Rumors that new Silent Hill video games are within the works had been all however confirmed when Konami issued a DMCA strike on a earlier leak. That leak, which included idea artwork signed by the unique video games’ artwork director Masahiro Ito, appeared to come back from a brand new Silent Hill set in Britain. Nevertheless, there have additionally been rumors of a Silent Hill 2 remake being developed by Bloober Staff, the divisive studio behind The Medium, Blair Witch, and the Layers of Worry collection.
Now a set of images purporting to come from a demo (opens in new tab) created by Bloober Staff as a part of an inside pitch to safe the remake have appeared. The low-resolution footage present Silent Hill 2’s protagonist James Sunderland exploring buildings from a third-person perspective, with the third depicting a bubble-head nurse—one of many sport’s iconic enemies.
The unique Silent Hill 2 featured a number of digital camera angles, typically static, typically following James at a excessive angle, typically shut and claustrophobic. The over-the-shoulder perspective of those screenshots suggests one thing extra fastened, within the fashion of the latest remakes of Resident Evil 2 and three, which might be an apparent inspiration for a remake of a survival horror sport of an analogous classic. Although it did not make it into the ultimate sport, there was even a plan for Silent Hill 2 to incorporate unscripted encounters with Pyramid Head, as with Resident Evil 2’s Mr. X.
One other image, allegedly of idea artwork for the remake (opens in new tab), has additionally been doing the rounds. It depicts James holding a pistol and hiding from Pyramid Head, who’s within the act of dismembering two mannequins. A reference to the notorious scene in Silent Hill 2’s Wooden Facet Flats, this model of Pyramid Head appears to be based mostly on Figma’s Pink Pyramid Factor figurine, which has a bullet gap in its faceplate. Masahiro Ito has mentioned that Pyramid Head isn’t supposed to have a hole in its helmet (opens in new tab), so this does not seem to be his work. Additionally, as soon as you have realized James is not sporting socks it is exhausting to note the rest. That does not rule it out from being early idea artwork, in fact. Even when these photos are real, in the event that they’re from an inside pitch there is no motive to imagine the ultimate sport will find yourself resembling them.
Since Bloober Staff labored with each Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka and singer Mary Elizabeth McGlynn on The Medium, it certain can be nice to see them return for a remake. Proper now, Bloober’s engaged on a remake and compilation of the Layer of Worry video games referred to as Layers of Fears (opens in new tab).
In the meantime, Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama is at the moment heading Bokeh Sport Studio, engaged on a brand new horror-adjacent sport referred to as Slitterhead that can undoubtedly have Yamaoka dealing with the music.
