Silent Hill 2 (upcoming video game)

Silent Hill 2 will feature an "over-the-shoulder" third-person perspective, similar to the recent remakes in the Resident Evil franchise, with a revised combat system.[1]

In June 2021, Polish developer Bloober Team announced that they had embarked on a "strategic co-operation agreement" with Konami that would involve "jointly developing selected contents and exchanging know-how" with the publisher. Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno commented on the deal, asserting that "The fact that such a renowned company as Konami has decided to strategically cooperate with the Bloober Team means that we [have] also joined the world leaders in gaming and become an equal partner for the leading players in this market".[2] Konami issued a separate statement, with the publisher remarking, "We don’t have any specifics to share at this time, but we can say while Bloober Team will continue to produce their own original content, we’re excited at the chance to collaborate with them on potential projects across our various IP".[3]

In September 2022, a series of leaks revealed purported images sourced from a planned remake of Silent Hill 2 to be developed by Bloober Team, adding to substantiated reports that Konami was supervising an initiative to revive the series by outsourcing future games to collaborative developers.[4][5] An internet leaker with the username "Dusk Golem" alleged that the images were taken from an internal test demo Bloober Team developed to pitch the project to Konami, and as a result did not represent the final title.[6] The leaked images were subsequently taken down by Konami representatives.[7] Another leak alluding to the game appeared the following month, through a YouTube description for a trailer accidentally made public by Konami themselves.[8]

The game was officially announced by Konami during their Silent Hill Transmission presentation in October 2022, alongside the games Silent Hill f, Silent Hill: Townfall and Silent Hill: Ascension, as well as the film Return to Silent Hill.[9] It was confirmed at the presentation that creature designer Masahiro Ito and original composer Akira Yamaoka would return to contribute to the remake. Bloober Team creative director and lead designer Mateusz Lenart cited the importance of "preserving the atmosphere that made Silent Hill 2 so exceptional, while modernizing many aspects of the game's overall gameplay" as a key factor in the decision to remake the game. Lenart additionally revealed that the original third-person combat system and certain story set pieces were completely rebuilt, while the presentation had been greatly improved by the implementation of motion capture to fully realize character emotions and cutscene depth.[10][11]

Silent Hill 2 is set to be released for Windows and as a timed console exclusive for PlayStation 5 at launch, before being eligible for release on other platforms following one year.[12]