Bloober CEO “dreaming that avid gamers will belief us” to ship Silent Hill 2 remake

Followers of Konami’s unique Silent Hill 2 have been sceptical of Bloober Group‘s forthcoming remake, however its CEO Piotr Babieno has referred to as for followers to belief the studio.

Bloober is thought for creating psychological horror video games, however regardless of its confidence within the remake followers have been much less forgiving of their criticism of trailers proven thus far.

“I’m dreaming that avid gamers will belief us,” Babieno instructed Rolling Stone, “however I realise that belief is earned by way of actions, not by way of phrases. In order that’s why we’ve got a coverage of not commenting [on the specifics of the game] and elevating hopes. We need to present our ambitions by way of our work, so we will not ask for something greater than ‘give us an opportunity.'”

Babieno is sympathetic to the significance of the sport to followers of the collection. He too is a fan, stating enjoying the sport “modified [his] life”.

“Regardless of technological progress [in video games],” he mentioned, “so many people keep in mind [visiting] the city of Silent Hill as probably the most vital factors in our lives.”

The unique sport launched on the PS2 again in 2001 and has confirmed iconic for its Pyramid Head and nurse enemies.

Due to conversations between Bloober and Konami, “we discovered an important steadiness of what we and our accomplice had in thoughts,” mentioned Babieno. “It took us a very long time to get there, with numerous artistic discussions and onerous work, however we’re very proud of the end result.”

Constructive criticism from followers has been taken under consideration, which thus far has been “invaluable in refining our undertaking earlier than its launch”, although the studio’s builders additionally focus “on their artistic work with peace of thoughts” by shutting out different voices.

“We tried to make all potential followers completely satisfied, however, on the identical time, be very devoted to ourselves,” mentioned Babieno. “I actually hope that when folks play for the primary time, they’ll perceive that the alternatives we made have been the absolute best.”

Additional, work on Silent Hill 2 is ushering in a brand new period for the studio because it strikes in the direction of delivering horror by way of motion and never simply the psychological horror and environmental storytelling it is turn into identified for.

Silent Hill 2 will due to this fact operate as “a fruits of my work, however, on the identical time, a gateway to the brand new,” mentioned Babieno.

The remake of Silent Hill 2 is ready for launch on PS5 and PC in October, as revealed at Sony’s State of Play in Could with a brand new trailer (see above).