Metal Gear publisher Konami and horror game studio Bloober Team are partnering up on future projects. According to Bloober Team’s announcement, the “strategic cooperation agreement” will include “jointly developing selected contents and exchanging know-how.” Konami gave a statement to VGC, saying the deal allows the two companies to “produce games from existing and new IPs.”
“It is a historic day for me and the culmination of several years of our work,” Bloober Team president Piotr Babieno said. “The fact that such a renowned company as Konami has decided to strategically cooperate with the Bloober Team means that we also joined the world leaders in gaming and became an equal partner for the leading players in this market.”
Konami boss Hideki Hayakawa also went on to add: “In the digital entertainment industry, significant changes in the business environment are expected in the future. We look forward to combining Bloober Team’s and our respective characteristics and strengths to create high-quality contents.”
Sources told VCG that one of the projects is “Silent Hill related,” though no specific details were given about the potential project.
Bloober Team’s latest release was The Medium, which launched earlier this year on Xbox and PC, but will be heading to the PS5 in September of this year. This is also not the first time rumors of Bloober developing a Silent Hill game.