Update 10/19/2022 5:46 p.m. ET: Konami’s livestream (more of a video dump) has concluded and the long-swirling rumors are confirmed: Silent Hill 2 is being remade for PlayStation 5. The watercourse didn’t discarded immoderate time, instantly diving into a trailer for the next-gen remake.

It opens with that iconic changeable of Silent Hill 2 protagonist James Sunderland staring into the mirror, wondering if his woman Mary is waiting for him. James past walks done the foggy streets of the municipality earlier we spot a cinematic montage of acquainted sights impressively rendered successful modern graphics.

Take a gander for yourself:

The trailer is abbreviated but confirms astatine slightest 3 things: The Silent Hill 2 remake is disposable to wishlist connected PS5 close now, it is being developed by Bloober Team, and it volition beryllium locked to PlayStation (and PC) for 12 months aft launch. Sorry Xbox fans.

The archetypal communicative follows.

Just hours earlier its authoritative presentation today, details astir immoderate Silent Hill projects were perchance leaked by nary different than Konami itself. Way to archer connected yourself, huh?

In lawsuit you didn’t know, Konami volition hold a Silent Hill Transmission livestream astir 4:50 p.m. ET contiguous connected YouTube. The intent of the broadcast, according to the video’s description, volition beryllium to “reveal the latest quality for the Silent Hill series.” That’s cool, but this statement has seemingly been updated arsenic Twitter idiosyncratic Nibel discovered that a erstwhile mentation featured details astir what mightiness beryllium showcased.

According to the now-deleted accusation successful the livestream’s description, Konami indicated that a Silent Hill 2 volition beryllium disposable connected the PlayStation store astatine immoderate point. While the video’s statement mightiness not beryllium overmuch to spell disconnected of, a Twitch streamer named SurvivalHorrorNetwork shared an automated Twitch email they got notifying them that a copyright owner—Konami—had monetized a trial watercourse they ran. The copyrighted contented named successful the alleged email was “Silent Hill 2: Part 1” which whitethorn bespeak that immoderate imaginable Silent Hill 2 is successful the works volition beryllium a two-part game.

Further hints look from the livestreams’s metadata, which has been posted to the gaming forum ResetEra for thorough inspection. The codification namedrops Silent Hill 2, the upcoming movie Return to Silent Hill, and thing called “Silent Hill: Ascension.” It seems the livestream volition besides see interviews and a teaser trailer, arsenic good arsenic imaginable mentions of PlayStation and Steam. That PlayStation was referenced successful the metadata is simply a large woody to immoderate Era users, arsenic galore noted that a Silent Hill 2 remake has agelong been rumored to beryllium a timed exclusive for Sony’s consoles.

Kotaku has reached retired to Konami for comment.

Finally, a tract called WhatIfGaming claims to person heard Silent Hill 2 remake details from an anonymous source, including that it volition person an over-the-shoulder camera, “amazing” graphics, and the instrumentality of bid creation manager Masahiro Ito and beloved composer Akira Yamaoka. The root purports that Bloober Team is processing the caller Silent Hill 2, a rumor that has been circulating since astatine slightest May 2022 erstwhile alleged leaked screenshots began making the rounds. In June 2022, Bloober Team revealed its existent project, a Layers of Fear reboot of sorts, that volition physique upon that franchise’s foundations with “a astonishing caller communicative and gameplay direction.”

Well, we’ll spot successful a fewer hours conscionable what Konami has successful store for Silent Hill fans. But it seems similar we mightiness already person a beauteous bully thought astir astatine slightest 1 of its largest “surprises.”