{"id":1969077,"date":"2026-06-02T21:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1969077"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:50:38","slug":"silent-hill-townfall-has-a-ps5-release-date-and-things-are-getting-scary-in-very-foggy-scotland-this-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1969077","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill: Townfall has a PS5 release date, and things are getting scary in very foggy Scotland this September"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-townfall\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Silent Hill: Townfall<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Silent Hill: Townfall has a PS5 release date, and things are getting scary in very foggy Scotland this September<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Terror from the neep.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/silent-hill-townfall-header-2.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Silent Hill: Townfall screenshot showing protagonist Simon Ordell in foggy St. Amelia, looking up at something off-camera.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"silent-hill-townfall-header-2.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Screen Burn\/Konami<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-02T21:50:38+00:00\">June 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-townfall-release-date?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5bdd12d4-add2-4809-bc3b-1a506db91753\" data-name=\"Silent Hill: Townfall\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Silent Hill: Townfall\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Silent Hill: Townfall\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Silent Hill: Townfall\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Silent Hill: Townfall\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Silent Hill: Townfall\" title=\"Follow Silent Hill: Townfall\"><br \/>\n  Follow Silent Hill: Townfall<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Silent Hill&#8217;s long-awaited resurgence has seen a strong start thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/bloober-team\">Bloober Team<\/a>&#8216;s Silent HIll 2 remake and developer Neobards&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-f\">Silent Hill f<\/a>. So hopes are high for the survival horror series next outing, Silent Hill Townfall, which is now confirmed to be releasing for PlayStation 5 on 24th September.<\/p>\n<p>Townfall was, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-townfall-is-a-new-entry-to-the-series-from-stories-untold-developer-no-code\">one of three Silent Hill games to be announced by Konami<\/a> back in 2022 and, in some ways, it&#8217;s the most intriguing of the bunch, given it&#8217;s being developed by Screen Burn (formerly No Code), the small Glasgow studio behind the acclaimed Stories Untold and Observation. Perhaps more intriguing still is the fact Townfall is the closest the increasingly globe-trotting Silent Hill series has ever got to Eurogamer&#8217;s homeland, given its fog has now drifted to the small (and fictional) Scottish coastal town of St. Amelia.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Here&#8217;s our latest look at Silent Hill: Townfall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we learned back in February, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-our-first-proper-look-at-silent-hill-townfall\">Konami&#8217;s big Silent Hill: Townfall reveal<\/a>, St. Amelia is the place new series protagonist Simon Ordell is drawn to for an adventure that this time unfolds in first-person. Alongside the shift in perspective, there&#8217;s talk of &#8220;tactile and intricate&#8221; story-driven puzzles and combat, all built around a vaguely Game Boy-like device known as the CRTV.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The idea is players use the retro-inspired CRTV to pick up signals around town to reveal more of the story, and to &#8216;see&#8217; through the environment and locate nearby threats &#8211; which is important given foes are said to &#8220;dynamically hunt&#8221; players. Fearless souls can fight back with melee and ranged weapons, but Screen Burn previously stressed that &#8220;stealth is an equally important strategy needed to survive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I for one am <em>very excited<\/em> to play Townfall, especially after the stellar Silent Hill f proved my skepticism wrong, demonstrating the series&#8217; foggy formula works just as well away from its traditional smalltown America setting when it transplanted the action to Japan. So let&#8217;s see how the Scots fare when Townfall arrives for PS5 (and possibly PC, although that&#8217;s yet to be confirmed) on 24th September.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Silent Hill&#8217;s long-awaited resurgence has seen a strong start thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/bloober-team\">Bloober Team<\/a>&#8216;s Silent HIll 2 remake and developer Neobards&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-f\">Silent Hill f<\/a>. So hopes are high for the survival horror series next outing, Silent Hill Townfall, which is now confirmed to be releasing for PlayStation 5 on 24th September.<\/p>\n<p>Townfall was, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-townfall-is-a-new-entry-to-the-series-from-stories-untold-developer-no-code\">one of three Silent Hill games to be announced by Konami<\/a> back in 2022 and, in some ways, it&#8217;s the most intriguing of the bunch, given it&#8217;s being developed by Screen Burn (formerly No Code), the small Glasgow studio behind the acclaimed Stories Untold and Observation. Perhaps more intriguing still is the fact Townfall is the closest the increasingly globe-trotting Silent Hill series has ever got to Eurogamer&#8217;s homeland, given its fog has now drifted to the small (and fictional) Scottish coastal town of St. Amelia.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Here&#8217;s our latest look at Silent Hill: Townfall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we learned back in February, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-our-first-proper-look-at-silent-hill-townfall\">Konami&#8217;s big Silent Hill: Townfall reveal<\/a>, St. Amelia is the place new series protagonist Simon Ordell is drawn to for an adventure that this time unfolds in first-person. Alongside the shift in perspective, there&#8217;s talk of &#8220;tactile and intricate&#8221; story-driven puzzles and combat, all built around a vaguely Game Boy-like device known as the CRTV.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The idea is players use the retro-inspired CRTV to pick up signals around town to reveal more of the story, and to &#8216;see&#8217; through the environment and locate nearby threats &#8211; which is important given foes are said to &#8220;dynamically hunt&#8221; players. Fearless souls can fight back with melee and ranged weapons, but Screen Burn previously stressed that &#8220;stealth is an equally important strategy needed to survive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I for one am <em>very excited<\/em> to play Townfall, especially after the stellar Silent Hill f proved my skepticism wrong, demonstrating the series&#8217; foggy formula works just as well away from its traditional smalltown America setting when it transplanted the action to Japan. So let&#8217;s see how the Scots fare when Townfall arrives for PS5 (and possibly PC, although that&#8217;s yet to be confirmed) on 24th September.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Silent Hill: Townfall Silent Hill: Townfall has a PS5 release date, and things are getting scary in very foggy Scotland this September Terror from the neep. 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