Guillermo del Toro confirms he will not be collaborating with Kojima on Silent Hills
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brandonh83
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Pyramid head
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I doubt that's his only souce of information. He's probably known for a while and had to keep schtum. Now that it's out there I guess he can speak.
If I found out a project I was the lead character in had been cancelled in this fashion my reaction would be closer to: "What the FUCK. Let me make some phonecalls..."
Honest question: what makes you so sure about the bolded part? What's more likely, the actor playing the main character finding out about the game's alleged cancellation on the Internet, or him linking an article once the thing became public?
I was willing to believe it could still survive past Del Toro / Kojima not collaborating, but Reedus straight up saying it's dead isn't something you come back from. I can't think of any film or game that came back after the lead actor said it wasn't going to, aside from stuff that came back many years after as a new enterprise.
ElBoxyBrown
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Spending a good amount of money to produce a playable teaser to get everyone hyped about Silent Hill, hire the most popular actor and character from The Walking Dead to be in the game, get Kojima and Del Toro to work together to make magic, and you decide to just throw it all away? I can't even......
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Sony or someone else with deep pockets needs to step in and make this happen. Everyone concerned is -or is soon to be- more or less a free agent, and they all seem to genuinely want to make it happen, which says to me there's a deal to be made if the money and terms are agreeable.
I'd say Sony particularly would be wise to jump on this as they should be very aware of the potential of the IP, and I can't imagine a better potential suitor for Kojima if he wants to continue his career.
I'd say Sony particularly would be wise to jump on this as they should be very aware of the potential of the IP, and I can't imagine a better potential suitor for Kojima if he wants to continue his career.
Sony getting Silent Hill would be good, considering the people behind Gravity Rush etc...
Yeah it doesn't make any sense. What on earth is Konami thinking?
The Mad Draklor
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This just f***in sucks... Why? Why did this had to happen?!
Yeah Kojima is expensive but its not like he's going to stop making games because of this so he's going to make a new game at some point and some other publisher besides Konami will pick it up if he doesn't just end up at a different studio.
If Del Toro really wanted to work with him I'm sure Kojima could get him involved in another game. I highly doubt Konami was paying him what he makes directing a movie anyway so it's not like he's doing this for the check.
Goodacre0081
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ok lets start divvying up the Konami IP's to other outfits. I nominate Castlevania go to FROM/BandaiNamco
Nothing1016
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A Bloodborne style Castlevania game would be amazing.
LOL nice mod behavior here. ideas implemented into the game, i.e. gameplay, pacing, environments, are put into play sometimes years before a game is complete. Its incredibly naive to think kojimas fingerprints aren't already on this game depending how far along the game was.
Chaos2Frozen
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Capcom, while is shitty in terms of business practices, are still putting out good games from a fair amount of ips. They still have SOME talents left like Ono and Itsuno. And you have to admit they're at least getting a tiny bit better.
After this, Konami is pretty much 'nothing' in the gaming space.
minameissteve
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Yeah. A good idea would be to have Sony buy the IP, get a contract going with del Toro, Norman Reedus and Kojima, and build a new team from the ground up with Kojima at the head. They could then, perhaps, collaborate with Japan Studios' Team Gravity just to mix in some of the old talent with the new blood.
PaulExcellent
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Well, I guess Konami won't get any of my money for a LONG time.
FinalStageBoss
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If Reedus got his info from that article then that means he doesn't even know what's going on. Which doesn't inspire much confidence lol.
Candeldandel
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This is bullshit. I don't like horror games, I don't play them, and they're never on my radar. I don't even own a fuckin' PS4 or Xbone and I was looking forward to this game. I don't know what the fuck Konami's problem is, but they fucked up way, way bigger than they realized with this project. I hope someone else picks this up and finishes it, because clearly there're a million people that would love to play it, and a million more that would play it that wouldn't even factor in to the original demographic.
Poor Del Toro
We love ya, dude, don't give up! God, I hope this still happens.
Poor Del Toro
We love ya, dude, don't give up! God, I hope this still happens. 
akidnamededdy
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Has anybody rigged up custom box arts for all the currently existing Kojima games to remove Konami's name? I would like some of those plz.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
If ever there was a weekend to capitalise on current press and peoples emotions for that long rumoured Igavania Kickstarter, it would be this one.
Can't remember what happened to it since it seemed imminent last September and then I seem to remember Iga backing away a bit.
Can't remember what happened to it since it seemed imminent last September and then I seem to remember Iga backing away a bit.
brandonh83
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"deal with it"
Ok, so after Kojima talked to Del Toro, it went from wanting fans to pee their pants to crap them ?. Duly noted. With them 2 at the helm it would of been some Silenthill game.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
What the fuck.
This was one of like 3 gaming related things I cared about this year. Ugh sad beyond belief.
If Bethesda doesn't do what they know they need to do at E3 I might lose my fucking shit.
This was one of like 3 gaming related things I cared about this year. Ugh sad beyond belief.
If Bethesda doesn't do what they know they need to do at E3 I might lose my fucking shit.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Don't they own the rights to it though?
Meaning that this is essentially them taking the dog behind the shed and shotgunning it?
I hope so, for one thing, what have they even done with Bomberman? Sell it to someone who will use it.
Hero Prinny
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someone hire Toro and Kojima and just have em do Silent Hills under a different name yo.
AHA-Lambda
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So it isn't definitively cancelled but almost certainly cancelled?
Dictator93
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Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
I am ready for Quiet Mountains.
JoeyJungle
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Quiet Slopes
TheKaeptain
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Ayo fuck you Konami.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
This is also the other dark reason why Kojima is 'on contract' until December. Who knows what crazy devil non-compete fineprint is in place thats keeping him from flitting off and starting a new studio right the fuck now. September, fine, got to see MGSV out the door. But waiting around for another quarter?
Imagine having all this crap happening, but being kept prisoner for a 3/4 of a year before you can get started all over again. All that setup time, a year most likely for a new studio, full staff, licensed engine training, and it can only begin at the start of 2016. Hell, you'd probably even want to relax for a couple months after the tense professional hostage situation you're finally freed from.
Stiler
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It's like Konami is just wanting out of hte game business or what? I've never seen a company that seems to hell bent on basically tanking itself like they seem to be doing (at least as far as the video game part goes).
First with Kojima and now with this.
It would be nice if Sony stepped in and gave Kojima/Del Toro a way to keep making this game (of course it wouldn't be able to carry the Silent Hills name).
Would seem like a very smart business move to me, since PT generated so much positive hype and good will.
Sony has the chance to step up and get themselves a great exclusive IP in the process if they could extend that olive branch to them and get them on board to make the game they want to make without Konami holding the strings.
First with Kojima and now with this.
It would be nice if Sony stepped in and gave Kojima/Del Toro a way to keep making this game (of course it wouldn't be able to carry the Silent Hills name).
Would seem like a very smart business move to me, since PT generated so much positive hype and good will.
Sony has the chance to step up and get themselves a great exclusive IP in the process if they could extend that olive branch to them and get them on board to make the game they want to make without Konami holding the strings.
Why not the original Team Silent instead of those two? they are better at doing SH games and waaaayyyy cheaper xD
Fox Mulder
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A shame.
I was truly excited for the game, but anything we get will be a shadow of what it could have been.
Thanks Konami.
I was truly excited for the game, but anything we get will be a shadow of what it could have been.
Thanks Konami.