See You Later Silent Hills

Last August, Guillermo del Toro paired with Hideo Kojima and Konami, dropped one of the most insane teasers to any video game thus far. Silent Hills P.T (stands for Playable Teaser) took off and was downloaded by thousands, trying to solve the almost impossible puzzle just to unlock the ten second trailer for the new Silent Hill game, featuring Norman Reedus as the game's protagonist. The teaser itself pumped so much adrenaline into the gaming world and made everyone wait in anticipation for the new Silent Hills to drop. The bad news? The wait is over, but not for the reasons you'd like.

On Monday, Konami first dropped the bomb that Norman Reedus would not be the face of Silent Hills any longer. Konami confirmed "our contract with Reedus has expired" after speculation had already been stirred up due to Reedus' twitter, where he'd made claims leading people to believe that there was some trouble in the Hills. 

There'd been a lot of talk that there was problems with the game, what with Kojima leaving Konami after the production of MGS5 was finished, but now Guillermo del Toro has even jumped on saying that Silent Hills "is not gonna happen." Don't lose hope for Silent Hill as a whole. Konami won't talk about Silent Hills at this point in time, but they've made it very clear that they're not going to stop working on the Silent Hill franchise anytime soon. 

Now that the dust has cleared, not many are happy about the outcome. The teaser had created a swarm of fans, excited to be terrified as they played through a new Silent Hill. The teaser was so meticulously thought out that it gave players a true thrill, thinking that the new Silent Hills would be one of the greatest horror games to be put out and stand tall against the leading names like Dead Space or the Evil Within. While Silent Hill is already a staple to the horror industry, this was supposed to be the game that reinstated it's firm stand in everyone's favorites category, but for now, it looks like we'll just have to keep waiting for a new Silent Hill. 

Playstation Network will be taking P.T out of the store sometime this week so if you want to get a taste of what could have been, go download it before it's gone!

What are your thoughts on the game's cancellation? 

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