South Korea’s Game Rating committee has rated an unannounced Silent Hill game, following more than a year of reports that Konami is set to revive the classic horror franchise.
“Silent Hill: The Short Message” wasratedby the committee on Monday, with no platforms specified.
As noted byGematsu, the game’s publisher is listed asUNIANA, a company which regularly publishesKonamigames in South Korea.
The rating is possibly related to one of multiple Silent Hill projects which are reportedly in development at various studios.
VGC first reportedlast Februarythat Konami was planning to revive the long-dormant horror game series.
According to multiple reports,a Silent Hill 2 remakeis understood to be one of the games in active development. It’s also claimed that an episodic series of Silent Hill “short stories” are also in development.
The images could also be related to yet another Silent Hill game said to be in development, whichleaked online earlier this yearvia multiple concept images which were quickly removed from social media via a copyright claim.
One leaked image for that project,posted online today, appears to show a messaging feature, which could be related to ‘The Short Message’ rating.
It could also be related to a feature that was reportedly planned forHideo Kojima‘s canned Silent Hills, wherethe game would send players real-life text messages.
Further reading
One studio constantly linked to the Silent Hill franchise is The Medium studioBloober Team. Last year the Polish developer announceda “strategic co-operation agreement” with Konami, months after Bloober’s CEO claimed it wasworking on an existing horror IPfrom “a very famous gaming publisher”.
Silent Hill’s composerAkira Yamaokaeven worked on Bloober’s 2021 title The Medium andteased his next game projectby stating that it was “the one you’ve been hoping to hear about.”
