Silent Hill leak seems all-but-confirmed by Konami DMCA strike
Four images from an apparent reboot of Konami's beloved Silent Hill series have been leaked onto the internet—and were almost immediately nuked by a copyright strike, more-or-less confirming their authenticity. In addition, a former Silent Hill developer bemoaned the lack of professionalism at studios that have «multiple people» providing materials to a known leaker.
The latter point is not direct confirmation of course, but Konami's lawyers have certainly played a blinder. So… way to throw people off the scent. The four images, which can be seen here, show an extremely messy living room, stuffed with paraphernalia, rubbish and (of course) a cot. The wallpaper's peeling, the windows are wonky, and in short it looks very much like a Silent Hill location. Another shot shows a close-up of what looks like an equally dilapidated kitchen.
The other screens show a red-tinged corridor covered with post-it notes, saying nice things like 'pervert and 'fat bitch', with a figure looming at the end of the corridor whose head appears formed from the post-its. Then there's a woman's face where parts of her skin are missing, with similar scrawled messages visible underneath saying yet more loveliness such as 'minger' and 'I hate myself.'
If a studio has multiple people sending materials to a known leaker, they are not professional enough to do the game justice.May 13, 2022
Finally there's a piece of concept art that the red corridor screenshot is clearly based on. This image is dated in the bottom-right as being from October 20, 2020, and is signed by Masahiro Ito—the art director on previous Silent Hills.
Pretty on-the-nose stuff, and the use of British slang like 'minger' suggests that the rumours of a UK setting are true (leading to
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