Let's just hope these end up better than eFootball.

A number of different sources have reported on a new rumor that Konami is working to revive some of their biggest franchises. These franchises include Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill.

There have been tons of rumors over the past however many months now that Silent Hill was coming back, or there was some Metal Gear game coming, and so on. Those rumors were typically based off of speculation and usually only from one source. Today, there are a number of sources that are all reporting on the same thing.

First up, VGC has a report that says Konami wants to revive these three classic franchises. They say that a new Castlevania title is in development at Konami and will be a re-imagining of the series.

They continue on to say that when it comes to the Metal Gear series, Konami is working with Virtuos, to create remasters of these titles. Another source expands upon this with a few additional details. Nibellion on Twitter says that at the very least, a remaster of Metal Gear Solid 3 is currently in development at Virtuos. The current thought is that Konami plans to eventually release remasters of all Metal Gear Solid games on modern console.

This wouldn't exactly be the first time that Konami released a visually updated Metal Gear Solid 3. Back in 2016, Konami used the Fox Engine to create Metal Gear Solid 3 themed pachinko machines. You can tell that a lot of work went into updating the old Metal Gear Solid 3 cinematics, all for it to be wasted on gambling machines, but I digress.

When it comes to the Silent Hill franchise, it is rumored that there are actually a few studios working on multiple Silent Hill games. VGC says that at least one of these projects was outsourced to "a prominent Japanese developer earlier this year."

VGC says that Konami "should publicly showcase its plans at major shows next year." Konami was actually scheduled to have a showing at this year's E3 but had to pull out due to "timing" issues. It was at that time that Konami had confirmed they had "a number of key projects" in development.