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Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Silent Hill 2 Team Up Between Bloober Team and KONAMI Continues With a New Game
The success of Silent Hill 2 continues to weigh on KONAMI and Bloober Team, so much so that both companies have decided to continue to work together on a new game. The success of the Silent Hill 2 cannot be understated. Before the remake launched, KONAMI's latest ventures into the supernatural town of Silent Hill included a now-defunct interactive experience called Silent Hill: Ascension, and before that, the poorly received Silent Hill: Downpour, which was released in 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Thankfully, riding the coattails of the successful remake appears to be in KONAMI and Bloober Team's best interest as both companies have agreed to join forces once more and develop a new game (that has not been confirmed as another Silent Hill). On the official Bloober Team website, the company released a statement that both Bloober Team and KONAMI have signed a new agreement for a 'joint project.' While the announcement does list accolades for the previous team-up release, Silent Hill 2, the only other information given to audiences is that it will be 'a new game based on KONAMI's IP.' CEO of Bloober Team, Piotr Babieno, says, 'Our collaboration with KONAMI has been incredibly fruitful, and the success of Silent Hill 2 speaks for itself. By sharing knowledge and experience, we have been able to create high-quality production together. Of course, we can't reveal too many details at this time, but we are confident that fans will be just as excited about our collaboration as we are. We can't wait to share something truly special with players when the time is right,' in the announcement statement regarding the continued partnership with KONAMI. CGMagazine's review of Silent Hill 2 called it 'Silent Hill 2, as you remember it, but better in nearly every way.' Metacritic median scores from critics (and fans) have given the title an incredibly positive rating, with 86% coming from a critical sample size of 104. Fans have largely agreed with the positive sentiment, giving the title a staggering 92% on over 3,000 individual reviews. While it hasn't been confirmed that Bloober and KONAMI are working on another Silent Hill title, it has been confirmed they're working with KONAMI's IP.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Studio Behind Acclaimed Silent Hill 2 Remake Reveals It's Working On A New Mystery Game
In addition to getting generally great reviews from critics, Bloober Team's remake of Silent Hill 2 also went on to sell over 2 million copies across PlayStation 5 and PC. Based on that success, Konami is now letting the Polish horror studio work on a new game based on one of the Japanese publisher's existing franchises codenamed'Project G.' 'Our collaboration with Konami has been incredibly fruitful, and the success of Silent Hill 2 speaks for itself,' Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno said in a press release on Tuesday. 'By sharing knowledge and experience, we have been able to create high-quality production together [sic]. Of course, we can't reveal too many details at this time, but we are confident that fans will be just as excited about our collaboration as we are. We can't wait to share something truly special with players when the time is right.' But what franchise will the studio adapt into a new sequel or spin-off? Konami's catalog runs deep and includes some of the most storied names in gaming. Another Silent Hill remake is the most obvious choice. More exciting is the prospect of a new entry, though one of those is already in development. Silent Hill f, the eighth game in the survival horror series, is currently in production at NeoBards Entertainment. Could Castlevania be another potential option? A new entry in the gothic action franchise is rumored to be in development which, if real, would seemingly predate the deal announced today. It would also be a genre stretch for Bloober given Castlevania's traditional emphasis on weighty combat and platforming. Then there's Metal Gear, which is hard to imagine continuing under any studio, including Konami's own internal teams, following the publisher's fallout with franchise creator and director Hideo Kojima. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater producer Noriaki Okamura said last year that he sees developers on that remake's team who might be able to lead the franchise in the future, but it's not clear if that's actually the plan at some point. What else does Konami have in its IP vault? There's the classic run-and-gun series Contra which could be infused with survival horror elements and adapted more to Bloober Team's existing over-the-shoulder and third-person exploration strengths. Also, uh, Bomberman? And who wouldn't love to see the fantasy RPG series Suikoden resurrected or even, better yet, the gory strategy RPG Vandal Hearts? That would be my personal pick. Whatever license Bloober Team is picking up, it's now established enough street cred thanks to the Silent Hill 2 remake that fans won't be so quick to dismiss it this time around. Well, unless the studio is working on a new Frogger game. . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
