Konami isn’t done with Silent Hill — not even close. Fresh off shipping every game in the horror franchise’s comeback “first wave,” series producer Motoi Okamoto says the company is already planning what comes next: “second and third waves” of Silent Hill. Talking to Famitsu, as reported by Eurogamer, Okamoto confirmed that the first wave landed successfully — and that Konami is “currently looking at a number of projects” to keep the momentum going.
“One Remake Is Not Enough”
All three titles in the revival’s opening salvo — the Silent Hill 2 remake, Silent Hill f and Silent Hill: Townfall — made it to release, a fact Okamoto seems fully aware was never a given. “All three titles we initially announced were able to be released successfully, so we’re relieved (laughs),” he told Famitsu. “They’ve also received high praise, and we are satisfied with it.”
But resting there, he argues, is exactly how the franchise ended up in the wilderness the last time. “Successfully launching this ‘first wave’ comes with great relief, but we’re not stopping here; we must think of the second and third waves. We can’t share specific details, but we’re currently looking at a number of projects.” Getting Konami’s executives to commit apparently took some convincing, with Okamoto stressing that “one remake is not enough”: “As a producer, I cannot let it end only with that. If there were only one release, wouldn’t people think that the development is going to be cancelled again, I thought.”
The First Wave Stuck the Landing
The context for that anxiety is the long stretch in which Silent Hill was effectively a dead franchise — the era when Silent Hills was cancelled and its playable teaser survived only on consoles that never deleted it. The current revival has been the series’ most sustained run since: the Silent Hill 2 remake led the charge, Silent Hill f followed, and Townfall — which we went hands-on with at PAX West — is out now, earning four out of five stars from Eurogamer, which called it “an often phenomenal ride; reverent to its roots, rich with ideas, and yes, properly unnerving.”
When the second wave might arrive, and what shape it takes — remakes, new entries, or something stranger — remains unannounced. But for a franchise that spent a decade as a ghost, Konami planning its next two waves before the dust has even settled on the first is the loudest possible signal that Silent Hill is a permanent resident again.