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New Story-Focused Silent Hill 2 Remake Trailer Drops

A new trailer for the much-anticipated return to the Silent Hill series with Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 Remake. After a brief spiral out of the public favor, it’s seemed to have recovered ahead of its October-bound release.

The new trailer was shared on YouTube giving us a glimpse into the story we can expect from the remade horror classic.

The Silent Hill 2 Remake has had a pretty troubled development plagued with developer silence outside of occasional assurance that the game is still underway and a brief bout of the blame game until things finally fell in place during May’s State of Play that gifted us with a proper release date.

Silent Hill: The Short Message Breaks Another Milestone

The PlayStation 5 exclusive free-to-play horror experience, Silent Hill: The Short Message, has surpassed three million downloads. Previously, bit breached 2.5 million back in May.

Developed by Hexadrive in Unreal Engine 5, Silent Hill: The Short Message puts you in the shoes of Anita, who’s told she can’t leave the rundown apartment complex she’s trapped in until she finds the ominously labeled “it.” Unfortunately, you’re not alone, roaming the building is Sakura Head, a humanoid entity that has cherry blossoms all across its head.

On launch, it faced mixed reviews, but we suspect many people who played it were just happy to get another Silent Hill game after such a long dry spell. The last proper game was the infamously delisted P.T. back in 2014.

The future is at least looking a little brighter for the future of the IP, with Bloober Team working on a Silent Hill 2 remake slated for later this year, as well NeoBards Entertainment partnering with Konami on Silent Hill F and No Code’s Silent Hill spin-off, Silent Hill: Townfall.

Maybe MGSV’s Giant Budget Led Konami To Ditch AAA Games

Recently, evidence has come to light that indicates long-time game publisher Konami is bowing out of the AAA production business .

But given the massive amount of money they spent on the critically acclaimed Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain , maybe we shouldn't blame them.

The game has already moved over 3 million units but according to this Forbes report , it'll actually have to sell double that amount if Konami just wants to break even. That's because MGSV required a whopping $80 million just to make; that number doesn't include marketing or distribution costs, either.

In contrast, developer CD Projekt Red announced earlier this month that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cost a total of $81 million (including promotion and distribution). That game sold 6 million copies in just 6 weeks , so they must have turned a healthy profit by now.

But does this mean that Konami simply mismanaged the production of MGSV? Or are we reaching a point in the industry where only the world's largest publishers can take on true AAA projects?

Metal Gear Solid V Might Be Konami’s Last AAA Title…Ever

The evidence is starting to mount: Konami may be out of the big-budget game business for good.

First, it was previously revealed that Fox Engine Director Julien Merceron left the company .

Then, French publication Gameblog (as translated and confirmed by Eurogamer ) says Konami has no plans to release a new Metal Gear title after the acclaimed entry, The Phantom Pain , which launched on September 1.

Currently, the only major game in the publisher's hopper is the new Pro Evolution Soccer . Furthermore, Konami composer Rika Muranaka, who has worked on the Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania franchises, says on Twitter that she must also find new work:

Is this the end of Konami as we know it? Or is it merely a lull after releasing a super huge title like MGSV?

If Konami Has To Die, What Will Be Your Fondest Memories?

If it's really true that Konami has to disappear, perhaps it's time to start thinking about the eulogy.

After the news that the Japanese publisher voluntary de-listed itself from the New York Stock Exchange , and after they announced the cancellation of Silent Hills , everyone is wondering:

How much time does Konami have left?

They already parted ways with Hideo Kojima and right now, we're trying to figure out how Konami will stay in business. If they don't, I wonder what will be our fondest memories of the publisher… Sure, there's Metal Gear Solid , which is arguably the company's biggest claim to fame. But there's also the iconic Castlevania series, which – along with another Konami IP, Contra – helped shape action/adventure games in the earliest days of the industry.

Silent Hill is a widely renowned horror franchise and many fans give it credit for maintaining the purity of the survival/horror franchise. And hey, don't forget about other 8-bit classics like Blades of Steel and Double Dribble . Being an old-school RPG fan, Suikoden remains one of my all-time favorite role-playing IPs. So, there's plenty to choose from and I hardly named all of Konami's great franchises.

What's on your list?

Konami’s TGS Lineup Doesn’t Include Ground Zeroes…Yet

Their hottest game might not be featured…but then again, maybe it will.

The Tokyo Game Show is coming up in a few sort weeks, and Konami has revealed their lineup for the event.

Both Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and the Zone of the Enders HD Collection will be shown. That alone is probably reason for some excitement. And even though Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes wasn't on the list, Konami did say that "other titles" not on the list are slated to appear; so like, secret attendees, you know? By the way, don't forget that if you pick up that ZoE Collection, you'll get a playable demo for Revengeance , which makes it all sorts of attractive. I mean, beyond the fact that ZoE rules, anyway.

In other news, Revengeance for the Xbox 360 has been canceled for Japan . It's still coming as scheduled in February for the PS3 and 360 in western territories but for "various reasons," the 360 version won't be hitting Japan. …gee, wonder why.