'Silent Hills' PS4 Release Date News: Fans Waiting Until 2016, Creator Guarantees 'Scariest Game Ever'
"Silent Hills" fans will have to wait until 2016 for the release of the ninth instalment of the "Silent Hills" series. The game's creator Hideo Kojima has yet to give a definite release date. Rumors have been circulating late 2014 that the game may be released in 2015 due to insistent public demand, but these turned out to be false.
Public clamor for the release of the game started after Konami released what it called "P.T." or a playable teaser in August 2014. It was made available through the PlayStation Network as a free download for PlayStation 4. The interactive teaser allowed gamers to walk or zoom through a "looping corridor" in a house filled with supernatural occurrences. The user needs to solve puzzles along the way and once the final one is solved, it introduces the user to upcoming "Silent Hills" game.
According to IGN, the game is directed by Kojima and Guillermo del Toro of "Pacific Rim." The game will use the likeness of "The Walking Dead" star Norman Reedus as the protagonist. As shown in "P.T.," instead of a third-person perspective, it will make use of the first-person perspective in gameplay.
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In last 2014, the game's creator reportedly shared some gameplay tidbits to a gaming website. As reported in Kdramastarz, Kojima had said that the new game will feature open world gameplay. This was teased by the creator.
"All I can say is that Fox Engine is meant for open world. I cannot discuss more on the game design itself in detail yet," he said.
During that same interview, he said that they are aiming for a game that will be scarier than any other video game available. The playable teaser of "Silent Hills" was said to have been downloaded 1 million times and was recognized by video game journalists as one of the best video game trailers they have ever seen. One game reviewer in IGN called it "the most genuinely frightening interactive experience in recent years."
