Following over a year of anticipation, Konami has confirmed it will share “the latest updates” for the Silent Hill series in a digital event this week.
It wrote on Sunday: “In your restless dreams, do you see that town? The latest updates for theSILENT HILLseries, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM. PDT”
A teaser website has also been launched for Silent Hill, with a countdown to the October 19 event.
The classic horror game series, which debuted on PSOne in 1999, hasn’t seen a mainline instalment since 2012’s Silent Hill: Downpour.
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Original Silent Hill artist Masahiro Itocounted down to, and thenretweetedthe Silent Hill announcement on Sunday, suggesting he is involved.
Ito served as theKonamihorror series’ art director for its first three instalments, as well as designing many of the creatures that featured in the game.
In 2020,Ito confirmedhe was working on a new project. Posting onTwitter, Ito said: “I’m working on a title as a core member. I hope the title won’t be cancelled.” He added: “About that, I can tell you nothing yet.”
Notably, South Korea’s Game Rating committee recentlyrated an unannounced Silent Hill game, “Silent Hill: The Short Message”. The game’s publisher is listed as UNIANA, a company which regularly publishes Konami games in South Korea.
VGC first reportedlast Februarythat Konami was planning to revive the long-dormant horror game series.
One project said to be in development is a playable teaser. Alleged images for this projectappeared onlineearlier this year, one of which appears to be concept art dated July 16, 2025, and signed by Masahiro Ito.
According to multiple reports,a Silent Hill 2 remakeis also understood to be one of the games in active development. Images reportedly showing an early demo for the remakeappeared online last month.
Christophe Gans, the director of the 2006 Silent Hill movie, has alsoreportedly written the scriptfor a new live-action production.
One studio constantly linked to the Silent Hill franchise isThe MediumstudioBloober 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.”
