In a quickly-pulled YouTube interview, the prolific video game composer teased he was composing music for a project which was 'the one you're hoping to hear about'.Įurogamer understands this video was disappeared offline as Yamaoka did indeed let slip more than he should.Īll of which brings us back to Bloober - which, perhaps not coincidentally, Yamaoka collaborated with for 2020's The Medium. Most recently, in February this year, Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka dropped a strong hint he was back working on the franchise. While unsuccessful, VGC has reported this pitch became part of its subsequent Dark Pictures Anthology project.
Konami declined to share anything further on that at the time.īack in 2018, Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games was juggling multiple projects, which sources told Eurogamer at the time included a major pitch to make a new Silent Hill game. Since 2014's Hideo Kojima-helmed PT was cancelled, Konami has placed the franchise on ice and cut back the company's overall game development.īut fan interest in Silent Hill has never waned, and behind the scenes Konami has considered several possible avenues for reviving the series.īack in January, a report suggested multiple Silent Hill projects were in the works following a secret call from Konami to developers a couple of years ago. Today's announcement comes after a long period of silence on Silent Hill's future.