Silent Hill and Metallic Gear writer Konami is teaming up with The Medium creator Bloober Group in a “strategic partnership,” the businesses have introduced. They’re going to be “collectively creating chosen content material and exchanging know-how” on each new and present sport properties. “We look ahead to combining Bloober Group’s and our respective traits and strengths to create high-quality content material,” mentioned Konami President Hideki Hayakawa in a press release.
The information ought to perk up the ears of Silent Hill followers hoping for a brand new chapter. Bloober’s The Medium can be a horror-style sport (even utilizing a rating from Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka) with gamers flipping between actual and afterlife variations of the world.
On prime of that, Bloober Group CEO dropped a touch earlier this 12 months that it was engaged on one thing fascinating. “In actual fact, we have been working for greater than a 12 months on one other gaming undertaking, one other horror IP, and we’re doing this with a really well-known gaming writer,” he instructed Gamesindustry.biz in February. “I am unable to inform you who. I am unable to inform you what the undertaking is, however I am fairly certain when folks understand we’re engaged on it, they are going to be very excited.”
Nothing about any Silent Hill IP has been confirmed, although, and it would be comprehensible if followers stay skeptical. A Silent Hills sequel with Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro and Norman Reedus was canceled again in 2015 — regardless of the looks of a formidable playable teaser.
Nonetheless, the Konami and Bloober Group partnership is a promising improvement. The Medium typically met with good critiques, although our personal Jessica Condit discovered it a bit “medium,” because it have been. The sport’s “twin actuality” switching was additionally nicely performed, so if the 2 corporations mix their horror chops and know-how, it might lead to some compelling IP.
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