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Silent Hill 5 (working title) will be the fifth installment in the Silent Hill video game series. Although not much information is known about the latest installment, the game has not been officially announced to be in development and the exact console platform(s) have not been confirmed by developer/publisher Konami. According to an interview with the project's chief designer Masashi Tsuboyama back in 2004, it would appear on the best next-gen console, considering between the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (which was then still referred to as the Xbox 2); however, sources such as IGN have reported rumors of a PS3 release [1]. As of December 2006, musical composer/producer Akira Yamaoka recently expressed interest in hoping to carry on the plans of earlier franchise platforms. [2]

While very little has been officially confirmed, chief designer of Silent Hill 5, Masashi Tsuboyama announced the game's development in a 2004 interview with Eurogamer. Tsuboyama first clarified rumors that it wasn't going to be called 'Shadows of the Past' as previously reported from one website. In the same interview, he stated that Konami wasn't sure which next-generation console it would be released on. Although dodging the question, composer/producer Akira Yamaoka recently shed some light upon the question with, "We cannot say yet, but we are hoping to carry on the plans of the earlier Silent Hill platforms." [3]

During an episode of The Electric Playground, Tommy Tallarico asked a developer about Silent Hill 5 who responded with, "It's a good time to be a Silent Hill fan", and the interview ended. There was a segment about the franchise shortly after, and it was stated that the title would be released on both current and next-gen consoles, yet it was unspecified which consoles they were. The mention of current consoles contradicts the statement made by Masashi Tsuboyama who reported that the fifth installment wouldn't be available on them. It is possible, however, that the title that could possibly appear on both "current consoles and next-gen consoles" is Silent Hill: 0rigins, which is currently only announced for the PSP. This is stated assuming the "next-gen consoles" mentioned was a loose generalization that refers to the next-generation of handheld game systems. If this were the case, it would follow original PSP titles such as Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories in that each were later ported to the PlayStation 2.

In several interviews, Akira Yamaoka has revealed some information regarding the fifth release. He hinted at a return to the psychological roots that were present in Silent Hill 2 and that the team was interested in setting the game's atmosphere in a sunny environment gone wrong.[4] Yamaoka has commented that the game might not even be called Silent Hill 5, possibly indicating that Konami will scrap the numerical title and settle for a subtitle^{[citation needed]}.

• Eurogamer article
• IGN article
• Xbox Circle article
• Gameguru Mania article
• Kotaku article
• Silent Hill 5.net ~ An Unofficial Fansite