Silent Hill 2 Remake Team Are Starting Work on a New Project

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Key Takeaways

  • Silent Hill 2 remake developer Bloober Team has started work on a new unannounced project.
  • Bloober Team’s new project is currently in the early stages of development and separate from the studio’s upcoming Cronos: The New Dawn.
  • This new project might be from one of Bloober Team’s previously-announced collaborations with Nintendo, Private Division, and Skydance Entertainment.

As a long-time fan of horror games and Bloober Team’s work, I can’t help but feel a mix of anticipation and trepidation with the news that the studio is working on another new project. Having followed their journey from the critically panned Basement Crawl to the triumphant Silent Hill 2 remake, I’ve come to appreciate the resilience and growth they’ve shown as a developer.

The creative minds behind the highly praised remake of “Silent Hill 2”, specifically Bloober Team, have disclosed they are working on a new, unnamed project. This fresh endeavor is distinct from “Cronos: The New Dawn”, another upcoming title by Bloober Team which was announced post the release of the “Silent Hill 2” remake.

Before the remake of “Silent Hill 2”, the games created by Bloober Team had received mixed reviews, with titles such as The Medium, Blair Witch, Layers of Fear, and others getting average scores from critics. It was also the team behind Basement Crawl, one of the lowest-rated PlayStation 4 exclusives, which garnered a dismal 27% score on Metacritic, a review aggregator. However, with the Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team managed to win over critics and fans, earning accolades from both groups and generating excitement for future projects by the studio.

Shortly following the release of the Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team disclosed Cronos: The New Dawn – a time-traveling survival horror game slated for 2025. Yet, it appears that Bloober Team has another project in the works as well, according to director Wojciech Piejko during an interview with MP1ST. In this conversation, Piejko divulged that the Polish studio is managing two independent teams, with one team engrossed in the development of Cronos: The New Dawn, while the other team has transitioned its focus after the completion of the Silent Hill 2 remake to a different project.

Bloober Team Has Announced a Plethora of Collaborative Projects in Recent Years

  • Project C (Private Division)
  • Project M (Nintendo)
  • Project R (Skydance Entertainment)

Furthermore, Piejko added that the secret game is still under pre-production, meaning fans might have to be patient for some time before receiving updates on it. It’s worth noting that Bloober Team has teamed up with prominent publishers for various projects in recent times, making it plausible that one of these collaborations could be the game Piejko mentioned. The latest collaboration is between Bloober and Skydance Entertainment for “Project R,” which was officially announced in December 2023. Details about Project R are scarce, but given that Bloober and Skydance have entered a licensing and publishing agreement, it’s possible that this isn’t a brand new intellectual property.

Bloober Team’s Projects With Nintendo and Private Division

It has been confirmed that Bloober Team is working on a project named “Project M” in partnership with Nintendo. There were rumors earlier this year suggesting that Nintendo’s Emio trailers hinted at Bloober’s “Project M,” but these assumptions were debunked following the announcement of “Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club.” Moreover, Bloober Team announced a collaboration with publisher Private Division in 2022 for “Project C,” a survival horror game expected to be revealed by the end of 2024. It appears that “Project C” is not “Cronos: The New Dawn,” as the latter game will be published by Bloober Team itself.

If Bloober Team’s “Project C” is scheduled to be unveiled by 2024, the upcoming The Game Awards on December 12 seems like the most probable event for this announcement before the end of the year. However, recent news about Take-Two Interactive selling Private Division might have caused some internal changes that could potentially postpone “Project C”‘s plans.

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2024-12-01 11:33