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'Some Things Never Leave The Walls' — Silent Hill 2 Developer Teases Next Project Reveal in February - IGN

Silent Hill 2 developer Bloober Team is teasing a reveal of some kind that's set to take place in February.

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A creepy countdown website, found at remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd.com, is currently ticking down the 17 days and various hours, minutes and seconds until Valentine's Day, February 14, when all will be revealed.

Visit the website today and there's a new snippet of text — "Some things never leave the walls. They only learn to wait." — as well as a button you can press to hear an excerpt from some poetry.

"Thou art sick... invisible flies in the night..." an intense-sounding voice reads out when the website's Play button is pressed. "Howling storm has found out thy bed of crimson joy... Dark secret thy life destroy." These sections are snippets of a William Blake poem named "The Sick Rose" — which could be a hint to what this is all about.

Alongside the Valentine's Day date and an image of a rose (which, when clicked, begins to bleed), clearly roses are a big theme here. It's enough that some fans have speculated that the tease is for a new Rule of Rose game, or remake of the original.

Released back in 2006 for PlayStation 2, the PlayStation-published survival horror title would seem to be within Bloober Team's wheelhouse. And, of course, Silent Hill fans needn't worry — the developer is also working on a remake of the franchise's original game too.

 

[Pejo]

Never thought I'd hear of that game again. I'm up for them giving it a shot.

 

[Bark]

I want that. Just so the value of the PS2 game drops.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

What the fuck? That's a game I can actually see a cool remake of.

 

[kunonabi]

Rule of Rose definitely needed a remake since the gameplay was utter garbage. That said, I don't expect them to understand the actual themes and point of the game after how badly they botched SH2 in that department.

 

[MayauMiao]

Game had horrible gameplay but excellent atmosphere.

 

[Jesb]

Never heard of this game.

 

[kiphalfton]

Rumble Roses

 

[TheLikou]

Rule of Rose but good would be nice.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Day 1. Cronos and sh2 were excellent.

 

[Danjin44]

Thats would be interesting, I wonder they keep the core of the story or try to change it for "modern" audience?

I think no one can argue that gameplay needs to change, the original gameplay was very bad.

 

[Arsic]

That game is barely known, not a cult classic, reviewed like shit, etc. Why waste your recently good track record on this slop instead of Cronos 2 or just focusing all efforts on SH1R?

 

[StueyDuck]

I vaguely remember rule of rose being controversial for some reason.

 

[awwr999999]

I want that. Just so the value of the PS2 game drops.

Bloober's SH2 remake drove the value of PS2 SH2 up.
Remakes of PS2 games shine a spotlight on the PS2 and PS2 games.

 

[april6e]

omg, it's finally happening, I've been waiting over a decade for this moment. The game is on my most wanted remakes list along with Parasite Eve.

 

[Bark]

Bloober's SH2 remake drove the value of PS2 SH2 up.
Remakes of PS2 games shine a spotlight on the PS2 and PS2 games.

I don't know, i saw SH2 PS2 drop in price. But maybe that is in EU, where i am.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I've only heard the name, I think there are better old survival horror IPs that would be good picks to bring back and make a full remake.

 

[awwr999999]

Rule of Rose definitely needed a remake since the gameplay was utter garbage. That said, I don't expect them to understand the actual themes and point of the game after how badly they botched SH2 in that department.

It's impossible for Bloober (or anyone else) to remake a PS2 game without losing all kinds of important details/aspects in the process.
Remade PS2 games put a massive spotlight on the PS2 and steer users away from modern PS consoles back to PS2 consoles.
Sony needs to add real PS2/PS1 HW to the next PlayStation console and just work through the PS2's massive catalog reissuing updated PS2 games designed for the new console.
This will give PlayStation owners access to real PS2 games on real PS2 HW at an affordable price.
On top of that, with PS2/1 HW on consoles Sony can officially reopen both the PS2/1 platforms to studios as less expensive development targets.

 

[awwr999999]

I don't know, i saw SH2 PS2 drop in price. But maybe that is in EU, where i am.

Nobody wants the PAL version of PS2 games.

Silent Hill Games Will Not Stop Increasing in Price

Many of the older Silent Hill games on PS1 and PS2 continue to go up in value as Konami refuses to make them more easily accessible.

comicbook.com

 

[Judge Magister]

 

[TheLikou]

That game is barely known, not a cult classic, reviewed like shit, etc. Why waste your recently good track record on this slop instead of Cronos 2 or just focusing all efforts on SH1R?

It's always funny how people think that companies can only do one game at a time.

 

[freemandos]

Another remake while not rereleasing the original work? Oh, come on. And I think Rule of Rose was an interesting but very flawed game, so it's not like I'm a blind fanboy or something.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

And it'd be a very curious one to remake, or give a sequel to.
If remake, it may play well, but the original was hella controversial in some places and they'd never keep it intact in today's world.
If sequel, the same applies for the overall themes of the game.

I never played the original, but I read that it played like shit and that it dealt with pretty sick themes. Even the OST is quite disturbing. I remember the game causing the usual half-a-week-long shitstorm against video games in my country when it released.

 

[Thesnipergecko]

I paid over £150 for my PS2 copy a few years ago. Absolute gem of a game.

 

[Sticks]

Switch exclusive?

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Rule of Rose definitely needed a remake since the gameplay was utter garbage. That said, I don't expect them to understand the actual themes and point of the game after how badly they botched SH2 in that department.

 

[KaiserCrab]

The original has been on my to-play list for ages. Maybe it's time to check if all that controversy was legit...

Rumble Roses

Better leave that one for Shift Up •`ω´•́✧

 

[TGO]

I vaguely remember rule of rose being controversial for some reason.

It was mainly made up shit, game is odd but that's about it.
Interesting enough, Sony still own the rights to the game and even renewed it's TM in 2018 which is due for renewal in 2028.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

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Thread 'Bloober Team is teasing another new project...'

Jan 1, 2026

With this strange domain:

remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd.com

Some things never leave the walls. They only learn to wait.

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[Pasta la Vista]

I want that. Just so the value of the PS2 game drops.

It will only make the price increase

 

[Disciple of MSSP]

Never played or heard of this but it looks amazing from old screenshots.

 

[adamsapple]

Oh my god if this somehow turns out to be true, this will be the wildest shit ever.

Nowhere in my wildest imaginations did I have a Rule of Rose revival on my bingo card.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I'd rather the original Remastered.

 

[V2Tommy]

My brain read "Rumble Roses" and I was very intrigued at the very idea of it.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Anyway, my goal is to get Rule of Rose for PS2.

 

[The Cockatrice]

As long as it gets the SH2 treatment, level design, and everything massively improved, then I'm in.

 

[Danjin44]

I'd rather the original Remastered.

The gameplay needs fixing, the original game was really bad when to its gameplay.

 

[Liopleurodon]

So, is Bloober everyone's sweetheart now?

 

[adamsapple]

So, is Bloober everyone's sweetheart now?

Eh ... I wasn't a big fan of Cronos, personally.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I vaguely remember rule of rose being controversial for some reason.

It was, but because some Italian reporter made stuff up about it. Think Rockstar's Bully where people tried to say it was some sort of Columbine simulator.

 

[saintjules]

That game is barely known, not a cult classic, reviewed like shit, etc. Why waste your recently good track record on this slop instead of Cronos 2 or just focusing all efforts on SH1R?

This review?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

The game has a great story and characters... Don't pay attention to the reviews.

 

[Danjin44]

The game has a great story and characters... Don't pay attention to the reviews.

The reviews was mostly bad for its horrible gameplay more than its story.

 

[Gitaroo]

I read somewhere Sony is actually the IP owner?

 

[Calverz]

And that's the value of the ps2 dropped.

Do Kuon next please.

 

[Nocty]

 

[Generic]

The reviews was mostly bad for its horrible gameplay more than its story.

I stopped playing the game because a boss was unbeatable.

 

[Nocty]

Spoilers, obviously, but yeah this game was fucked up.

 

[Danjin44]

I stopped playing the game because a boss was unbeatable.

I dont blame you, the game has very interesting atmosphere and story but the actual gameplay was horrible.