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‘Silent Hill’ Composer Akira Yamaoka Teases Next Project Coming This Summer in Now-Deleted Interview
Fresh from his work on Bloober Team’s The Medium, composer Akira Yamaoka recently sat down with Middle East-based news outlet Al-Hub in a now-deleted interview to discuss his next project. Why was it deleted? Possibly because Yamaoka’s teasing was a little too on-the-nose for one publisher named Konami.
Of course, Yamaoka didn’t outright say that it was Silent Hill. But, it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to get what Yamaoka was referring to. And the fact that the interview has been pulled makes it even more curious.
When asked by interviewer Mutlaq Al-Jraied as to when we could expect his next project to be announced, Yamaoka responded, “When, I wonder… I think I might be able to talk about it around the summer or so… (Summer this year?) That’s right… But I’m quite sure it will be the one you’ve been waiting for, Mutlaq.”
In case you need a recap, the Silent Hill reboot/remake has been going on for a while. Rumours of the title showing up at last year’s Game Awards notwithstanding, Konami has in one moment stirred fans up with Twitter, then promptly squashed hopes in another. Manga artist Suehiro Maruo also created a fuss with his Instagram about his potential involvement. And of course, Kojima has gotten in on the act.
But the question remains: Is it Silent Hill? Well, we’ll find out later this year.
Developer/publisher Black Hand has announced that their upcoming occult wild west game The Dark West will be receiving a playable demo on Steam next week on June 10. In addition, the devs have released a new trailer for the game, which highlights the combat, enemies, and boss battles that define the game’s cruel western landscape.
Set in a cursed frontier where faith clashes with damnation and once-living towns collapse into nightmares, The Dark West is a gritty action RPG shaped by greed, black magic, and the belief that power always comes at a price. The land bears the curse of people who got too greedy, and paid the price for what they were willing to do for it.
Two sides have risen from the ruin. The Order speaks of justice and wears it like armor, unwilling to see the rot growing among its own. Meanwhile, The Damned are already claimed by black magic, cursed and unapologetic about what it has made of them. The real danger is not what waits in the dark, but who’s standing behind you when the killing begins.
Players will choose characters shaped by difficult pasts, where violence settles most questions, and the rest are answered by choices that haunt your soul. In keeping with the Wild West theme, alcohol will give you strength, but at the obvious cost of dulling your senses, requiring you to weigh your options in battle.