Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham has revealed that Dementium: The Ward was pitched to Konami as a possible Silent Hill DS game.

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"Little known fact: We pitched 'The Ward' to Konami in 2007 as something that could have become a Silent Hill DS game," Watsham said on Twitter . Instead, that project became Dementium: The Ward, an original horror game for Nintendo's handheld, and released in 2007 under the now-defunct Gamecock Media Group label.Watsham elaborated on the Silent Hill DS possibility with IGN, saying the first pitch happened at GDC 2007, before Renegade teamed up with Gamecock. "Our goal was always to release The Ward as an original game, but we were also open to the idea of turning it into a licensed horror game and approached Konami to see if they wanted to work together to mold it into a Silent Hill game for the Nintendo DS."However, the meeting with Konami didn't go too well for Watsham and Renegade Kid. "They were kind enough to meet with us, but the meeting only lasted a few minutes and ended with their [representative] saying they wouldn't let a team like us handle the Silent Hill license."Years later, Renegade Kid reached out to Konami again about a Silent Hill DS project, this time pitching third-person experiment shots utilizing the Dementium II engine. Watsham shared the images with IGN (seen below), but Konami once again said no."Konami's response that time wasn't dismissive like the first time," Watsham said. "They simply didn't want to venture into the DS space with a horror title at that time."Earlier today, Konami officially canceled Silent Hills , the latest project in the storied horror game series. The company is also removing P.T. , the playable teaser for Silent Hills, from Sony's online marketplace.As for the Dementium franchise, Renegade Kid is remastering the first game for Nintendo 3DS. The remake of the first-person, survival-horror game, which IGN thought was great on DS , is due out this year.

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