Bloober Staff confirmed they have been working with Konami virtually a yr in the past, however nothing official has ever been introduced about their collaborative venture. In keeping with rumors, that venture is a Silent Hill 2 remake for PlayStation consoles. When requested about these Silent Hill 2 rumors, Bloober Staff CEO Piotr Babieno made no remark for the second however mentioned they’re hoping to make an announcement “as quickly as we are able to.”
Bloober Staff’s Konami venture
When requested whether or not their Konami collaboration was a Silent Hill 2 venture, Babieno informed IGN that Bloober Staff “can’t touch upon something we’re doing” for the time being. The workforce at the moment has three initiatives in progress. There’s a mysterious venture with Konami and a brand new IP on account of be revealed by Personal Division; doubtlessly the latter venture can also be involving Rogue Video games. Lastly, they’ve beforehand teased a Layers of Worry venture on account of be launched this yr. Nevertheless, the workforce is hoping to make official bulletins on their initiatives quickly:
We will’t touch upon something we’re doing as a result of we admire our relationship with our companions, in fact. So we are able to’t [say] something. We’ll make an announcement about our future initiatives as quickly as we are able to. So then you’ll know rather more. […] Formally.
Babieno was additionally requested how they strategy working with a license holder, as they’ve completed beforehand with Blair Witch. He emphasised that any licensed venture they took on would “nonetheless be a Bloober Staff title”:
I might say that it’s arduous to work with somebody who [owns an IP you’re working on], however we’re all the time speaking with these licensors, [saying] “Guys we want to use your license, however we want to inform our personal story.” If we’re not in a position to inform our personal story, if we won’t have artistic freedom, it doesn’t make sense, as a result of Bloober Staff won’t make an ideal sport. If you’re in a jail, you will be unable to fly. In order that’s why we try to solely [make] these titles wherein we’re feeling, “OK, it will likely be a Bloober Staff sport, not somebody [else’s].” So even on the venture we are able to’t discuss [about], it should nonetheless be a Bloober Staff title.
Because the Personal Division sport is a brand new IP and Layers of Worry is a Bloober Staff IP, it is smart the remark applies to their collaboration with Konami. Hopefully their definition of “quickly” is considerably much like ours.
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