{"id":2189435,"date":"2026-10-10T11:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2189435"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:44:06","slug":"silent-hill-gravity-rush-directors-bokeh-game-studio-is-reportedly-casting-for-a-new-horror-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2189435","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill, Gravity Rush director&#8217;s Bokeh Game Studio is reportedly casting for a new horror game"},"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<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Silent Hill, Gravity Rush director&#8217;s Bokeh Game Studio is reportedly casting for a new horror game<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Scream test.<\/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\/Slit_3.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A screenshot from Slitterhead showing an Asian girl with dark hair in a pixie cut wearing an orange hoodie. Her eyes glow red.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Slit_3.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Bokeh Game Studio Inc<\/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=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.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=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.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\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-10-10T11:44:06+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Oct. 10, 2026, 11:44 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5bbe0299-51e9-4318-b52a-71a07ed27766\" data-name=\"Silent Hill\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Silent Hill\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Silent Hill\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Silent Hill\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Silent Hill\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Silent Hill\" title=\"Follow Silent Hill\"><br \/>\n  Follow Silent Hill<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>It looks like Bokeh Game Studio, founded by Keiichiro Toyama, who directed the original Silent Hill and created Siren and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/gravity-rush\">Gravity Rush<\/a>, is working on another horror game.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/mp1st.com\/news\/silent-hill-creator-keiichiro-toyamas-next-project-another-horror-game\">MP1st<\/a>, Bokeh is hiring motion capture performers for its next project, which is seemingly still untitled.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Slitterhead Review: Can Silent Hill and Siren Alumni Strike Horror Gold Again?\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oq98LGvyRkk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Oq98LGvyRkk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Slitterhead Review: Can Silent Hill and Siren Alumni Strike Horror Gold Again?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Slitterhead Review: Can Silent Hill and Siren Alumni Strike Horror Gold Again?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oq98LGvyRkk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The casting sheet lists characters including River, Dean, Lyra, Hazel, Becca, Dena, and Emma, plus an eight-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>Descriptions cover mature themes including drug use and trafficking, violence, abuse, grief, and sex work, with several characters tied to creature transformation &#8211; all of which sounds surprisingly close to Toyama&#8217;s prior game, Slitterhead\u2026 which is interesting, given Slitterhead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/slitterhead\/\">didn&#8217;t exactly set the world alight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>River&#8217;s entry cites River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain as visual references, while Lyra&#8217;s points to Mia Goth as a tonal reference.<\/p>\n<p>Bokeh&#8217;s debut, Slitterhead, launched in 2024. I bucked the trend with my four out of five star verdict in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slitterhead-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Slitterhead review<\/a>, writing: &#8220;Slitterhead is stylish and thrilling and unusual (and really, how can you say no when one particular Slitterhead that looks uncannily like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slitterhead-really-wants-you-to-know-you-can-play-as-a-dog\">Beetlejuice<\/a>?). How lucky we are that something as singular and unapologetically strange as this exists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>It looks like Bokeh Game Studio, founded by Keiichiro Toyama, who directed the original Silent Hill and created Siren and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/gravity-rush\">Gravity Rush<\/a>, is working on another horror game.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/mp1st.com\/news\/silent-hill-creator-keiichiro-toyamas-next-project-another-horror-game\">MP1st<\/a>, Bokeh is hiring motion capture performers for its next project, which is seemingly still untitled.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Slitterhead Review: Can Silent Hill and Siren Alumni Strike Horror Gold Again?\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oq98LGvyRkk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Oq98LGvyRkk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Slitterhead Review: Can Silent Hill and Siren Alumni Strike Horror Gold Again?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Slitterhead Review: Can Silent Hill and Siren Alumni Strike Horror Gold Again?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oq98LGvyRkk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The casting sheet lists characters including River, Dean, Lyra, Hazel, Becca, Dena, and Emma, plus an eight-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>Descriptions cover mature themes including drug use and trafficking, violence, abuse, grief, and sex work, with several characters tied to creature transformation &#8211; all of which sounds surprisingly close to Toyama&#8217;s prior game, Slitterhead\u2026 which is interesting, given Slitterhead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/slitterhead\/\">didn&#8217;t exactly set the world alight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>River&#8217;s entry cites River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain as visual references, while Lyra&#8217;s points to Mia Goth as a tonal reference.<\/p>\n<p>Bokeh&#8217;s debut, Slitterhead, launched in 2024. 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