Silent Hills Release: 5 Things You Need to Know

We continue to see new Silent Hills release details emerge in the weeks after its cancellation and today, we take a look at the most important things PS4 owners and fans of the Silent Hill series need to know about the Silent Hills release going forward.

The Silent Hill series dates back to 1999. It was then that the first version of Silent Hill was released for Sony’s original PlayStation. Since then, we’ve seen Konami and its partners release seven other versions of the game including Silent Hill: Downpour for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. That game was released in 2010.

Fans of the series have been anxious for a Silent Hill release for current-generation consoles and at point point it appeared that Konami would satisfy the horror series’ vast fan base.

In 2014, Konami confirmed plans to bring a new Silent Hill game to the PlayStation 4. The game, dubbed Silent Hills, was to be a collaboration between Hideo Kojima (creator of the Metal Gear Series of games) and well-known Hollywood director Guillermo Del Toro. The game would feature Norman Reedus as the protagonist. Reedus is best known for his work in The Walking Dead and Boondock Saints.

Silent Hills got off to a fast start. Konami released a playable teaser dubbed P.T. (or Playable Teaser) that was available on the PSN Store for the PlayStation 4. All appeared to be well until this past April when things started to fall apart. In late April, Konami confirmed Silent Hills had been cancelled.

Since then, we’ve seen a few details emerge and today we want to take a look at five things fans of the Silent Hills series and casual gamers discovering the title for the first time need to know about the Silent Hills release and Konami’s plans for the future.

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