Silent Hill has been the topic of heated rumours for the past few years now, first beginning with reports of Sony developing a PS5-exclusive Silent Hill reboot, with Siren developer Japan Studio at the helm. While we still don't have any idea if this rumour holds weight, it looks like Silent Hill is back in the spotlight again - and this time from a credible source. The recent report reveals that Konami had outsourced the Silent Hill IP to a "prominent Japanese developer", but that's not all: The Medium's Bloober Team might also be working on their own Silent Hill project too.

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Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno teased that the studio had acquired a horror IP from a famous gaming publisher. "We’ve been working for more than a year on another gaming project, another horror IP, and we’re doing this with a very famous gaming publisher," he said. "I can’t tell you who. I can’t tell you what the project is, but I’m pretty sure when people realize we’re working on it, they will be very excited."

This may be the biggest indication that Bloober Team has been silently working on Silent Hill. However, this doesn't seem to be the only Silent Hill-related project in the works.



Video Games Chronicle reported that Konami had already outsourced the Silent Hill IP to a "prominent Japanese developer", with a reveal planned for this summer. This lines up with a previous slip-up from series composer Akira Yamaoka about a similar possible reveal coming this summer for "the one we're hoping to hear about".

This would mean that two Silent Hill projects are actually in the works. However, VGC was able to reveal that Supermassive Games, the developers behind the Dark Pictures Anthology and Until Dawn, were approached to pitch a Silent Hill project. It didn't pan out, but the framework was used as a blueprint for their Dark Pictures games, particularly Little Hope, which definitely echoed similarities to Silent Hill. Furthermore, the Japanese Silent Hill project is said to be departure from past Silent Hill games, but we're optimistic it's in good hands.

We'll update with more information as soon as it becomes available.