Embattled Annapurna Insists Silent Hill: Townfall Is Still Alive Despite Upheaval

Annapurna Interactive has moved to reassure fans concerned over the future of Silent Hill: Townfall after a significant upheaval that saw a mass walkout at the publisher.

Last month, 25 people comprising the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive walked out the door in a group resignation. An IGN investigation dug into the reasons why.

The upshot is concern over the future of games set to be published or co-developed by Annapurna, and one of those games is Silent Hill: Townfall.

Silent Hill: Townfall was announced two years ago, in October 2022, as a co-production between Annapurna Interactive and Observation and Stories Untold developer No Code Studios. Silent Hill: Townfall's reveal consisted of a series of unsettling images, with most of the teaser swapping between images of ocean waves in black and white (and, at the end, bright red) and a slow zoom in to a pocket CRTV, while a voice demanded to know why the listener was here.

At the time, No Code creative director Jon McKellan said Silent Hill: Townfall "respects the source material but also does something a little bit different with it." But we have yet to hear more on the project and now, two years later, and in the context of Annapurna’s high-profile troubles, there is growing concern over its development.

But in a tweet, Annapurna moved to calm that concern, firstly by apologizing for it and then insisting Townfall will continue to be co-developed with Konami and No Code.

We deeply apologize for any concerns about SILENT HILL: Townfall. SILENT HILL: Townfall will continue to be co-developed by KONAMI @Konami, Annapurna Interactive @A_i, and No Code @_NoCode. pic.twitter.com/Wd4m4OsauS

Still, there is no release date for Silent Hill: Townfall, and we have seen any new trailers for it since its announcement.

Silent Hill: Townfall isn’t the only game on Annapurna’s books. It’s got Mixtape from Beethoven & Dinosaur, the developer of The Artful Escape, and Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, among many others.

IGN’s reporting has revealed that at Annapurna a tiny leadership team is struggling to ensure that around 40 projects have the support they need, while the company's partners have been left at various stages of development and uncertainty as to what comes next.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].