As we get closer to the theatrical release of Return to Silent Hill, rumours have been popping up about developer Bloober Team and publisher Konami working on a DLC for the Silent Hill 2 remake, dubbed Born From a Wish. The most recent of these reports has come from actor Salóme Rannveig Gunnarsdóttir – who played the role of Mary Shepherd-Sunderland and Maria in last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake. During a recent livestream on Twitch, Gunnarsdóttir revealed that she hasn’t yet been contacted by the studio for work on Born From a Wish.
It is worth noting that Gunnarsdóttir might simply be denying involvement with the project as part of a non-disclosure agreement that she might have signed. Such agreements tend to be quite common, especially when a project is secret and mean to be revealed at a later time. However, if she is telling the truth about her lack of involvement with the DLC, this could also indicate one of two things. Either the DLC is still quite far off and work on it hasn’t started yet, or Gunnarsdóttir’s characters simply aren’t part of the story that will be told in Born From a Wish.
Interestingly, reports have indicated that the Born From a Wish DLC is expected to be revealed by Konami sooner or later. However, more recent rumours have indicated that the two companies are also getting ready to announce that Silent Hill 2 will be making its way on to Xbox Series X/S. The announcement, expected to coincide with the release of Return to Silent Hill, is also slated to be accompanied with the announcement that Silent Hill 2 will be getting enhancements for the PS5 Pro.
According to a report by industry leaker AestheticGamer, “the writing should be on the wall right by now that Bloober Team is getting ready to reveal the Xbox versions of Silent Hill 2 Remake, the PS5 Pro patch likely be timed with some announcements, Born From a Wish DLC should be announced sooner or later, & likely Konami is tying it around the window of the upcoming Return to Silent Hill movie based off [Silent Hill 2].”
Silent Hill 2 was originally released on PC and PS5 last year, and saw quite a bit of critical and commercial success. The success of the title eventually even led to Bloober Team being tasked with working on another remake in the franchise – the original Silent Hill. The studio confirmed that it had begun production on this remake during a recent investor Q&A, where it also revealed that its second development team had started working on five other projects as well.
“We have two first party production teams, one of which is working on the Silent Hill 1 project and the other has started work on the next project,” said the studio in response to a question about the studio’s future in light of the recently-released horror title Cronos: The New Dawn. “As part of the second party, there are currently 5 projects.”
For more details about Silent Hill 2, check out our review.
