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Konami is reportedly interested in reviving popular video game franchises it allowed to fall dormant, including Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid.

Konami’s business has overall taken a dip in the last few years — according to financial disclosures earlier this year, its digital entertainment business is the only part of its business that was growing during the pandemic era. Now, most likely because it’s seeing how fruitful video games have been in the last year-and-a-half, Konami is allegedly planning to return to the market in a big way.

According to a report from VGC, Konami is interested in making new games in some of its long-neglected gaming franchises. Specifically, it has new Castlevania, Silent Hill, and Metal Gear projects in the works, all games that are very popular with huge fan followings and all games that Konami has shown little outward interest in for years.

The last time the company released games in any of those series, it didn’t turn out so well. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 received tepid reviews. Metal Gear Survive was excoriated by series fans. And the disappointment over the cancellation of Silent Hills, the game teased by P.T., is still being felt and expressed to this day.

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