Announced in October of 2022, developers confirm that Silent Hill 2 remake is almost finished. Based on the original game created in 2001, Bloober, a Polish-based team, discusses the future of the game. “Silent Hill 2 is technically ready. It does not mean that the game is finished, but we are close. However, the issue of the release schedule lies with our partners, what the promotion will look like and when the title will debut is not directly in our hands,” said President of Bloober Team, Piotr Babieno. 

“The new strategy is an evolution, not a revolution from the Bloober 2.0 strategy. We are slowly moving away from environmental storytelling in favor of games that will be based on mechanics recognizable to a wide consumer,” said Babieno. 

With the recent publishing of other horror games, the bar is set high with selling copies in the genre. Babieno had set a goal for Silent Hill 2 to make 10 million copies after release. “To be the best horror house we have to focus on more publishing activity and have more projects than one game every year and a half, two years. That is why the second pillar of Bloober’s strategy is based on cooperation with strategic partners,” said Babieno. 

Babieno also hopes to reach similar popularity to Naughty Dog’s Last of Us. “We want to implement horror-game, horror-film, series and book projects, but not entirely and directly through us. We want them to be based on cooperation. We are also not afraid of M&A [mergers and acquisitions] transactions, but it is not our intention to take over companies that are simply large or popular. Such an entity must have our DNA and fit into Bloober’s long-term strategy,” Babieno said. 

As a part of Bloober’s long-term strategy, Babieno’s hope is to add VR to the game. “VR is the long-term future of horror. Horror is a genre that relies on immersion just like virtual reality. Looking at the increasingly available, more powerful and cheaper VR equipment, we can say that we are almost on the eve of a broadly understood immersive revolution,” he said. 

Silent Hill 2 is available to wishlist on Steam and PlayStation 5.