The studio behind the Silent Hill 2 remake has just announced its next game in the works, but it's not another project in the Silent Hill series. Bloober Team's success with Silent Hill 2 expanded the audience for the horror game developer, previously responsible for hits like Layers of Fear and Observer. Although all of Bloober's games come with their share of detractors, consistently positive aggregate reviews and plenty of media attention have cemented the company as a major player in modern horror.

A new trailer on the official Bloober Team YouTube channel revealed Cronos: The New Dawn, a third-person survival horror game with a retro-futurist spin. The trailer focuses on an older woman playing chess against a menacing figure in a bulbous suit, who ultimately shoves the board aside and reaches for her with spider-like claws that unfold from its glove.

The Steam description for the game, which is set to launch on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2025, describes it as a "twisted time travel story" that bounces between the future and 1980s-era Poland. Players step into the shoes of a "Traveler" extracting the "Essences" of past figures to take them into the hellish future.

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Cronos: The New Dawn appears to be following Bloober Team's shift toward an action-oriented direction that the Silent Hill 2 remake signified. While atmosphere is still paramount, the game emphasizes that "quick decisions" in combat will be necessary to survive.

At the same time, Cronos: The New Dawn proves that Bloober Team is still interested in the eclectic release pattern that's always defined the company. The project is an entirely new IP, even if the name calls Guillermo del Toro's horror film Cronos to mind. Following news that the Silent Hill 2 remake sold over a million copies in its first week, the shift in direction might come as a surprise.

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Although Cronos: The New Dawn must have been in development for a while, the Layers of Fear 2, it still feels like its spinning its wheels at times.

Set in Bloober Team's home country, Cronos: The New Dawn might be one of the studio's most personal projects yet. For all its loyalty to the original, the Silent Hill 2 remake features some distinctly Polish elements of set decoration, and bringing things home opens up a lot of opportunities. It's still likely that Bloober Team could return to Silent Hill in the future, but I do think mixing in some variety right after the Silent Hill 2 remake is more exciting.

Source: Bloober Team/YouTube, Steam