The Silent Hill universe is expanding with three vastly different games

Silent Hill fans, hold onto your butts. Konami today dropped a ton of news about the future of its iconic horror franchise, and aside from confirming a long-rumored remake of Silent Hill 2, the studio revealed three new games in the same universe: Silent Hill Townfall, Ascension and f. They all sound like incredibly different experiences.

Townfall comes from Annapurna Interactive and No Code, a Glasgow studio known for strong narrative skills and horror world-building in titles like Observation and Stories Untold. The short teaser for Townfall features an old-school pocket television clipping through tense conversations and disturbing scenes, and it looks to be the most traditional Silent Hill game of the trio.

Ascension is the least game-like installment here, but it comes with a big name attached: JJ Abrams. It’s an interactive streaming series where “the entire community shapes the canon of Silent Hill,” and its tagline is “Face Your Trauma Together.” Ascension comes from Abrams’ studio, Bad Robot, and Genvid, a company that produces interactive live shows. It’s described as “a new form of entertainment that blends community, live storytelling and interactivity.” Ascension is due out in 2023.

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