It seems that Konami is going to let its big three back out into the world in the near future, with a plethora of remasters, remakes, and new entries in production for the Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, and Castlevania series.
There had been similar whispers of this before, but this time, Andy Robinson at VGC has publishing sources that say Metal Gear Solid 3 is getting a full remake by an external Chinese studio, with remasters/rereleases of previous games on modern hardware in the pipeline ahead of that project, which is apparently in the early stages of development.
Castlevania has been getting plenty of rereleases in recent years, but according to VGC’s sources, there is a brand new reimagining of the series in the works handled mainly in-house, but with support from external sources.
VGC previously reported on two Silent Hill games being in development, and this fresh source is in agreement on that, with a prominent Japanese studio handling one of those games.
Konami is fresh from a disastrous game launch of its F2P eFootball game, so these increasingly reliable reports leave me with mixed feelings about the outcome. The positive thing to note is the willingness to let other developers handle these iconic series for the most part. Hopefully, we can get a relatively untarnished revival of all three.