Konami reveals new Silent Hill game

By Robert Purchese Published 9 April, 2010

Made for PS3/360 by new developer.

Konami's working with a new developer on a new Silent Hill game for "next-gen consoles", aka PS3 and Xbox 360.

The publisher revealed the news at an event in Frankfurt, Germany yesterday - dutifully attended by Eurogamer Germany.

No other details were given.

Silent Hill: Homecoming was Konami's last original take on the IP and was released in autumn 2008 to a lukewarm reception. Better received was Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on Wii, a re-imagining of the first Silent Hill game from 1999.

Shattered Memories received a whopping 9/10 here on Eurogamer but sadly hasn't appealed to the Wii audience in quite the same way.

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  • Bulbatron #1 2 years ago

    Not interested in playing Silent Hill on the Wii. I'm just too clumsy to get to grips with the controls of it.

    I recently got the PlayStation 2 version. I haven't had a chance to play it yet, though.

    I didn't think Homecoming was too bad. Better than Silent Hill 4, but that's about all.

    I hope this new one will be good.
    Edited by Bulbatron at 09/04/10 @ 13:23

  • thes #2 2 years ago

    I still have faith... Please be good!

  • GreyBeard #3 2 years ago

    Homecoming wasn't bad as such, it was just depressingly mediocre and uninspired.

  • Syrette #4 2 years ago

    360 and PS3 are still being referred to as "next-gen"?

  • jonfon #5 2 years ago

    Oooh, must get Shattered Memories for the PSP on the way home this evening.

    Right Brain, I don't like you and you don't like me, but if you want to spend the weekend creeped out and terrified then you'd better remember this. Otherwise I'll punish you by pickling you in beer and rum all weekend long.

    Hmmm, wait, this may not be the most persuasive threat I've ever come up with. Still want to get this later though.

    Edited by jonfon at 09/04/10 @ 13:29

  • GamesConnoisseur #6 2 years ago

    Shattered Memories on Wii I really tried very hard to like, but doesn't grab me as much as the orginial or the even better first sequel on PS2/xbox. Too few puzzles and contents for what is a combat free game in which you just run. Running was fat more fun in Mirror Edge.

    7/10 at very best for me but fingers crossed the next one would make up for the last few wasted opportunities with still potentially wonderful Silent Hill franchise.

  • TopKatt #7 2 years ago

    I love Shattered Memories on the Wii, first Wii game I've played in ages. Love the way you have to hold the wiimote to your ear when listening to the creepy voicemail messages.
    Edited by TopKatt at 09/04/10 @ 13:40

  • sonicyoda #8 2 years ago

    I bought Shattered Memories on Wii and thought it was one of the best games I've played this generation. It deserved to do so much better than it did.

    I really want a 360/PS3 Silent Hill that will be as innovative as Shattered Memories. If it can be done on Wii then I'm sure it can be done on 360 and PS3.

  • Anufea #9 2 years ago

    Shattered Memories on Wii is nothing short of a hugely immersive playing experience. Even without combat it can still be challenging at times, but the main selling point for me would be replayability: the "psych profile" mechanic does not only influence the interesting main characters and dialogue but also the little details and background storylines that the game is packed with.
    Great soundtrack and voice acting and atmospheric graphics add lots, I could go on... ;)

    Most interesting and grown-up game I played in ages fullstop.

    P.S. In my opinion the Wii controls are far superior to the PS2 controls, even though re-aiming after shaking off monsters can be tricky.

  • jonfon #10 2 years ago

    So has anyone (for example some of the staff at Eurogamer, who seem to have developed an aversion to reviewing PSP games) tried the PSP version? How does it play? Is it any good.

  • metallicorphan #11 2 years ago

    after loving Silent Hill games since the first(i even loved The Room)...the last one i hardly played(the one on the 360),i liked it,but just never went back to it

    I am hoping Alan Wake fills the gap that Silent Hill has left open


    oh,and i hope PSN put SH1 back up on the store,as i want to buy it and missed out when it appeared for those few days

  • darkmorgado #12 2 years ago

    @jonfon

    I would guess that much of the atmosphere would be lost by playing it on such a small screen, unless you are playing it at home, in the dark, with headphones... in which case you may as well get the wii version.

  • Zebula77 #13 2 years ago

    Homecoming was ok-ish. Atmospheric in places, and the sound effects editing was top-notch. Story wasn't terrible, either. Didn't like the influences from the movie or the combat, tho.

    I'm hoping this one will stay closer to the Shattered Memories template, which was very refreshing. Maybe a similar retread of the Silent Hil 2 story? (arguably the best SH game)

    I'm such a biased SH-fan that I'll buy this game even if it gets crap scores tho, so my opinion might not count for much. :p

    @jonfon: the PSP version is good. Obviously the Wii-mote-specific controls don't translate that well, but it still plays well and is easy to get to grips with. The nightmare sections (where you have to run away from monsters) is a little trial and error, but definitely intense and frightening. I've got the PS2 version as well lol. (not tried it yet)
    Edited by Zebula77 at 09/04/10 @ 14:22

  • Rufus #14 2 years ago

    Homecoming was an absolute disgrace. Even SH: Origins had its ok moments. Shattered Memories, on the other hand, was brilliant. It wasn't quite the injection of freshness to the series that Resident Evil 4 was to the original Resi, but it was certainly close.

    @jonfon:

    In the Shattered Memories (Wii version) thread, harhol mentions that he had played the PSP version and thought it was brilliant.

    I remember hearing a rumour ages ago about how Team Silent were interested in coming together again for one last Silent Hill. A man can dream!

  • Hunam #15 2 years ago

    Oh god.

  • mikeck #16 2 years ago

    I've loved every single Silent Hill game, and it's still my favourite series to date. Homecoming wasn't too shabby, and isn't deserving of all the negativity thrown in it's direction; the sound design especially was insanely good.

    I'm looking forward to another entry in this batshit insane series :)

  • swissorc #17 2 years ago

    It's not that shattered memory hasn't appealed to me it's that they made us wait 6 months! for it over here by which time it went way down my list should of brought it out at christmas. Oh well their loss ha ha Konami. Additionally, like I said in an earlier post its the british developer I feel sorry for not Konami.

  • twinbee #18 2 years ago

    Can't they just say "HD consoles"? Next gen doesn't even make any sense here.

  • xentrilus #19 2 years ago

    A NEW developer?


    Dammit...Climax deserves another shot...

  • barkertron #20 2 years ago

    Practically everyone on the internet seems to agree that the first two games were the best, so I wonder why Konami haven't decided to reinstate Team Silent... Perhaps they wanted to breathe new life into the series, which is fair enough I suppose, but there seems to be a gulf between the acclaim received by the Team Silent games (even 3 and 4) and the fairly muted reception to what came afterwards, Shattered Memories' slight detour notwithstanding.

    So come on Konami, what's the deal? Hmmmmmmmmmmm?

  • Agent_Llama #21 2 years ago

    Still need to get Shattered Memories (£20 in Asda at the moment on the Wii!) Homecoming was horrid. Uninspired and combat-heavy. I gave up at the shoot-out in the police station when I had no health drinks etc left. Anything to get back to the magic of the first three (especially SH2) games, please!

  • curtlikesmeat #22 2 years ago

    I agree with Bulbatron, very interested in Silent Hill, not at all interested in the Wii which I guess is why it was largely overlooked.

  • sega #23 2 years ago

    I can't believe there was not much interest in Shattered Memories for the Wii! It's simply one of the greatest games I've ever had the privilidge to play. Sort it out Wii owners - don't miss out on a true classic.

  • jambo74 #24 2 years ago

    Too late Konami - just like your PES games.

  • RobotRocker #25 2 years ago

    Its being done by Vatra games in the Czech Republic who are made up of a lot of ex-2K Czech guys. Eastern European studios seem good at this whole horror thing though so it might have a shot.

    Bad news time: Due to his departure to Grasshopper Manufacture, Akira Yamanoka will not be returning.
    Edited by RobotRocker at 10/04/10 @ 02:14

  • xandaca #26 2 years ago

    Shattered Memories was bloody awful. It had a few ideas that sounded good on paper but either didn't do anything substantial in play (the psychological profiling stuff) or were horrifically implemented (the near-unplayable Nightmare sections), while every other aspect of the game was dull and completely bog-standard. It was the first Silent Hill game I've played and unless Silent Hill 2 gets ported to the Wii for some reason, it'll probably be the last.

  • napalm68 #27 2 years ago

    Yeah, I made the mistake of getting the wii version of shattered memories. The controls are just too hard to use, where the entire time you are playing you have to keep your hand rigidly still within a tiny field of motion. It is just crap. And taxing, and bad for you.

  • sega #28 2 years ago

    How could you find the controls in Shattered Memories difficult? It's just pointing a flashlight at the screen - I'd hate to see how you'd cope during a power cut.

  • nichotshoter #29 2 years ago

    Hope this support the move

  • KDR_11k #30 2 years ago

    "new developer"? So it's not Climax who just figured out an approach to make a modern Silent Hill game (or maybe they are making a separate SH game that isn't complete enough to be announced yet)?

    I liked SHSM, for another game they'd obviously have to do a LOT differently but hell, it was good.
    Edited by KDR_11k at 11/04/10 @ 15:02

  • Anufea #31 2 years ago

    @napalm68: Just let your arms rest atop your legs while sitting. Issue solved.

  • frostcircus #32 2 years ago

    Homecoming was acceptable up until Harvey Pekar attacked you with a circular saw. This occured shortly after someone took a drill to the face, which happened shortly after you walked between the dripping, high-definition remains of a body cleaved in two. I'm not sure why any of this ended up in a Silent Hill game.