Silent Hill and Slitterhead Creator Keiichiro Toyama Is Already Working On His Next Game — And It's Not Slitterhead 2

Silent Hill and Slitterhead creator Keiichiro Toyama is moving connected a marque caller game.

Talking to Famitsu astatine an accumulation celebrating Slitterhead's chaotic conception art, Toyama discussed the fearfulness game's reception, what it's similar to tally his ain studio, and hinted that he's already moving connected different unannounced project.

While Toyama stressed the workplace wasn't overly acrophobic astir making a commercialized game, helium did admit Bokeh Studios had expected the crippled to merchantability better, contempt it becoming a cult classic. He besides suggested that determination was a small disorder astir whether Slitterhead was a fearfulness oregon enactment game, which muddied the message, but was arrogant of the enactment Bokeh developers did to marque Slitterhead specified an antithetic game.

"As for however agelong we’ll beryllium capable to continue, it becomes a hard topic, particularly if we instrumentality my property into consideration," Toyama admitted, arsenic translated by Automaton. "However, I judge that moving forward, I besides person to walk the baton to the adjacent generation. As a studio, we’re inactive midway to reaching our goal."

As for what his adjacent crippled volition be?

“I can’t uncover the nonstop details, but we person started moving connected our adjacent title. In the beginning, we wanted this to beryllium a workplace wherever we could bash galore antithetic things, similar implementing the ideas of younger generations and adjacent moving connected much light-hearted projects," helium said, admitting that adjacent though Bokeh's indie presumption allows it to effort originative ideas, it's a agelong mode from being capable to bash immoderate it wants.

"Once again, we person to determination successful each our efforts arsenic a workplace and beryllium that we are up to the task. We are presently moving towards that goal. However, we’re inactive successful the opening phase, truthful I judge we’ll beryllium capable to uncover much details [about the caller game] determination successful the future."

Interestingly, Toyama did accent that helium did not reason Slitterhead with "a sequel successful mind," suggesting his adjacent crippled volition not beryllium Slitterhead 2, though it's imaginable we'll get 1 successful the future.

We thought Slitterhead was mediocre, securing a 5 successful IGN's review: "Like a bloody leaf worn down by a fewer excessively galore battles, Slitterhead grows progressively dull implicit clip and yet conscionable doesn’t chopped it."

As for the Silent Hill franchise itself? Well, Silent Hill f is next. While the series' J-horror roots person shriveled with each release, Silent Hill f looking to alteration each that, implicit with a firmer accent connected combat. Watch IGN’s Nick Limon, Matt Kim, and John Davison speech astir what this Japanaese-based Silent Hill means for the aboriginal of the franchise.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.