How Bloober is following Silent Hill 2 with its first original survival horror, Cronos: The New Dawn

Bloober Team is a name that’s synonymous with horror games, but with the recent release of its Silent Hill 2 Remake it’s now seen huge success – it topped a million copies sold in under a week, to be precise.

It was a rocky road, though, with protective fans frequently raising concerns of whether the studio was the right team for the job, considering the sometimes mixed reactions to its previous output. It’s fair to say, Bloober has proven those fans wrong with a remake that’s met the high standards of critics and fans alike.

So how will Bloober follow Silent Hill 2 Remake? With its own original take on the same survival horror genre, albeit set in an alternate, sci-fi version of 1980s Poland. That’s the premise of Cronos: The New Dawn, as revealed during last week’s Xbox Partner Preview.

“We are super happy for the [Silent Hill] team, for the accomplishments, and I do believe that they paved the path for us,” co-director Wojciech Piejko tells me. “They dramatically changed the reception of our company on the internet from ‘Bloober should not touch Silent Hill’ to ‘new great game from Bloober!’