Team Silent Explained

Team Silent
Type:Division
Industry:Video games
Founded:[1]
Hq Location City:Tokyo
Hq Location Country:Japan
Key People:
  • Hiroyuki Owaku (writer)
  • Akira Yamaoka (sound director)
  • Masahiro Ito (art director)
Parent:Konami
Products:Silent Hill

Team Silent was a development team within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (KCET), responsible for the first four games in the Silent Hill franchise by Konami released from 1999 to 2004.[2] [3] Later titles were developed by non-Japanese companies such as Climax Studios, Double Helix Games and Vatra Games. According to a artist, Team Silent was ultimately disbanded by Konami itself, because Konami wanted Western developers to make the games.[4] KCET was merged into the parent company in April 2005.[5]

Key members of Team Silent include:

Director of Silent Hill. Left to join Japan Studio (Project Siren) in 1999 and created the Siren series of games.[6]

Scenario writer of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3, co-writer for Silent Hill.[8]

Background and creature designer of Silent Hill, art director and creature designer of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3.[9]

Series sound director; producer of Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room. Left Konami to join Grasshopper Manufacture.[10]

CGI Creator of Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2.[12] Left Konami to join Electronic Arts in 2003, subsequently worked at Virtual Heroes, Inc. in 2007, and later joined Nintendo in 2012 as a visual producer.

Akira Yamaoka played a major role in the Silent Hill film adaptation by overseeing and approving specific aspects of the movie throughout its production. Some of the original members (as led by Toyama, director of the first Silent Hill game) went on to create the Siren series, which has a similar atmosphere to the Silent Hill franchise.

In 2017, when asked if Team Silent would ever reunite, Yamaoka said he was not against the idea, but also said that "it's hard to say because everyone has evolved, and maybe the mindset has changed as well. Also, the technology and the games industry as a whole has changed as well. Even if we got back together I'm not even sure we could do something great so it's very hard to say at the moment".[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Resume . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716010338/http://www.satoworks.com/Takayoshi_Sato_resume.html . 2011-07-16 . Sato, Takayoshi . SatoWorks . 2011-01-06 . dead.
  2. Web site: E3 2001: Silent Hill 2 Interview . https://web.archive.org/web/20020404222653/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/094/094863p1.html . dead . April 4, 2002 . May 17, 2001 . . IGN Entertainment, Inc . December 26, 2010.
  3. Web site: IGN Top 100 Games 2007: 97 Silent Hill 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071122142027/http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_97.html . dead . November 22, 2007 . 2007 . . IGN Entertainment, Inc . December 26, 2010.
  4. Web site: Tom Goldman . Silent Hill Artist Claims Konami Disbanded Team Silent | The Escapist . Escapistmagazine.com . 2011-01-18 . 2016-06-12.
  5. Web site: Notification of Business Conducted at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders . February 22, 2005 . . December 26, 2010.
  6. Web site: Silent Hill creator discusses how he joined the game biz and why AAA horror is 'difficult' to fund . Polygon.com . October 30, 2013 . 2016-06-12.
  7. Web site: E3 2002: Interview with Hiroyuki Owaku, Akira Yamaoka and Kazuhide Nakazawa (IGN) . Silent Hill Memories . 2016-06-12.
  8. Web site: Nobu bbs: scenario writers . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716194906/http://8226.teacup.com/hill_nobu/bbs/1416 . July 16, 2011 . live . Ito, Masahiro . June 14, 2010 . GMO Media, Inc . June 14, 2010.
  9. http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/03/16/silent-hill-monster-designer-reveals-concept-art-for-cancelled-silent-hill-game IGN
  10. Web site: Interview: Akira Yamaoka explains Grasshopper jump.
  11. Web site: Q&A: Konami's Akihiro Imamura . . 2006-05-17 . 2016-06-12.
  12. Web site: Silence Is Golden: Takayoshi Sato's Occidental Journey . . 2005-08-25 . 2016-06-12.
  13. Web site: Donnelly . Joe . Akira Yamaoka would 'love' to see Silent Hill revived, is open to Team Silent reunion . PC Gamer . 29 March 2022.

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