A Silent Hill remake has been announced as “in development” during Konami Press Start showcase

A Silent Hill remake has just been announced during Konami’s Press Start showcase.

The game will be created by Bloober team in collaboration with Konami. As of writing, the only confirmed is that the game is “in development”.

The brief reveal trailer was paired alongside the Silent Hill 1 intro theme, further confirming that this is the original game in the legendary horror series being remade.

This remake of the original 1999 game by Bloober Team, the developer responsible for the excellent Silent Hill 2 remake. That game received ample critical and commercial success, and in Eurogamer’s own review of the Silent Hill 2 remake, Vikki Blake noted: “Against the odds, Bloober Team has delivered a remake that both expands Silent Hill 2 in just the right places, and gives careful attention to what it preserves.”

This will be the first time Silent Hill 1 has gotten the remake treatment, although it was reimagined back in 2009 with Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. That game, released on the Wii and later ported to the PS2, was an interesting spin on the game that started it all.

Bloober Team is also working on Cronos: The New Dawn, which got a release date announcement at Summer Game Fest only a few days ago.