It has been a while since we heard anything about Silent Hill: The Short Message, one of the new entries in the classic survival horror series by Konami that is finally coming back into the spotlight after years of hiatus. Something seems to be going on with the game, and it may not be anything good.
As reported by Dusk Golem on Twitter, the game, which was rated last year in Taiwan, was recently removed from the Taiwanese Rating Board's database. This could mean, as Dusk Golem notes, that the game was either canceled or because the release date was changed to a later one. It's not all bad news regarding the Silent Hill franchise, however, as the reveal trailer for Silent Hill: Ascension has started appearing on Twitter as a promoted tweet, so there's the chance that the marketing machine is getting oiled up for the promotion of the upcoming entries in the series.
(1/2) As more people wait for more Silent Hill news, there's two incredibly small updates to bring up that people on Twitter were kind enough to inform me on.
Silent Hill: Ascension's reveal trailer tweet recently started popping up again in Twitter promoted tweets.
And on the
— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) April 28, 2023
(3/3) thing may be either really good or really bad news. The pessimistic way to look at it is maybe it was removed because the project was canned. The optimistic way to look at it is maybe it was taken off because the release date was updated to a later date. To see!
— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) April 28, 2023
Silent Hill: The Short Message isn't the only entry in the survival horror series by Konami that is in the works. Alongside the already mentioned Silent Hill: Ascension, Konami is working together with Bloober Team on the Silent Hill 2 remake, which, according to the development team, will faithfully stick to the traditional story canon, featuring only changes for certain areas and enemy AI to make the experience feel more modern and more fun to play. As for when the game will release, no one can say at the moment, as a report from last month saying work on the remake was almost finished, and the release date was up to Konami, were confirmed to be a mistranslation by Bloober Team.
The next Silent Hill games have all yet to receive release windows. We will keep you updated on them as soon as more come in on them, so stay tuned for all the latest news.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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