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It is taken them some time, however Konami lastly revealed its plans for Silent Hill as we speak. Three videogames and a movie are on the best way, and alongside them a undertaking known as Silent Hill Ascension was introduced. In Konami’s phrases it is a “massively interactive stay occasion”, with artwork and sound design offered by J.J. Abrams’ Unhealthy Robotic Video games studio.

In response to what I can glean from the announcement, it is principally a Silent Hill story where the occasions are determined by the viewers. Assume Till Daybreak or The Quarry, besides the narrative is formed by the hive thoughts. Within the press materials’s phrases, Ascension will “immerse members across the globe within the psychological horror on the coronary heart of Silent Hill in an unparalleled method – by placing an all-new Silent Hill story and characters into the fingers of the viewers because the narrative unfolds, stay on a number of platforms.”

Phrases like “wild”, “epic” and “revolutionary” are bandied round within the announcement (by J.J. himself), however it does sound fascinating. The tech on the coronary heart of Ascension comes from Genvid Applied sciences, who apparently coined the phrase “massively interactive stay occasion” (or MILE). Probably the most notable instance of Genvid’s work is The Strolling Lifeless: Final Mile, which is a Fb affair. That undertaking feels like a cellphone game: in keeping with Genvid you may “view and work together with the characters and play mini-games to construct up Affect Factors, then bid these factors on selections massive and small, impacting the story because it occurs”. Busywork to earn energy over plot beats, principally.

What we noticed of Ascension as we speak was minimal: a small textual content message alternate between some panicked companions is intercut with a shadowy baddie wielding some form of violent stick. The execution is what is going to matter: a Twitch Performs type strategy to a Silent Hill narrative may very well be actually fascinating.

It is coming in 2023, however no phrase but on what platforms. You’ll be able to watch the presentation beneath (it begins at 37 minute mark). Konami additionally introduced a remake of Silent Hill 2, a brand new Silent Hill set in “Sixties Japan”, and one more Silent Hill game developed by the studio behind Tales Untold.