Director's initials are HK. While not impossible, it is an interesting coincidence.https://www.resetera.com/threads/ps5-exclusive-survival-horror-game-%E2%80%9Cabandoned%E2%80%9D-releasing-later-this-year-tech-demo-out-soon.406389/page-7#post-62384514
Random trailer drop that Sony does seem to give some importance to ("PS5 Exclusive"), similar to MGSV
Mentions of a Playable Teaser (PT) in the description
Extremely weird website with generic text and placeholder items
"BLUE doesn't refer to the color, rather it refers to Best Level User Experience", Kojima is known for his gameplay)
Studio that hasn't found success funding any game... suddenly has a PS5 release in the works with motion capture and all the fancy stuff?
Kojima Productions was going to reveal their next project soon
Mobile game with a Death Stranding like handprint in black ink
Studio logo very similar to the PlayStation Studios one (alright this one might be a reach)
Abandoned is a synonim of Stranded.
That just looks like an indie game...graphics are too good for an indie.
Although now I guess I need to make a shell corp and have people think Hapax is from him too.
graphics are too good for an indie.Nope.
Our response to the Hideo Kojima RumorsLol
We received several emails regarding the Hideo Kojima rumor. We have no association with Hideo Kojima nor do we claim to have any association nor was it our intention to claim such a statement. We are a small group of developers working on a passionate title we wanted to work on for a long time. We have been assisting other studios in the past with their projects and we wanted to work on our very first big project. While it is true that we've been working on small projects in the past, we certainly didn't use that for marketing purposes. We hope this has clarified this matter and hope to see you all in our very first gameplay reveal of Abandoned.
BLUE BOX Game Studios (https://www.blueboxgamestudios.com/hideokojimarumors.html)Hopefully they can use this to their advantage and have a good gameplay reveal.
Lol
Just lol.
This looks like it's the only thing on their studio website. ;D
Guess the name:
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 15, 2021
Abandoned = (First letter S, Last letter L). Reveal closing in... #PS5 #Exclusive
We wanted to set things straight. We have no relations with Konami. Silent Hill is owned by Konami. We do not have any relations with Hideo Kojima. It was never our intention to tease the name as Silent Hill. We sincerely apologize for this.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 15, 2021
Wtf are they doing. If not Kojima, they are going to get in trouble.They didn't do anything wrong. They are trying to promote their game
They didn't do anything wrong. They are trying to promote their gameLooks like they are encouraging it though
Just because people keep making crazy connections doesn't mean its their fault.
Looks like they are encouraging it thoughYeah if the text thing was real, that'd be way too much.
They didn't do anything wrong. They are trying to promote their gamePromoting their game is great and they seem to be doing that. If the text was real though, they'd just be promoting a made up product.
Just because people keep making crazy connections doesn't mean its their fault.
Ok, I'm on drugs.Doesn't work in bing translate.
Hasan Kahraman - PlayStation.Blog (https://blog.playstation.com/author/hkahraman/)
>Hasan Kahraman wrote the post
Translate Hasan Turkish to Japanese gives you waiting for.
Translate "Hideo" Japanese to Turkish, gives you Kahraman.
I feel like someone messed with Google translate and got some weird results.
Or maybe someone manipulated Google translate by suggesting phrases. Because the actual phrases don't work. "Hideo" translates that way. ひでお or 秀夫, which are the correct words don't.
Why?
That just looks like an indie game...You should do it.
Although now I guess I need to make a shell corp and have people think Hapax is from him too.
You should do it.Yeah from the type of access I have as a nobody, this really just feels like a small indie studio without a paper trail. I think fans/trolls are manufacturing a lot of the coincidences. Like here (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/blue-box-game-studio) the founding date is exactly 1 year after PT, but all their official channels like youtube and twitter were created before that in January.
So then I can write a Reddit post about how the VizionEck cube is earily similar to the square PS studios logo.
It was a weird thing.That's the only thing imo that actually has weight. Either that guy is outing himself as a fraud, or this is actually a very large project with many people in the know. The game internally would be using its codename for all the official paperwork and I really hope that paperwork stays confidential.
Sony guy on Era said their game is called Sigil.
Ok, I'm on drugs.This surely confirms it's Hideo's game.
Hasan Kahraman - PlayStation.Blog (https://blog.playstation.com/author/hkahraman/)
>Hasan Kahraman wrote the post
Translate Hasan Turkish to Japanese gives you waiting for.
Translate "Hideo" Japanese to Turkish, gives you Kahraman.
I feel like someone messed with Google translate and got some weird results.
Or maybe someone manipulated Google translate by suggesting phrases. Because the actual phrases don't work. "Hideo" translates that way. ひでお or 秀夫, which are the correct words don't.
Why?
Q: #AskGeoff hey Geoff wtf is happening with @BBGameStudios ? Can you talk about the game or the team ? Their previous… https://t.co/Vd7zqp1x2J…
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) June 17, 2021
- @Light01C
A: pic.twitter.com/8ledjbtiA6
That sounds like an indie game.Q: #AskGeoff hey Geoff wtf is happening with @BBGameStudios ? Can you talk about the game or the team ? Their previous… https://t.co/Vd7zqp1x2J…
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) June 17, 2021
- @Light01C
A: pic.twitter.com/8ledjbtiA6
This is getting weird.
That just looks like an indie game...It's a fake indie game?
We are confident with the game as it is right now. The teaser back in april was just an announcement of the development. The game itself has never been shown. So We hope that we will still convince everyone with the first time reveal.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 15, 2021
Well I was on the fence before but now I'm honestly convinced this is Kojima https://t.co/Tjk9eihDfz
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) June 17, 2021
Twitter DM timestamps have a day or date attached unless you're looking at them on the same day they were sent. That means that DM was either sent today or for some reason Geoff took a screenshot 21 minutes after he got it but before he responded. So either Geoff habitually takes screenshots when no-name indie developers reach out to him about participating in shows or...
I was on the fence before but now I'm 100% convinced this is Kojima.
(Hi Geoff. Miss you buddy.)
Kojima Productions is setting up a small satellite studio based in Amsterdam alongside Guerrilla Games #PSX16 pic.twitter.com/KTch73wfMy
— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) December 3, 2016
There are in total 50+ people working on this title! Including us internally, outsourcing studios and freelancers! We are really excited and can't wait to finally show off the game!
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 18, 2021
I too like to take screenshots of random Twitter DMs and save them in my phone for seemingly no reason at all lol.
To be clear so people don't run off with my post, I have no idea what this is or if it's even anything. I just found Geoff's explanation funny
Abandoned-trailerapp lanceert dinsdag op PS5, aankondiging via Keighley volgt | Nieuws | Gamer.nl (https://gamer.nl/artikelen/nieuws/abandoned-trailerapp-lanceert-dinsdag-op-ps5-aankondiging-via-keighley-volgt/)That's what Kojima would do. Checkmate.
Dev is trying to get people to understand he's not Kojima but no one cares.
Will get more info on 22.
I know it's not Kojima.But the Google translate thing. That's a pretty big coincidence.
But people are finding so many crazy things. Next will be looking at Hasan's house and counting tree branches.
I feel like Kojima would be jealous.He's never done something this crazy. Pt and phantom pain took a few hours to figure out.
I'm Team Manufactured by Fan Coincidences.He could screenshot stuff as a way to bookmark it. Twitter DMs can't be kept as new or catalogued as far as I know.
But there is one thing that gives me pause.
The fact that Geoff's go to for showing that Hasan messaged him, was a month old screenshot.
1.) Is Geoff really in the habit of screenshotting messages like that?
2.) Even if he is, how was a one month old image the easiest thing for him to get?
(https://i.redd.it/axfqq0yd03671.png)That's what somebody trying create a ruse would say ::)
That's what somebody trying create a ruse would say ::)
@MudbuttJenkins @Sexysexysniperr We are the developers. That Kojima guy is always trying to take credit for our original work.
— Moby Dick Studios (@mobydickstudios) December 19, 2012
(https://i.imgflip.com/5dsf87.jpg)@MudbuttJenkins @Sexysexysniperr We are the developers. That Kojima guy is always trying to take credit for our original work.
— Moby Dick Studios (@mobydickstudios) December 19, 2012
We genuinely apologize for this! We didn't know that some people were already thinking Abandoned being the next Silent Hill.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 15, 2021
edt: woah it seems that moby sucker twitter is fan made.Yeah, I was 99% sure it was fanmade along with two other twitters that get passed around with that one.
Haha have you seen the gameplay for their previous game? They're a very small studio that is probably bumbling through marketing (like me).We genuinely apologize for this! We didn't know that some people were already thinking Abandoned being the next Silent Hill.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 15, 2021
Despite denying it in April....
These devs are dumb.
Yeah, I was 99% sure it was fanmade along with two other twitters that get passed around with that one.I felt like I remembered a tweet like that from way back when, but looking at the stats it should have been obvious :P
Still I got a kick out of it.
I just got off the phone with Hasan - AMA (this is not a troll post) : TheBlueBoxConspiracy (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBlueBoxConspiracy/comments/o34hn8/i_just_got_off_the_phone_with_hasan_ama_this_is/)It's not Silent Hill but is it Silent Hills :o
I'm starting to think that legend is part of all this and is trying to make people believe this had nothing to do with Kojima. How much is Kojima paying you, legend?I have only met Kojima once. We were both down in Cuba on vacation back in 75.
Is it difficult to get a PS Blog post?No offense to legend or anything. But he got one if I remember and a tweet from yoshida and legend was doing a new game, from a new studio with just 1 dev (himself). I think this was back in 2014 with the original reveal of vizioneck
I'm going to say not really.
Is it difficult to get a PS Blog post?It's difficult to become a registered PlayStation developer. Once in, a lot of things are relatively straight forward.
I'm going to say not really.
No offense to legend or anything. But he got one if I remember and a tweet from yoshida and legend was doing a new game, from a new studio with just 1 dev (himself). I think this was back in 2014 with the original reveal of vizioneckYoshida followed me so I think he was personally interested. Sorry for letting him down :'(
No offense to legend or anything. But he got one if I remember and a tweet from yoshida and legend was doing a new game, from a new studio with just 1 dev (himself). I think this was back in 2014 with the original reveal of vizioneckI remembered between my post and my edit that there was a VizionEck post.
Abandoned-trailerapp lanceert dinsdag op PS5, aankondiging via Keighley volgt | Nieuws | Gamer.nl (https://gamer.nl/artikelen/nieuws/abandoned-trailerapp-lanceert-dinsdag-op-ps5-aankondiging-via-keighley-volgt/)Did we get more info?
Dev is trying to get people to understand he's not Kojima but no one cares.
Will get more info on 22.
Did we get more info?Was delayed, but at this point every new detail has confirmed it's a real indie game.
Poor guy, his game is going to get reemed for not being Kojima.I actual think this is amazing publicity. Yeah there will be a lot flack, some people are really upset ;D , but a lot more people are now aware of this game.