Konami chose to cancel Silent Hills more than five years ago, and Guillermo del Toro is still upset about it.
Silent Hills was going to be co-directed by del Toro and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. However, the project never got off the ground due to Kojima’s departure from Konami. The duo would reunite to work on Death Stranding, but many still wonder what a Silent Hill game from them would be like, including del Toro.
Earlier this month at The Game Awards, del Toro mentioned Silent Hill in passing, which led to a lot of speculation that he might be working on a new entry in the series. While guesting on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the hosts straight-up asked the Oscar-winning director if he is working on a Silent Hill title. Much to the chagrin of survival horror fans everywhere, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
“No, not at all,” del Toro said. “It’s just one of those things in my life that makes no sense. I just wanted to tickle the ribs of Konami because I don’t understand. That was so perfect. What we were going to do was so enthralling.”
Huge bummer. Coincidentally, Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama announced his new horror game Slitterhead at the Game Awards.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
