It’s still hard to believe that yesterday’s news could possibly be true, but alas, a new Silent Hill game is finally in development, it stars Norman Reedus, and it’s a collaboration between master filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro and master gamemaker Hideo Kojima.
Yep, the dude that created Metal Gear Solid (and who I met at Comic-Con last year), and the dude who directed the Hellboy series Pan’s Labyrinth.
The way that the game was announced is equally as incredible. At yesterday’s Gamescom press conference, Sony debuted a new independent horror game called P.T., which it turns out was a fake game by a developer that doesn’t exist, and it was actually a ruse by Kojima and co. to build hype for Silent Hills. Who the heck announces a game like that?
And build hype it did. A playable P.T. demo hit the Playstation Store at the closure of their press conference, and gamers fell in love with it. I usually don’t have a problem with horror games (not since Silent Hill 2 in any case), but I tried to play P.T. for about 15 minutes last night before I had to turn it off. There’s no way in hell I’m going through that before bed. It’s legitimately terrifying in its visuals, audio, and especially its atmosphere, and if Del Toro and Kojima and their team can craft something so freaking scary as a teaser for a completely unrelated title, I cannot wait to see what they do with the full game. You can watch a run-through of P.T. below, if you dare.
And they are aiming to scare the hell out of players. At a follow-up press conference today (which also revealed that Kojima Productions is actually developing the game rather than just overseeing production), Kojima said that “Originally, we were thinking of making a game that would make you pee your pants,” Following discussions with Del Toro, Kojima decided, “we are aiming for a game that will make you shit your pants.”
Yep. Shit your pants. But what if it’s too scary? Won’t people simply not play? That’s not their problem, as it turns out, as Kojima continued “So be it. We don’t care. We are aiming for a game that will make you shit your pants. So please make sure you have a change of clothes.” He joked that “The limited edition will probably include a pair of trousers.”
I just hope that we get a release date, or at least more info on the game soon. I have a horror-itch that hasn’t been scratched since Silent Hill 4.
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