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Before film director Guillermo Del Toro became Hideo Kojima’s creative muse, the Metal Gear Solid mastermind considered someone else within the world of games. Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has revealed that he was among those Kojima asked to work on now-cancelled horror title Silent Hills. I was flattered …
Read More »Del Toro says killing Silent Hills ‘makes no f***ing sense’
Film director Guillermo del Toro has slammed Konami’s cancellation of his and Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills title. He also likened the project to Naughty Dog’s successful PlayStation title The Last of Us. It was curious,” he told Bloody Disgusting when asked about his experiences working on the title. We had …
Read More »Meet the UK studio trying to resurrect P.T. on Kickstarter
A new UK studio wants to bring Konami’s abandoned horror concept back from the dead in creepy new horror, Allison Road. London-based Lilith has been working on the game for several months and has now taken to Kickstarter in an effort to make the game ‘the best it can be’. …
Read More »Guillermo Del Toro vows to ‘never again get involved with video games’ after Insane and Silent Hills disasters
Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim film directorGuillermo Del Toro has sworn off his involvement with games following the doomed development of his last two efforts. Speaking to Shacknews, Del Toro referred to the unfortunate cancellation of both Insane, which he attempted to create with THQ in 2010 before its cancellation …
Read More »Kojima and del Toro to partner on new project
Silent Hills may be no more, but there could yet be a joint venture between Metal Gear creator andfilm director Guillermo del Toro. The duo’s Silent Hills reboot was scrapped in May, but a new project outside of Konami now looks like a possibility. I love working with Kojima-san,” del …
Read More »Guillermo del Toro speaks out on Konami’s ‘scorched earth’ approach to PT cancellation
Film maker Guillermo del Toro has said he was surprised at the lengths Konami has gone to to remove PT from PSN. Speaking to IGN, delToro described the publisher’s attempts to remove the game from PSN, and preventing consumers from re-downloading the demo if they already owned it as a …
Read More »PS4s pre-loaded with PT being removed from eBay
Auction site eBay is removing listings for PS4s that have Konami’s now-gone horror demo PT installed on their hard drive. Konami late last month announced plans to remove the demo from PSN following its announcement of the cancellation of the game on which it was based – Guillermo del Torro’s …
Read More »Konami delists itself from New York Stock Exchange
Konami has announced it is no longer trading in the New York Stock Exchange. The publisher voluntarily delisted itself from the NYSE market – effective as of last Friday, April 24th. Company shares can still be traded in America’s over-the-counter market, and the firm will maintain its listings on the …
Read More »Konami confirms Silent Hills cancellation
Silent Hills is officially no more. Konami is committed to new Silent Hill titles, however the embryonic Silent Hills project developed with Guillermo del Toro and featuring the likeness of Norman Reedus will not be continued,” the publisher told Kotaku. In terms of Kojima and Del Toro being involved, discussions …
Read More »Silent Hills cancellation looks likely as Konami prepares to pull PT
It now looks as if Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Torro’s Silent Hills may never emerge from the fog. Polygon reports that del Torro told an audience at a San Francisco film festival that the game "is not gonna happen". Norman Reedus, who was due to star in the game, …
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