Leaked Silent Hill images suggest a new game with a British setting

rockpapershotgun.com:

Images of what appear to be a new entry in Konami’s psychological horror series Silent Hill were posted briefly online over the weekend, before they were struck down by a copyright claim a few hours later. AestheticGamer, née Dusk Golem, posted the images to Twitter, claiming they were a "Silent Hill leak", and that they'd received "more than enough proof to believe" their source wasn't telling porkies.

Naturally, it wasn't long before Konami's legal team were on the case, but the images have since resurfaced on Reddit. They show a red corridor covered in what appear to be post-it notes (with an equally post-it noted creature in a dress standing ominously at the end of it), rooms filled with garbage, and a close-up of a woman's face with certain words visible beneath her skin.

It's these words that have led some outlets, including VGC, to believe the next Silent Hill might be set in Britain, as it includes uniquely British slang such as ‘minger’, a phrase I haven't heard in active use since the mid 00s. Graffiti spotted on a wall in one shot also apparently references the eternal line “He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy” from Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian. Silent Hill hasn’t ever been set in Britain, but we’re a bloody odd country so why not, eh? Silent Hill 2’s protagonist was even named Sunderland, presumably after the city in North East England whose football team gatecrashed my wedding reception. Hope you enjoyed the open bar lads.

AestheticGamer does have form in the leaky horror space. When they were still known as Dusk Golem, they accurately revealed details about Resident Evil Village before its release, stating it would be another first-person Ethan Winters game with a lot of werewolves.