Guillermo Del Toro hånede Konami endnu en gang omkring Silent Hills ved Game Awards

Under Game Awards var det selveste Guillermo Del Toro der overbragte Best Art Direction-prisen, og i den forbindelse kom han med en sjov lille sidenote under sin åbningstale. Her refererede han specifikt til Silent Hills ved at sige følgende:

"You know, one franchise I love the art direction of is Silent Hill. I hope we get a new one of those."

Der findes dem der øjeblikkeligt troede at han henviste til en potentiel genoplivning af projektet, men sandheden er at han bare ønskede, igen, at håne Konami for at slagtet projektet dengang.

I Happy Sad Confused-podcastet forklarer han sig på følgende måde:

"No, not at all. It's one of those things in my life that makes no sense. I kind of just wanted to tickle the ribs of Konami because I don't understand. That was so perfect, it was so perfect a match, what we were going to do was so enthralling. Gaming as a storytelling exercise fascinates me. I wouldn't develop a game again I don't think, because I'm the albatross of videogames. Whatever I make will be...[canceled]."