Alan Wake 2 Director Says Silent Hill Was “a Key Point of Reference” for Atmosphere Building

If you've played the game, you know the one.

Six new character posters for have been revealed ahead of the release of the first interactive series in the franchise. The new product works around Konami’s classic survival horror series but has a completely different approach when compared to previous titles. This will not be a game in the original sense, but a collaborative interactive streaming experience shared by players worldwide. To some extent, there are similarities between and Netflix’s, but there are also important differences.

Leading up to the October 27 release date for Alan Wake 2, developer Remedy has worked with Epic Games to create a playable recap for the original Alan Wake. The 20-minute recap can be played through Fortnite, and serves as a refresher for the events of the original game.

Genvid has released a new trailer for Silent Hill: Ascension, the interactive streaming series based on Konami’s psychological horror franchise. It’s about two families in two locations – Hope’s Junction in Pennsylvania and Stilledalen in Norway – as they deal with the deaths of those close to them. Check it out below.

Fans of the Silent Hill franchise have waited for what felt like an eternity for Konami to recognize their survival horror franchise. Since Hideo Kojima split from the company and Silent Hills was killed off, we were left with nothing more than hope for the franchise’s return. After years of events that came and went without a mention of the IP, things finally turned around last year. Konami released a video highlighting that Silent Hill was coming back, and several projects were coming out based around the IP. Included in that batch of titles was a remake of Silent Hill 2.

Silent Hill Ascension will premiere on Halloween, aka October 31st, at 9pm ET/6pm PT, Konami has confirmed. For UK folks, that is 1am GMT on November 1st.  The first episode of the live series, where the audience determine the story and the canon of the Silent Hill franchise, will mark the beginning of a six month journey with a new episode dropping every day.

Konami unveiled last year that Silent Hill was going to make a return in a massive way. After years of dormancy, fans had waited for any new signs of life when it came to the beloved survival horror franchise. So it was quite a surprise that when Konami did reveal the return for the IP, several projects were in the works. One of the biggest titles from the batch of new reveals is a remake of arguably the best installment of the entire franchise, Silent Hill 2. However, details about the game have still been tightly sealed shut behind Konami and the developers handling the project, Bloober Team.

“Where the hell is the Silent Hill 2 remake?” is a question many of us have asked in recent months, with updates on the survival horror title having dried up entirely since its announcement a year ago. It seems, however, that Konami and developer Bloober Team may be planning another look at the game in the near future.

It’s unclear how long it will be until gets an official launch date, but there are plenty of fantastic horror games to play during the wait. The survival horror genre has been experiencing something of a renaissance in recent years, much like the initial surge the genre had when the series was just getting started. This rebirth is set to continue with the remake, among other upcoming titles that fans will likely also want to get their hands on, but there is a lot to play that’s already on many of the digital marketplaces.

We could be hearing more about the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake from Konami anytime now, as a new Steam backend update is one of many puzzle pieces that may just complete a picture that gives us more details about the remake of one of the horror genre’s best games.

Silent Hill 2's remake has been receiving consistent updates on Steam over the last few weeks, which hints that it won't be long until we get some news on the game.

As we creak ever closer to spooky season and a possible second Silent Hill Transmission – the last was just before Halloween 2022 – it seems Bloober Team has quietly been updating the backend of Silent Hill 2 Remake's Steam page.