In 2009, Konami launched Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on the Nintendo Wii. The game was a retelling of the unique Silent Hill, with an all-new story written by Sam Barlow. Since then, Barlow has gone on to work on different initiatives, together with Her Story, and Telling Lies, and he’s presently within the strategy of pitching a follow-up to Shattered Memories. It must be famous that Barlow has since clarified that this is able to not be a undertaking for Konami, and would as an alternative be one thing else, maybe within the model of a religious successor. The Tweet from Barlow will be discovered embedded beneath.
TFW an interviewer asks what you’d do to make a Shattered Memories follow-up at this time however you possibly can’t inform them since you’re presently pitching that factor pic.twitter.com/ztnbcjjBck
— Sam Barlow (@mrsambarlow) October 7, 2020
While the Silent Hill franchise has lengthy been a fan favourite, Konami’s curiosity in gaming has considerably dropped off, with a higher emphasis positioned on different features of its enterprise. As a outcome, the vast majority of games revealed by the corporate today are ports and compilations of older choices. Silent Hill content was recently added to Dead by Daylight, however the game makes use of plenty of licensed horror figures, and Konami has no position in its improvement or publishing.
The idea of religious successors has been fairly distinguished all through the video game trade over the previous couple of years. Games like Yooka-Laylee, Azure Striker Gunvolt, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night have given builders of beloved games an opportunity to create new IPs impressed by the classics they created with different firms. Notably, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was written and produced by Koji Igarashi, who labored on a number of entries in Konami’s Castlevania franchise. As such, it appears solely acceptable that one other Konami franchise may additionally see a religious successor!
It must be famous that the Shattered Memories follow-up just isn’t Barlow’s subsequent undertaking, which is the presently untitled “Project A” from Half Mermaid Productions. Instead, the follow-up would be the undertaking after, ought to every thing go in keeping with plan. Fans of Silent Hill could be upset that this would possibly not be an “official” entry within the collection, nevertheless it may show to be a compelling horror game by itself.
Are you a fan of the Silent Hill franchise? Would you be involved in a religious successor? Let us know within the feedback or share your ideas immediately on Twitter at @Marcdachamp to speak about all issues gaming!
