Silent Hill 4: The Room may not be as outdated as the previous entries in the series, but having been released almost 20 years ago, it would definitely do with a visual overhaul.
10.01.2024 - 18:45 / radiotimes.com / Bloober Team / James Sunderland
After years of rumours and much speculation, Konami confirmed to the world that a remake of the much beloved Silent Hill 2 was in the works.
The project is now well underway with Bloober Team — known for The Medium and Layers of Fear — heading up development. The remake was announced during the Silent Hill transmission livestream showcase alongside several other projects in October 2022.
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From what little we've seen, the graphical fidelity looks to be superb with Unreal Engine 5 helping to realise the anguish in James Sunderland's face in more detail than ever. It may prove too heavy for your PC, however, so be sure to check out the minimum and recommended PC specs ahead of the game's release date.
For everything else, head below for all the latest details, trailers, pre-order information and more.
The Silent Hill 2 remake is expected to be released in 2024.
While Konami has yet to officially confirm this, an official PlayStation showreel for upcoming games in 2024 stated that the remake of Silent Hill 2 will arrive in this window. We're expecting the developer to confirm further details shortly.
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You cannot currently pre-order the Silent Hill 2 remake. You can wishlist the game on Steam already, though. This will notify you of when the game becomes available.
We will update this guide with pre-order information when it is confirmed.
The Silent Hill 2 remake is scheduled to launch exclusively on PlayStation 5 and PC.
This is a timed console exclusive for the PS5 console, though this doesn't mean that developer Bloober Team or Konami won't look to bring the remake to Xbox or other platforms at a later date. What we do know is that the Silent Hill 2 remake is a console exclusive to PS5 for at least 12 months. A year after the game’s initial release on PS5, it could find itself on other platforms.
The Silent Hill 2 remake has the same story as the original Silent Hill 2. You play as James Sunderland (ha’way), a man who has received a letter from his deceased wife three years after her death. Upon the request in the letter, you head to Silent Hill (a shared happy place) where things aren’t as James remembers and all sorts of horrifying events take place.
The psychological survival horror is more often than not lauded as the best in the series, so it’s a good place to start with a full-fat 4K remake. As it is a remake, expect there to be some inconsistencies compared to the original when it comes to storytelling and gameplay. It is a
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The Silent Hill 2 remake rumors have faded into the fog and become reality. The classic title is considered by most to be one of the best horror games of all time, and now it is getting a complete remake. Unlike the disappointment that was the HD Collection, the game will be fully recreated from the ground up for modern hardware. Still, with such a beloved game, and Konami’s troubling track record in recent years, fans may have more concern about this announcement than immediate excitement.
James Sunderland is not going to survive this.
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Bloober Team's CEO, Piotr Babieno, has confirmed that news on the long-awaited Silent Hill 2 remake is expected to start being shared by Konami "very soon".
There was a ton of anticipation over Konami bringing Silent Hill back into the limelight. After years of being dormant, the mainline video game franchise is returning. Just a couple of years ago, Konami unveiled that several Silent Hill projects were in the works, including new installments and a remake. Silent Hill 2 is arguably the most cherished installment for that survival horror franchise. So fans were skeptical when it was unveiled that it would receive a remake. Now that we’re a couple of years out from that announcement, the developers behind the game feel marketing should be ramping up soon.
Konami is preparing a marketing campaign for the Silent Hill 2 remake which should begin soon, judging from some recent comments
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In a look ahead at all the games planned for the PS5 in the coming year, Sony has confirmed that both Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2 remake are set to release in 2024.
Did we put the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2 remakes on that list of our most anticipated games of 2024? The article is so voluminous I’m not sure I have the energy to check. I get halfway down the page and feel like I need to pitch camp below one of the paragraph breaks, like a mountaineer sleeping beneath a crag in one of those dangling tents. Assuming we didn’t, both have been slated for 2024 release by the PlayStation blog.