that such a renowned company as KONAMI has decided to strategically cooperate with the Bloober Team means that we also joined the world leaders in gaming and became an equal partner for the leading players in this market.”
VGC reported that “people with knowledge” have confirmed the game as set in the Silent Hill universe. There were already rumours that Bloober were working on Silent Hill, after they said in February 2021 that they were working on an existing horror IP from a “famous gaming publisher.”
We now have leaked, and very blurry screens, from a proof-of-concept Silent 2 remake, which have been confirmed by multiple sources as being real.
Supposedly more images of this remake: Credit @alej135 pic.twitter.com/mifC9ucJ4D
— Andrew Marmo (@the_marmolade) September 4, 2022
It is reported that the game will be and PS5 console exclusive and will also be heading to PC. It appears that Konami have farmed out Silent Hill to a number of developers and multiple games are in production. There were rumours than Kojima was back working on his Silent Hill game which was teased at the end of P.T.
In the meantime Bloober Team have revealed Layers of Fears which will be running on the Unreal Engine 5.
A Psychedelic Horror Chronicle For Those Who Seek Mature Stories With Hidden Meanings.
Layers of Fears is a first-person psychedelic horror chronicle focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling – a new game built upon the foundations of Layers of Fear, Layers of Fear: Inheritance, and Layers of Fear 2 with a surprising new story and gameplay direction.
Created with the cutting-edge Unreal Engine 5 technology, the game will support Ray Tracing, HDR effect, 4K resolution, and make use of the Lumen system to offer the most immersive and visceral horror experience.
Layers of Fears will be the complete, definitive and at the same time unpredictable way to discover the stories of artists enslaved by their obsessions. Prepare for an exquisite horror experience thanks to the expanded plot lines that will cast a new light on the overarching narrative.
Your Fears Will Return
Layer of Fears is coming to PC via Steam and the Epic Game Store, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, sorry last gen you are not getting the game.
Source: Twitter