Nope, Microsoft Isn’t Trying To Buy Silent Hills

<p>To the best of our knowledge&comma; the <em>Silent Hills<&sol;em> that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;qNwUrUrD0Ig">scared our pants off<&sol;a> just last year <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;silent-hills-will-never-heard&sol;">won&&num;8217&semi;t be seeing the light of day<&sol;a>&period; In the past few weeks following actor Norman Reedus and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;idigitaltimes&period;com&sol;silent-hills-publisher-konami-releases-apology-fans-games-still-dead-445294">Konami&&num;8217&semi;s confirmation<&sol;a> of the game&&num;8217&semi;s effective cancellation&comma; the game&&num;8217&semi;s earned something of a cult-following reluctant to see the game go&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the meantime&comma; recent rumors have circulated that Microsoft was interested in buying the rights to the Silent Hill franchise from Konami&comma; possibly even prior to this E3 in time for its onstage announcement as an Xbox One exclusive&period; Microsoft game studio head Phil Spencer has denied such&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">&commat;GoReds42093 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Xbox&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;Xbox<&sol;a> Sorry&comma; this isn&&num;39&semi;t true&period; Not sure where the rumor started but I don&&num;39&semi;t want to mislead anyone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Phil Spencer &lpar;&commat;XboxP3&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;XboxP3&sol;status&sol;604697441447731201&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">May 30&comma; 2015<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In reply to inquires on Twitter&comma; Spencer wrote&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Sorry&comma; this isn&&num;8217&semi;t true&period; Not sure where the rumor started but I don&&num;8217&semi;t want to mislead anyone&period;&&num;8221&semi; Spencer declined to say anything further on the matter&comma; but needless to say&comma; the rumor appears to be as debunked by arguably the highest authority at Xbox&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the popularity of its playable teaser&comma; <em>P&period;T&period;<&sol;em>&comma; Konami&&num;8217&semi;s yet to give any word on<em> Silent Hills<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi; resurrection&period; Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and acclaimed horror director Guillermo Del Toro have since left the project as its creative heads&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think&quest; Should Microsoft or some other game company pick up <em>Silent Hills <&sol;em>and finish the job&quest; You know what to do&period; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;XboxP3&sol;status&sol;604697441447731201">&commat;XboxP3 on Twitter<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;