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Konami Files New ‘Silent Hill’ Trademark for Gambling
In another episode of “What’s Konami Doing with the Silent Hill Franchise?”, it seems that the company will be holding onto the franchise, and sadly, won’t result in a new video game for the forseeable future.
In a trademark filing dated March 19th, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. has filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for “Silent Hill” on an “intent-to-use” basis. Specifically, the trademark is for use with “electronic gaming machines, namely, devices which accept a wager”. In other words, gambling machines like Pachinko.
Yes, it seems like Konami is going to be doing another gambling machine using the Silent Hill license, just like the one they released back in 2015 called – HIT THE LEVEL –. That one had Silent Hill 2 protagonist James Sunderland facing off against Pyramid Head doing everything that wasn’t characteristic of the survival horror classic.
As we mentioned back in February, we’re still waiting on updates regarding those two P.T.-inspired projects, Allison Road and Visage, with the latter being farther along. Those two are really the only games at the moment that seek to capture the spirit of the franchise that Konami has seemingly thrown away for profit.
And still, we wait…
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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