James Sunderland

It seems the protagonist of Konami's Silent Hill 2 remake, currently in development at Bloober Team, has received a quiet redesign or perhaps had a face-lift. It's unclear whether this change comes in response to fan feedback from the trailer shown during the State of Play showcase held earlier this year, the negative response to which Bloober subsequently blamed on Konami.

Bloober Team has admitted in a recent shareholders report that the Silent Hill 2 remake is "its most important test", but one that it's excited and confident about.

When are we finally going to get a release date for the Silent Hill 2 remake? The game is widely expected to launch sometime in 2024, but PR from Konami has been spotty at best. We got a somewhat-questionable trailer back in February (that even developer Bloober Team criticized as not representative of the final game) and as we head deeper into the year, there’s still a lot to be nailed down. The game’s been rated by the ESRB and there are rumors it may pop up at a PlayStation Showcase next month, but Konami themselves have remained silent.

Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno has provided an update on Silent Hill 2 in an IR/conference following the group’s consolidated annual report for 2023 (via MauroNL on Twitter). He noted that the team is “in the final stages of work” on the remake, and “We expect that a release date and platforms on which the game will appear will be revealed soon.”

The upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake may have given its protagonist a makeover to make him look younger.

Konami and Bloober Team have been unnervingly quiet about Silent Hill 2’s upcoming remake, but though official details have been hard to come by, some interesting new tidbits have seemingly emerged that hint at changes being made to the game behind the scenes based on feedback from fans.

The upcoming remake of Silent Hill 2 has brought about a considerable change in the look of the main character, James Sunderland, as revealed in a new game icon on Steam.

Ever since Silent Hill 2 Remake was announced, fans have been rather difficult to please. Taking one of the best horror games ever made and remaking it to modern standards was always going to be a tough job for any developers brave enough to take it on, but Bloober Team has struggled to impress with trailers and pre-release footage.

Bloober Team has seemingly amended the face of James Sunderland in its highly-anticipated Silent Hill 2 Remake.

It looks like publisher Konami and developer Bloober Team have redesigned the main character in their Silent Hill 2 remake, and fans are taking the news pretty well.

KONAMI has remained silent about the release date of the Silent Hill 2 remake. However, several clues point to an inbound announcement.

Without so much as a release date, the remake is already marred by controversy — and as it turns out, even the developers agree. The remake, developed by Bloober Team, is part of a wider attempt by publisher Konami to revive the defunct franchise. It follows the disastrous release of and the half-decent preview provided by . The latest trailer for the remake, released as part of January 2024's PlayStation State of Play, was immediately lambasted on release for failing to understand why people loved the original .

The Silent Hill 2 remake's State of Play combat trailer doesn't give a full and proper representation of the game, Bloober Team's president Piotr Babieno has observed in an apparent swipe at publisher Konami, who Babieno portrays as responsible for the upcoming horror game's marketing. If you missed it, the trailer in question focuses on the "modernised" combat. It shows alleged "everyman" protagonist James Sunderland getting all Gears of Warry with some maggoty marionettes and rancid demon nurses.

After years of rumours and much speculation, Konami confirmed to the world that a remake of the much beloved Silent Hill 2 was in the works.

While we wait for Bloober Team to finish its remake of Silent Hill 2, we can see what a hypothetical remake of the original game with 2023 graphical fidelity might look like thanks to Resident Evil 4 mods. The Silent Hill 1 Outfit Pack contains costumes that let Leon cosplay as Harry Mason, Ada as Cybil Bennett, Luis as Michael Dr. Kaufmann, and Ashley as either missing girl Alessa Gillespie or nurse Lisa Garland. Saddler gets a recolored robe to look like he raided Dahlia Gillespie's wardrobe too.

has released its first episode, but it hasn't kicked off the series' attempt at a revival positively. Since the cancelation of, the series has been in an uncertain state, but the announcement of several new games and a remake of sparked hope for a revitalization. Unfortunately, had multiple flaws preventing it from living up to its potential.

As development continues on theupcoming remake of , the game's pre-order information has revealed that it will seemingly include an origin story for one of the game's most iconic villains, Pyramid Head — which, unfortunately, has a good chance of turning out poorly. One of the all-time classics of the survival horror genre, is likely the most notorious and well-known game in the franchise, going on to inspire several other horror games with its unique atmosphere and storytelling. More recently, however, a remake of the title has been announced to be in development under the studio Bloober Team, setting off doubts from many long-time fans of the series.

A store listing for Silent Hill 2 Remake implies that the game will give us an origin story for Pyramid Head - a prospect that terrifies fans. In fact, many of them are fearful and confused, not sure how a backstory for Pyramid Head could even work, given that he's, you know... a manifestation of James Sunderland's feelings, not a real dude who just turned out like that.

Mobile-based interactive drama Silent Hill: Ascension is quite the thing, and is getting quite the reception. The cleanest summary I can manage is that developer Genvid and publisher Konami have launched a very bad streaming service dedicated to dunking on Silent Hill, with microtransaction-fuelled voting mechanics and a chatbox awash with 10 years of pent-up fan resentment and confusing references to James Sunderland's genitals.

Silent Hill: Ascension is many things. It's an episodic drama. It lets you vote on outcomes, but only if you have a season pass. It is, technically, a new Silent Hill entry. In summary, it's Twitch plays Bandersnatch, but make it videogames. It's already not doing great.

As we creak ever closer to spooky season and a possible second Silent Hill Transmission – the last was just before Halloween 2022 – it seems Bloober Team has quietly been updating the backend of Silent Hill 2 Remake's Steam page.

Ever since KONAMI confirmed years of rumors to reveal that a SILENT HILL 2 remake was indeed in production, fans have been eagerly awaiting the day they'll once again be able to step in the shoes of protagonist James Sunderland and go back to the eponymous town after receiving a letter from Mary, his deceased wife.

Silent Hill and Halloween go together like James Sunderland and existential guilt. With Konami’s iconic horror series returning, many will be wondering when we’ll get to experience this new era. As it turns out, perhaps to the surprise of no one, Silent Hill: Ascension may be heading to our screens for the spooky season.

Two decades after its release, Silent Hill 3 fans have noticed a hidden detail in the Hilltop Centre that even its art director, Masahiro Ito, had forgotten about.