So what would he say is the secret to scaring people? “I think that death can be described as something that one would seem to feel far away from in everyday life, though it is inescapable,” he begins. That chilling contrast between the mundane and the otherworldly is the kind of imagery with which Toyama, writer-director of the original Silent Hill and the Siren games, has long been associated. Those fleshy ‘petals’ then slowly retract to form the smiling face of an ordinary middle-aged woman. We zoom in closer and its face resembles an exotic flower closer still and no, it’s actually a giant maw with large teeth and two writhing tongues flicking outward. A long shot of a figure on a balcony garden in a rundown apartment block shows a figure in what appears to be an unusual hat. Amid the splashy gore and horrifying multi-limbed monsters – all bone, sinew and grasping, mantis-like forelegs – it’s the closing moments that arguably prove most disturbing. Miki Takahashi, creature designer for Siren: Blood Curse and concept and lighting artist for Knack II, is also a part of this new studio.Bokeh founder Keiichiro Toyama promised a theme of “everyday life being shaken” for the studio’s debut, and his team certainly achieved that with its reveal trailer. Two long-time partners of his, Kazunobu Sato ( The Last Guardian) and Junya Okura ( Gravity Rush), also joined the new studio as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer. Beyond that, the first trailer the studio. It's a horror-action game that will see you fighting grotesque skeletal monsters. He eventually left SCEJ back in December last year. At The Game Awards, Toyama's Bokeh Game Studio revealed Slitterhead.

There, he worked on another disturbing horror series, Siren. Slitterhead creator Toyama himself is known for his work on the original 1999’s Silent Hill before joining Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studio. I’m roaming through maps, trying various methods to build up the setting.” I’ve been inspired by locations this time as well and started with that. One trait of my games is the setting, what city or village do we evolve in, how did these people get there, what’s their emotional state. Previously, Keiichiro Toyama has talked about his reason for forming Bokeh Game Studio to forge his own path and make a really “dark” horror concept where regular people are driven into “irrational situations.” Taking inspirations from the “death game” genre, something akin to Battle Royale, Koyama wants to convey a horror idea where normal people are forced to adapt to and try to survive in an outlandish situation.

Bokeh Game Studio is yet to announce a release window or platform for Slitterhead. However, aside from location and monster looks details about the game are still scarce. Meanwhile, Akira Yamaoka, famous for his works on Silent Hill, is the game’s composer. The trailer showcased pretty disturbing monster designs, which seem to be infecting humans and transforming their hosts’ bodies into creatures straight out of hell, with Hong Kong slums as its setting. Bokeh Game Studio, the new development studio founded by Silent Hill co-creator Keiichiro Toyama, finally revealed its first game at The Game Awards 2021, called Slitterhead.