In the past few months and years, we’ve heard persistent rumors that Konami’s long-neglected Silent Hill franchise was being revived, probably as a PS5 exclusive developed by Sony. Unfortunately, the rumors remained just that, rumors, without Konami or Sony officially confirming anything. Fans’ dreams also suffered a recent blow when series co-creator Keiichiro Toyama left Sony to found his own studio. Ah, but there may be reason to hope again!
Akira Yamaoka, who composed the music for all Silent Hill games, even later ones developed in the West, may have missed out when the SH reboot is finally revealed in an interview with the Arab gaming site AI Hub. Here’s what Yamaoka said when asked what he could be working on next …
You’ll probably hear something this summer, to be announced, and I think that’s what you hope to hear. But we are keeping this general at this point.
“The one you hope to hear about”, huh? Although Yamaoka has worked on a wide variety of games, I cannot imagine that he is referring to anything other than Silent Hill here. I mean, of course, I would go like a sequel to Rumble Roses, but I’m probably alone in that.
Yamaoka’s most recent project to be launched was the Silent-Hill-inspired horror game The Medium. Kai Powell of Wccftech considered it to be a solid experience, albeit somewhat harsh in its thorough review …
The medium [tries] to invoke the divided realities of Silent Hill and trust feelings of longing and desire for something new from Team Silent. […] Marianne may be able to jump between two realities, but The Middle is caught somewhere between being a worthy successor to Silent Hill and another mediocre hide-and-seek horror game.
What do you think? Will a reboot of Silent Hill finally be revealed this summer, or were these rumors just smoke and no fire?