Despite its cancellation 5 years ago, one project that won’t die is Kojima Productions’Silent Hills, the survival horror reboot of Konami’sSilent Hillfranchise from Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, andPan’s Labyrinthdirector Guillermo del Toro. Once again, rumors have risen implying that the game is back in development, with Sony collaborating with Kojima Productions and Konami to make the game a PlayStation 5 console exclusive.
While this rumor has appeared before, numerous times in fact, this time it comes from an industry insider, YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead,who previously leaked the sequel to 2018’sGod of Warahead of its announcement. In the latest episode of the Broken Silicon podcast, host Tom, claims that he can “almost confirm” thatSilent Hillsis in development for PlayStation 5 from Kojima Productions, for announcement at The Game Awards 2020.
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In the same podcast, he also claims thatDemon’s Soulsremake developer Bluepoint’s next game will be aMetal Gear Solidremake, another collaboration with Konami. Reportedly, this remake ofMetal Gear Solidhas been in development for three years, with PlayStation 5 system architect Mark Cerny directly involved with the game’s development. He also claims that despite them being far in development,with gameplay demos ready to be revealedat upcoming events, Sony is waiting to announce the games as it does not want to repeat the mistakes Microsoft made when revealingHalo Infinite.
While this report sounds exciting, and it also touches on recent rumors that Sony is acting as a peacekeeper between Hideo Kojima and Konami after the public fallout the famed director had with the company during the months approachingMetal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain’s release in 2015, which resulted in the cancellation ofSilent Hills. While it is believable thatSilent Hillscould be announced at The Game Awards 2020, given Hideo Kojima’s relationship with host Geoff Keighley, it is worth noting that Kojima only began development on his next project last month. That said,Death Strandingwas announced only six months after Sony announced its partnership with Hideo Kojima, meaning Kojima does have a history of announcing games very early in development.
Given that Moore’s Law is Dead has yet to reveal his sources, who wish to remain anonymous, it is worth taking this information with a huge grain of salt, especially as the host is mostly echoing previous rumors made regardingSilent Hillsfor PlayStation 5. Also, given the trouble that Hideo Kojima went through resulting in his very open departure from Konami, it is understandable why the director would not want to reunite with the publisher,along with Guillermo del Toro’s claimsthat he refuses to return to video game development unless it is to collaborate with Kojima, which he did previously, portraying Deadman inDeath Stranding.
It is also worth mentioning that, while it was initially playable at launch,P.T.was recently made unplayable on PlayStation 5 through backwards compatibility, meaning Konami is still likely trying to make fans forget thatSilent Hillswas ever a thing.
