Del Toro explains that the quote from Silent Hill on TGA was a “Konami poke” for PT

Guillermo del Toro Made a brief appearance in Game Awards 2021 To announce the winners in the Best Art Direction category, but it took everyone by surprise when he suddenly mentioned silent Hill in the middle of the speech.

“Do you know an art direction that I really like? silent Hill. Too bad we can’t get another one of those! “, The director announced And that was enough for fans to fuel rumors that a new franchise game was on the way. However, it appears that is not the case.

In an interview with the podcast happy sad confusedDel Toro explained that the statement was merely a provocation against Konami, where the company was responsible for canceling silent hillsDirected by Hideo Kojima.

“no IAM not like that [trabalhando em novo Silent Hill]. It’s just one of those things in life that just don’t make sense. I just wanted to prick Konami in his ribs because I still don’t understand. [Silent Hills] It was so perfect, what we were making was so captivating.”

Additionally, del Toro has made it clear that he thinks the way games tell a great story, but that he no longer intends to work with video games. “I don’t think I will develop another match because I’m bad with them,” he added.

the PT It was the first teaser that could be played that rewarded the player when they finished it with an ad silent hills. Shortly thereafter, Hideo Kojima cut ties with Konami and the game was canceled in 2014.