Dementium: The Ward was pitched as a Silent Hill game

Konami and Silent Hill. Those are two subjects that will be talked about for quite some time by horror fans. And not in a positive light. I won’t even restate what we already know (and have been sad about), but it is interesting to note how a certain DS survival horror title at one point was intended to be part of the Silent Hill series.

Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham has taken to Twitter to reveal the following:

“Little known fact: We pitched ‘The Ward’ to Konami in 2007 as something that could have become a Silent Hill DS game. “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.”

Konami agreed to meet with the developer, but the results weren’t good:

“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.”

It sure would’ve been interesting if Dementium ended up becoming a Silent Hill game. With the series’ future in question, would you like to see Renegade Kid as one of the possible contenders to take the reins?

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