Silent Hill 2 Remake is actually happening, Bloober Team as developer

A lot of time has passed. So long, in fact, that it’s personally quite hard to believe this is real and not just another leak. Revealed today during Konami’s Silent Hill broadcast, a new version of one of the most prolific games in the horror genre, Silent Hill 2, has been announced.

The remake is currently being developed by the Bloober Team, as previous rumors and leaks suggested. The developer is behind perfectly average horror titles Layers of Fear and The Medium, and I’m glad I lowered my expectations a bit before jumping into streaming. I guess now we can all be relieved that at least those leaks can be fixed.

Masahiro Ito, creature designer for Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 (also art director on 2 and 3) is finally back too. With Pyramid Head’s own creator Ito on board, this new version already shows some promise. Now let’s hope Bloober Team can get this out of the bag.

Akira Yamaoka, the brilliant composer behind the soundtracks for the first three Silent Hill games (some of the best soundtracks of all time, in my opinion) and composer for some later games in the series, will also be involved in development. from The Silent Hill 2 Remake.

Silent Hill 2 follows James Sunderland through the treacherous city as he tries to find his wife after receiving a letter from her. The problem, however, is that Mary (James’s wife) died three years earlier. This then descends into a hellish ride that gets more and more complicated, and it’s fantastic.

It will be interesting to see how the remake executes, given that the PS1 style is part of what gave Silent Hill 2 its edge. What do you think of this classic being remade?