By KEVIN HOOVER
Video game developers realize the inherent value of revisiting titles buried deep within their catalogs, and one such grail that’s been on the radars of survival horror enthusiasts for a few years now is Konami’s SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE. Announced during Sony’s May 30th State of Play event, gamers were finally given something they’ve long been awaiting – a release date.
On October 8th, 2024, all roads lead back to the town of Silent Hill, at least for PS5 and PC gamers. Developed by Bloober Team (the Layers of Fear series and 2019’s Blair Witch game) and published by the IP’s originators Konami, SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE will pull players back into the fog-shrouded, rotting environs of the titular town. Early details about the game’s story seem to be largely unchanged from its previous iteration: When James Sunderland receives a letter from his wife Mary requesting to meet in Silent Hill – a letter delivered three years after Mary’s death – the grief-stricken husband takes up the call. What follows is a psychological horror experience no other game developer had attempted to deliver previously.
Even those who may have missed the original game’s release in 2001 or the HD remaster in 2012’s Silent Hill HD Collection should instantly recognize one of its most familiar characters – the Bubble Head Nurse. The blood-soaked personification of Sunderland’s sexual repression makes an appearance in the recently released trailer, which means that the badass with a big sword – Pyramid Head – isn’t far behind.
SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE is now available for pre-order in both digital and physical editions.
