After a weekend of rumormongering and misquoting, Konami has stepped forward and officially cancelled Silent Hills. In a statement made to Kotaku, Konami said the following:
"Konami is committed to new Silent Hill titles, however the embryonic ‘Silent Hills’ project developed with Guillermo del Toro and featuring the likeness of Norman Reedus will not be continued.
In terms of Kojima and Del Toro being involved, discussions on future Silent Hill projects are currently underway, and please stay tuned for further announcements."
This followed a weekend where Guillermo del Toro spoke at the San Francisco Film Festival. A member of the audience was tweeting his reponses to a Q&A session, where he answered what it was like collaborating with Hideo Kojima on Silent Hills. Guillermo del Toro's answer was that he longer was collaborating with Kojima. This led to an immediate wave of incorrect articles misquoting del Toro as saying the project was dead, though he was really only commenting on his collaboration and not the state of the game.
However, as a result of one of these articles which quite literally said Silent Hills was cancelled in the headline, another rumor began. Norman Reedus, who was confirmed to star as the protagonist of the game, retweeted the headling saying that he was, "super bummed," about the news and that hopefully, "it'll come back around." Again, yet another out-of-context quote, as it stemmed from a mis-quote itself, but nevertheless someone confirmed to be associated with the game saying it was dead.
Konami's official statement this morning simply confirmed what everyone had already realized by now. If the project was healthy, these statements would not be made in the first place. As twisted as they were by the press, they were still symptoms of a project having been cancelled. Some sites just jumped from point A to point Z without being willing to double check their work.
In all likelihood, the cancellation isn't simply a business decision being made by Konami. It's not a heartless cancellation of a project highly anticipated by the gaming community just because they're a heartless publisher -- as many gamers might frustratingly claim today. Rather, it's likely this is a result of the relationship ending between Konami and Hideo Kojima earlier this year. Kojima was quite clearly the lead on the project, with his team working in his engine to make the game. No Kojima, no Silent Hills. At least, that makes the most sense to me.
What comes next? Well, unless Konami is able to work out a partnership with Kojima to continue development of Silent Hills as a third-party, we'll all just have to wait patiently for them to find a new future for the franchise. I wouldn't hold my breath, if I were you. It may be a while.
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