A dataminer has managed to get Hideo Kojima's famous P.T. demo working on PlayStation 5.Per Eurogamer, streamer Lance McDonald was able to play P.T. on a non-jailbroken console through a series of nifty steps. McDonald said he first transferred a hacked PS4 emulator from a jailbroken PS5 using a USB backup. From there, the streamer said he was able to unlock the game on his primary PlayStation 5 and shared video footage of the famous teaser running on the hardware. McDonald said those wishing to replicate his feat would need to own P.T legitimately on their PSN account and have said account activated on a jailbroken PS5 as well as a standard, fully-updated PS5.
Hideo Kojima's P.T. demo has become a treasured piece of video game history for many gaming fans, with the teaser immortalizing the vision behind Kojima's canceled Silent Hills project. The demo was available on PlayStation 4 in 2014 for around 12 months, though Konami promptly removed it following the company's cancellation of the project, and it has been unavailable ever since. In recent years, numerous P.T. fan remakes have surfaced online, and the demo's claustrophobic setting has inspired many other horror titles since its scrapping. P.T. received rave reviews from fans and critics for its terrifying atmosphere, leaving many eagerly anticipating the full game.
The Silent Hill franchise has sat dormant since the cancellation of Kojima's project, though Konami has recently teased a Silent Hill livestream airing on Oct. 19. The teaser included the line "In your restless dreams, do you see that town?" -- a spin on a famous quote from the much-beloved Silent Hill 2, leading fans to speculate that the company could reveal the game's long-rumored remake. Recent leaks have also implied that Konami is developing a brand-new Silent Hill title, a rumor propagated by the company copyright claiming numerous game screenshots that circulated on social media. Konami also partnered with known horror developer Bloober Team, though no collaborative projects have been announced or released yet.
Following the cancellation of 2014's Silent Hills, auteur game developer Kojima acrimoniously left Konami and engaged in a public war of words with the company. Since then, Kojima has opened his own studio and produced the critically successful Death Stranding. The developer has been cryptically teasing his new project with several mysterious posters and recently announced the game would star actor Elle Fanning. Fans believe the project could be a Death Stranding sequel, based on previous comments made by its star Norman Reedus.
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