Horror fans rejoice! The manifestation of a video game collaborative as terrifying as it is gorgeous has finally returned in the form of a joint project helmed by the likes of Hideo Kojima and Junji Ito. The video game mastermind and the manga author-illustrator will attempt to reinvigorate this empty void that remains in the wake of the Silent Hills: PT cancellation nearly half a decade prior.
Terror has never looked so exciting.
In a recent interview for Comic-Con@Home 2020, Ito was asked about his appearance in Kojima’s most recent release, Death Stranding, which has now made its way onto PC. The fan question centered on if the horror manga author is currently “involved in some video game development,” whereupon Ito answers jokingly with a simple no. However, he did point out his friendly relations with Kojima and rehashed a recent meeting with the game director on something horror-related.
In Ito’s words, translated from Japanese:
For the layman unaware of Ito’s work, one of his most cherished pieces of manga is Uzumaki, a tale revolving around the nightmare horrors brought to life via a sinister spiral, for which is even being adapted into its own anime on Adult Swim. Other wondrous nightmare-fuel manga publications include Fragments of Horror, Shiver, and Gyo, not to mention an upcoming release titled Venus in the Blind Spot slated for August 18th. He’s also known for World of Horror, an exceptional 1-bit experience that blends the art of Ito’s with the cosmic machinations of H.P. Lovecraft.
“I do know director Kojima and we have been in conversation that he might have a horror-based game that he might be doing, so he has invited me to work on that. But, there is no details on it yet.”
This most recent forway back into the video game sphere with the auteur himself, Hideo Kojima, is more than a little promising (and oh-so-terrifying). Horror fans will never forget that first step down the enchanted hallways of PT, now itself a video game urban legend, with a paper bag whispering strange nothings and a fetus crying tearfully in a dingy bathroom sink. What they plan to design will be legendary, to say the least.
As the PT demo iterates in a grotesque fashion on the foyer wall: “I can hear them calling to me from hell.”
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