Konami has confirmed thatSilent Hill: Townfallis currently in development. The announcement came as part of the Silent Hill Transmission presentation. The presentation focused on five different projects, including aSilent Hill 2remake, theReturn to Silent Hillfilm, the interactive media projectSilent Hill: Ascension, and the mysteriousSilent Hill F. While only a teaser trailer was shared forSilent Hill: Townfall, the game’s developer and prior leaks provide an exciting glimpse of why the project is exciting.
Silent Hill: Townfallis being developed by No Code Studios, a co-production with Annapurna Interactive. No Code Studios is best known for two projects,Stories UntoldandObservation. Both titles are adventure-puzzle games, the first an episodic horror anthology and the second a larger sci-fi thriller – thoughObservationcertainly has its horror inclinations. Based on its past work, it’s easy to see how No Code is a solid choice for aSilent Hillproject.
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The trailer forSilent Hill: Townfallis suitably cryptic and offers very little in terms of direct information about the game. Voiceover stating that “you are here to be punished” is heard, along with lines about being stuck somewhere, judgment, and other generally frightening commentaries. The visuals of the trailer swap between a pocket television flashing cryptic maps and charts intermixed with violent imagery, and a beach scene with the water coming and out layered with a red filter.
Leaks surroundingSilent Hill: Townfallhave indicated that No Code is making a suitable follow-up to its previous projects. The new game reportedly focuses on short-form horror stories, much likeStories Untold. It’s also been described as “episodic,” though it’s unclear if that means it will be released in pieces or is simply referring to theanthology structure of theSilent Hillgame. It’s also said that the game was shopped to multiple different teams prior to No Code, including the project that Supermassive eventually turned into theDark Pictures Anthology.
Suffice it to say, there’sa lot left to be discovered aboutSilent Hill: Townfall. The trailer reveals very little about the game, but it does an excellent job of building atmosphere. In that regard,Silent Hill: Townfallis exciting as a project from the beloved horror game franchise. If the atmosphere is correct, the gameplay will benefit.
Without knowing Hill: Townfall’s gameplay, it’s impossible to say just how true of a successor it is to theSilent Hillfranchise. What is exciting, though, is that No Code has shown itself to be a talented horror game developer, and it now has the opportunity to show that with a massive franchise. It is just one of the multiple exciting opportunities for theSilent Hillseries to have a resurgence in the next few years.
