Konami Reveals Silent Hill f, Bringing The Franchise To Japan For The First Time

Silent Hill f was lastly, formally revealed throughout Konami’s newest Silent Hill Transmission showcase, which it solely introduced earlier this week. After listening to virtually nothing about Silent Hill f since its first reveal in 2022, we now know the place it’ll be set, a bit bit in regards to the story, and we’ve gotten our first correct trailer.

Sadly it appears to only be a CG-trailer, however Konami may at all times shock us with gameplay that appears simply as polished as what we’ve seen on this first trailer.

That is the primary Silent Hill sport to be set in 1960’s Japan, in a spot known as Ebisugaoka, impressed by an actual torn within the Gero area in Japan. It focuses on a younger faculty woman named Shimizu Hinako, whose life is changed into a nightmare when her hometown begins turning into one thing unrecognizable.

Based on Motoi Okamoto, producer on Silent Hill f at Konami, the selection to set this sport in Japan, and never within the city of Silent Hill, was as a result of the staff had begun to really feel the sequence had misplaced a few of the essence it had that made it a Japanese sport. Whereas the sequence has at all times been set in Japan, it had a sure Japanese flavour of horror that helped it stand out.

Bringing this sport to Japan meant that the staff may go all-in on making it a full Japanese horror sport, whereas additionally preserving the thematic emblems gamers have come to like from the franchise.

Further eager followers can rush to their PS5’s and the PlayStation Retailer to wishlist the sport, however we’re nonetheless at nighttime as to when it’ll be out on consoles and PC platforms. Hopefully we’ll have a launch date earlier than the primary half of this yr is thru.

You possibly can take a look at the brand new trailer, and the complete livestream, beneath.

Supply – [Konami]