creator of slitter head, silent hill and sirenKeiichi Toyama doesn’t cover the truth that he’s engaged on a brand new recreation. In an open letter posted on Japanese recruitment website HRMOS, Toyama revealed that he’s at the moment recruiting extra builders for “a brand new large-scale mission.”
“I’m Keiichiro Toyama, CEO of Bokeh Recreation Studio,” he wrote (through machine translation). “slitter headwas the primary recreation launched in November 2024. We had been confronted with the query, “Can we actually construct a recreation with this studio, with this staff, and utilizing this strategy?” By dealing with this query and giving it type as a chunk of labor, I really feel like I’ve lastly reached the beginning line. ”
“The core of Bokeh Recreation Studio’s manufacturing strategy may be very easy: be authentic. We do not make issues that others could make. This doesn’t suggest we wish to be eccentric. It means we by no means cease asking, ‘Why can we make this?’ And, “Why are we making it?” We are going to all the time pursue expressions that solely we will. ”
Within the open letter, Toyama additionally acknowledged that the brand new mission continues to be within the early levels of growth. Which means many concepts will likely be developed and thrown away earlier than the staff considers what the sport will seem like.
“We’re at the moment engaged on a brand new mission throughout the studio,” he defined. “It is not a straightforward path, because it requires trial and error from the very starting. Nonetheless, it permits us to be deeply concerned within the core of the work, the place our selections and conflicts instantly form the form of the sport.”
“Being concerned at this stage guarantees to be an unparalleled expertise. We stay up for working with you to additional develop this mission. We stay up for receiving your functions.”
Toyama confirmed in July 2025 that he’s engaged on a brand new mission. In an interview, he mentioned that the brand new recreation will likely be consistent with Bokeh Recreation Studio’s purpose of engaged on quite a lot of concepts, though he could not reveal too many particulars.
“I am unable to reveal the precise particulars, however we’re beginning work on the subsequent title,” Toyama mentioned. “At first, I wished the studio to have the ability to do quite a lot of issues, together with incorporating concepts from the youthful era and dealing on extra informal tasks.”
“Once more, now we have to show that we as a studio are dedicated and as much as the duty. We’re at the moment working in the direction of that purpose. Nonetheless, we’re nonetheless within the early levels and we consider we can reveal extra particulars[about the new game]in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.”
his final mission, slitter headwas launched on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S in 2024. Toyama commented that the sport was a “cult favourite” regardless of not being an general mainstream success. In the end, he realized he was pleased with how the horror title turned out.
“It is tough to say how lengthy I can proceed, particularly contemplating my age,” he mentioned. “Nonetheless, I additionally really feel that now we have to maneuver ahead and cross the baton to the subsequent era. As a studio, we’re nonetheless midway in the direction of our purpose.”