TWO New SH Games In Development??? (New SH Game Rumours)

[jdnation]

There has been a lot of news regarding PSVR lately.

Supermassive also revealed some of what that they are doing PSVR with Dark Pictures
https://mp1st.com/news/supermassive-psv ... ve-enemies

So The Short Message, looking like a first person perspective, and it's PS5 Exclusivity sounds related and the title implying a shorter experience.. Likely also playable as a normal game without VR too. That way, nobody misses out on a sale.

Of interest is that unlike all the other announced SH titles, this one is being done solely internally at Konami.


The date given is either placeholder, or when pre-orders are set to get entered into the system.

DuskG once again confirms this is the Sakura project with Ito, where a girl investigates an abandoned building following her friend's suicide there, details established at the start of the game.

As for Konami's other projects, MGS3 remake is rumored, which sounds in line with the SH2 Remake strategy, though there is also the prospect of another Zone of the Enders game following the MARS remaster, which also supported VR.

[leftshoe18]

Oooh! I wonder when it'll get announced/released!?

[Jonipoon]

This is insane. 10 years of nothing and then BAM - now we’re drowning in new titles being announced constantly.

[Droo]

Is this real life? What even is happening?

[Alexius Corvinus]

Heck, I’m more than grateful at this point.

[MistahJ]

Dusk said there are 3 more games in development (not counting those already announced + TSM).

Three more?! Where did he say this? That's crazy.

[Sabitsuki]

Three more?! Where did he say this? That's crazy.

"There's at least three Silent Hill projects which haven't been announced yet, not including the Short Message. Yes, really. But one of them is in very early development"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/silent ... t-98926087

[leftshoe18]

I'm guessing one of those other projects is an in-house Konami production considering they've been hiring devs for a horror game. I also wouldn't be surprised if these other projects (or at least some of them) are pretty small games.

But still...it's crazy to think we have 8(!) games on the way plus a movie after getting nothing (besides a few DLC's for other games and a comic) for a decade.

[Wigeke]

Fingers crossed for a new Sam Barlow led SH project.

[Droo]

As long as it's more like Shattered Memories instead of Origins.

[jdnation]

Perhaps one of those unannounced projects in early stages is tied to Gan's film. Makes sense to have one guaranteed to come out around that time. So I'm expecting 'Return to Silent Hill: The Game.'

Now we just need to wait for the inevitable TV Series announcement. Streaming services are tanking all around and everyone is looking for a Stranger Things replacement. Heck, there's even rumors of a Stranger Things anime set in Japan... I wonder if Konami is thinking of that too? Animated Castlevania is a hit. Imagine if a studio like MAPPA faithfully adapted the SH1-4 games into 4 shorter anime seasons! But I'd rather they get Season 2 of Chainsaw-Man out as soon as possible, on top of Jujutsu Kaisen, Vinland Saga, and finishing Attack on Titan.

[Wigeke]

As long as it's more like Shattered Memories instead of Origins.

I think it's same to assume it would be something like that. Origins has the whole thing about them inheriting that half baked version and having to rush to finish it on time. Considering all his other more recent games we'd probably get something wildly different if he had full creative freedom.

[The Adversary]

>So I'm expecting 'Return to Silent Hill: The Game.'<
I have a feeling that's what SILENT HILL 2: REMAKE is intended to be, or vice versa. It seems the film was really the catalyst for all of this, so it makes sense the two would be released somewhat together and have a semi-connection.

[jdnation]

Yeah, good point...

However, knowing that 2 is a Remake, and intends to stick very close to the original, there will probably be something else that is more of a direct tie-in to the movie. Either blatantly a playable version of the movie, or some side story that goes alongside the movie as part of some cross-media strategy, so whatever it is will fit more into Gans' version of Silent Hill, which we can already tell won't be the same as SH2 outside of the base premises and a few key moments and locations. Could just be a small different styled game for promotional value.

[The Adversary]

Agreed. I don't think there will be any major differences between the original game and the remake, though at least some tie-ins to the film. Jonipoon, Droo and I addressed this kinda of in another thread—that maybe we'll get some more information about the town's history, and possibly James' relationship with both Mary and Frank.

[leftshoe18]

> Either blatantly a playable version of the movie, or some side story that goes alongside the movie as part of some cross-media strategy,

The Movie But In Game Form isn't really a common thing in video games anymore. If there is a tie-in it's much more likely to be a side story than an actual adaptation of the film.

[Droo]

So how soon do we think The Short Message is coming? The rating page had it as December 31st 2022 which was obviously a placeholder date.

But Dusk Golem says it's coming "very soon" so I think it likely will be the first new SH media released since Book of Memories, before even Ascension and 2R.

[leftshoe18]

I wouldn't be shocked if we get a Playstation event in early 2023 that (along with new information about SH2Remake) will reveal Short Message and either give us a release date or just release it immediately during/after the event.

[Jonipoon]

I just wanna play it now god damn it.

I’m consoling myself with replays of SH2-4 at the moment.

[tbonesays]

Three more?! Where did he say this? That's crazy.

"There's at least three Silent Hill projects which haven't been announced yet, not including the Short Message. Yes, really. But one of them is in very early development"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/silent ... t-98926087

Sounds like there is some redundancy here. But still very much has been going on and that is likely why all of last year's rumors were jumbled.