Silent Hillcomposer Akira Yamaoka has been very busy lately, involving himself in some pretty high profile games. Recently, Yamaoka was brought on to write music forThe Mediumon Xbox Series Xand PC, which was a high point of praise in many of the reviews leading up to release.
Now, it seems that Yamaoka may have another announcement to make during 2021 that could involve the games industry and evenSilent Hill. In an interview with Arabic content Creator BoJrayed of ALHub, Yamaoka teased he may have something to announce sometime in the summer of 2021 that fans of his work are hoping to hear about.
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Naturally, the first property that fans think about with a teaser from Yamaoka is somethingSilent Hillsrelated. For quite some time now, rumors of aSilent Hilltitle on PS5have been floating around the industry. This PS5Silent Hillgame is rumored to be in development, but no concrete details of the game have surfaced to lend real credence to the rumors. Fans have been desperate for a new entry in theSilent Hillseries ever since theP.T.demo dropped on PS4 years ago.
Speaking of theP.T., there have also been some pretty heavy rumors thatHideo Kojima is developingSilent Hillsfor PS5. While this is pretty unlikely when one considers Kojima’s relationship to Konami, it would be incredible if Yamaoka were collaborating with Kojima once again. Yamaoka was careful not to give anything away when speaking about his announcement as he naturally wanted to keep things very general when talking about undisclosed topics like upcoming projects.
The interview itself was mainly focused on Bloober Team’sThe Medium, which Yamaoka worked on alongwith otherSilent Hillmusic collaborators. It could be important to note that Bloober Team has stated that the studio has already started to work on its next horror project, so it’s possible that Yamaoka could be collaborating with them once again. However, summer 2021 seems way too soon to announce another collaboration with Bloober Team, consideringThe Mediumjust released.
If one thing is certain, it seems that some sort of video game collaboration is the most likely candidate for this 2021 announcement. The way Yamaoka described the announcement leads one to assume it has something to do withSilent Hill. However, Konami has been notoriously stingy with its IPsince parting ways with Kojima, and it seems doubtful that Konami is developing a newSilent Hillgame on its own. Regardless of whether Yamaoka’s announcement involves a newSilent Hilltitle, the music surely won’t disappoint.
