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The future of the new «Silent Hills» questionable
In order to create a model of the main character of the game used the actor's appearance Norman Reedus . i>
In March, the network a rumor: the legendary game designer Hideo Kojima left the studio Konami . Kojima is one of the founding fathers of the genre of the game Stealth-action, implying the covert actions of the player, instead of open conflict with the enemy, and his fame Hideo earned through his work on the franchise Metal Gear . Kojima was responsible for the development of a new part of the Silent Hills , classic survival-horror, for stealth gameplay which is an integral part. The project was developed in collaboration with the director Guillermo del Toro , a recognized master genre of "horror" and "Thriller" in the film. After the dismissal of the leading game designer, project development has been frozen, if not canceled, that reported on the game page in wikipedia . Konami did not comment on the situation and do not provide information about the fate of Silent Hills.
The first alarm bells appeared after the publication of the notice in the Japanese Konami website that action game teaser games Playstation Store will expire April 29, 2015. This "teaser" was, in fact, an interactive demonstatsiey by which hidden announced a new Silent Hills in August 2014. Perhaps, according to Konami, he had already lost their advertising effectiveness, but is discreet warning about removing free content looks a bit strange, but if Konami does not fold completely ad campaign.
On the bad news does not end there. By reportedly tweeted , del Toro at the International Film Festival in San Francisco, said that "cooperation on this project will not." For its part, Norman Reedus in his Twitter says , that after he learned about the words del Toro, he had "robust design bombanulo "and he" looks forward to continuing to work ».
It is possible that Ridus has no insider information and is based on publicly available information on the network. Сайт IGN quoted an anonymous source , that del Toro was referring only to its participation in the project, and not cease working on the game at all. "In order to obtain information about the future of the game, you should contact Konami», says the same source. While no official comment from the studio or the representatives of the press del Toro could not be obtained.
On the other hand resource Polygon говорит about his own insider , reported that "the project is rapidly winding down." Light on this situation may shed only game developers, which so far have remained silent, inherent in all Japanese companies. In this situation, the fans of the franchise can only follow the news and hope that the dismissal of Hideo Kojima did not affect the decision to Konami to release a new part of the legendary game series Silent Hill.
Via Ars Technica
Source: geektimes.ru/post/249602/
