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After years of rumors and leaks, Konami has finally announced a Transmission stream on October 19th to discuss “the latest updates for the Silent Hill series.” A free playable teaser called Sakura, a remake of Silent Hill 2 by Bloober Team, and a new mainline entry are rumored to be some of the titles in development. Then there’s Silent Hill: The Short Message which was recently rated in South Korea.

However, art director and creature designer Masahiro Ito could be involved. In a new tweet, Ito shared the Silent Hill Transmission stream announcement without adding anything. It could be simply retweeting news for a series he’s worked on in the past. Then again, he did share it multiple times.

We’ll have to wait and see, but this is good news. Ito was responsible for the art and creature designs in Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, and Silent Hill 3, like the iconic Pyramid Head. If he’s involved with Silent Hill 5, or even working on Silent Hill 2 remake, there could be some new disturbing horrors to look forward to. Stay tuned in the meantime for further updates.

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Taking to Twitter, Konami has announced a Silent Hill Transmission stream for Wednesday, October 19, at 2 PM PDT. “In your restless dreams, do you see that town?” the company writes, before confirming that the broadcast will feature “the latest updates for the Silent Hill series”.

As per reports, there are three separate Silent Hill games in development, one of which is a first person Silent Hill 5, which will allegedly be preceded by the launch of a playable teaser called Silent Hill: The Short Message. 

The next project, as per reports, is a Silent Hill 2 remake, allegedly being developed by Bloober Team (The Medium, Layers of Fear) as a console exclusive for the PlayStation. Finally, there’s an interactive horror adventure game that is supposedly being made in collaboration with Annapurna Studios. Whether any (or all) of these projects gets announced at the upcoming broadcast remains to be seen.

A new official website has also gone live for Silent Hill. Check it out through here.

In your restless dreams, do you see that town?

The latest updates for the SILENT HILL series, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM. PDThttps://t.co/8Knoq9xYsa

— Silent Hill Official (@SilentHill) October 16, 2022

Gans is known for directing the first Silent Hill film and is working on the reboot. Speaking to the French website Movie and Game (translations via ResetEra), he reportedly said, “I know a bit about the [next Silent Hill game]. I work with the Silent Team, the original creators. I work in collaboration with Konami.

“I’m working with the Silent Team, the original creators at Konami, there are several games in development as we speak. There are several teams on it, with a big line of games. They will revive the franchise. I think they were impressed by the success of the remakes of Resident Evil which are evidently exceptional games.

“I’m not working directly on the games, but I’m working with Konami. Not with Kojima, though, but with the Silent Team, who I met when I filmed the first Silent Hill movie. And they’re still here.”

Gans confirmed that Bloober Team were working on the remake of Silent Hill 2. When asked about the other games, he reiterated that there are “several teams” and that Konami is involved. The fact that the original Team Silent is playing a part is also good news.

This isn’t the first time that Gans has spoken about the franchise’s revival. Last June, he told JEUXACTU that the franchise would be “relaunched in terms of video games,” and the film would “become part of a global policy.”

Of course, the big question is when we can expect a reveal. The Game Awards, as always, seems like the right place, but time will tell. It takes place on December 8th, so stay tuned for further details.

The images, which you can find over on ResetEra, show the Silent Hill 2 remake, which is allegedly in development at Bloober Team, as well as Sakura, which, as previous leaks have claimed, is a playable teaser that’ll supposedly be released in preparation of Silent Hill 5.

Most of these images have been leaked previously as well, showing some interesting concept art for Sakura, while the Silent Hill 2 images are reportedly from the pitch that Bloober Team developed to get the project greenlit before actual development began. Images for the latter, however, are of much higher quality here and show the environments in more detail.

With Silent Hill rumours once again building up steam, there’s no shortage of questions about when these projects will be officially unveiled. Recent reports have claimed that an announcement might come sooner than expected, with Konami also set to announce something new at Tokyo Game Show later this month (though according to reports, that’ll likely be a remaster of Metal Gear Solid 1-3).