After years of rumors and speculation, a new Silent Hill title has hit the Korean charts, hinting at a comeback.
The new information page was first reported by Gematsu, who revealed that the game was originally titled Silent Hill: The Short Message.
A new Silent Hill game called Silent Hill: The Short Message has unexpectedly charted in South Korea. For years the gaming community has speculated about a revival of Konami’s iconic Silent Hill survival horror series, which has been dormant since the departure of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. studio and the subsequent cancellation of the Silent Hill projects. Recent rumors imply that multiple titles, including a remake of Silent Hill 2 from The Medium studio Bloober Team, are in development. Now it seems that the first major sign of Silent Hill’s return has appeared, and the game looks like it will be released soon.
An information page for the new Silent Hill game has been discovered on the Korean Game Rating and Regulatory Commission’s website, but it seems that it has now been edited to hide the name of the game. project. The site was first reported by Gematsu, who revealed that the game was originally titled Silent Hill: The Short Message. The listed publisher is Uniana, a company known for publishing other Konami games like eFootball 2023 in South Korea. While no background or other details were listed for this mysterious new Silent Hill title, ratings nevertheless listed the project as a video game release.
We still don’t know exactly who the developer of The Short Message is, but it looks like this Silent Hill game is intended as a free-to-play trailer.
Earlier this year, a concept art of a planned Silent Hill game was leaked, which is said to be tied to a playable teaser project similar to 2014’s PT and will lead to the publication of a new game. Silent Hill dad. At the time, leaker Dusk Golem claimed that the project was called Project Sakura, and the leaked images were quickly taken down by Konami, indicating their legitimacy. Since then there have been rumors of other projects such as a smaller game released by Annapurna Interactive and a full remake of Silent Hill 2 from Bloober Team of The Medium and Layers of Fears, some screenshots show. The display is also said to have leaked from last month.
We still don’t know exactly who the developer of The Short Message is, but given the name of the new game, it looks like this Silent Hill game is intended as a free-to-play trailer and was leaked earlier this year. This also makes sense when Konami released the game in October to celebrate Halloween.
While Konami has yet to announce the title officially, its appearance on the Korean charts has confirmed its existence and hinted that its release is imminent, as ratings for the games are on the rise. play usually comes out very soon before release. While it’s still unknown when the game’s release could be announced to gamers, it’s possible Konami could be planning some sort of reveal event in October.
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