Guillermo Del Toro has sworn off getting involved in video games ever again following the cancellation of two successive projects.

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Speaking to Shack News , the legendary director revealed the cancellation of Insane in 2012 following the demise of its publisher THQ and the more recent death of Silent Hills has become too much to bear.“I have proven to be the albatross of video games,” he said. “I joined THQ, and THQ goes broke. I join Kojima, and Kojima leaves Konami. I have decided, in order not to destroy anyone else’s life, I have decided I will never again get involved in video games. Otherwise, I’ll join someone and his house will explode, or something."Though Silent Hills was canceled , there was hope project leads Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro still intended to work on a new project together . This now seems unlikely. It's all the more depressing when you hear what Del Toro hoped the game could have been In the full interview Del Toro acknowledges that while he will continue to learn from Kojima as a friend and certainly isn't opposed to anyone making games out of his works, for him personally the dream is over.Konami has stated it's "committed to new Silent Hill titles” in future, though quite what form these will appear in remains to be seen.

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