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For the past few weeks gamers have been having fun with the theory that small time indie developer Blue Box Game Studios is secretly Hideo Kojima covering for the creation of a brand new entry in the Silent Hill universe, a theory that Blue Box itself has been all to willing to encourage.
But as announcements and delays get more and more…trollish, what can we take from how manufacturers have protected their reputation in the very recent past?
For all we know “Abandoned” is just a name given to a performative art piece…in Virtual Legality.
#BlueBox #Abandoned #Sony
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Discussed in this episode:
“Hideo Kojima Conspiracy Theory Ends With Tears”
Kotaku – June 21, 2021
https://kotaku.com/hideo-kojima-conspiracy-theory-ends-with-tears-1847141712
“Abandoned, a cinematic survival sim, hits PS5 later this year”
PlayStation Blog – April 7, 2021
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/07/abandoned-a-cinematic-survival-sim-hits-ps5-later-this-year/
“Securing the Village: On Sony and Capcom’s Purported RE VIII Agreement (VL450)”
YouTube Video – April 21, 2021 – Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/q1Tgb-dY0Gc
“Experience all trailers and gameplay reveals with images rendered realtime …”
Tweet – May 31, 2021 – BLUE BOX Game Studios
https://twitter.com/BBGameStudios/status/1399221847632355337
“The Abandoned:Trailers app got delayed for three days.”
Tweet – June 20, 2021 – BLUE BOX Game Studios
https://twitter.com/BBGameStudios/status/1406588767184592898
“Weird PS5 Game Abandoned Delays Trailer App to Friday”
Push Square – June 20, 2021
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/06/weird_ps5_game_abandoned_delays_trailer_app_to_friday
“We wanted to set things straight.”
Tweet – June 15, 2021 – BLUE BOX Game Studios
https://twitter.com/BBGameStudios/status/1404924897340674049
“An update from Hasan:”
Tweet – June 25, 2021 – BLUE BOX Game Studios
https://twitter.com/BBGameStudios/status/1408424979172110336
“CDPR’s Cyberpunk Damage Control Call: Corpos Searching for Answers (VL371)”
YouTube Video – December 15, 2021 – Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/n7uzzQ7SV-0
“Dear Gamers…”
Tweet – December 14, 2020 – Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame)
https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1338390123373801472
CDPR Cyberpunk Launch Teleconference Transcript
December 14/15, 2020
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/wp-content/uploads-en/2020/12/call-transcript_en.pdf
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For all we know "Abandoned" is just a name given to a performative art piece…in Virtual Legality.
If it's fake, which I believe it is, why doesn't Konami protect it's brand and just tell us it's not SH? Or do they think it's beneficial seeing as they're now selling SH merch? Still, people will become more and more angry if it's fake…
Buncha BS
Ok so I copied and will paste what was spelled out in Morse Code during what was called "the official Blue box countdown livestream" I don't know if it was real or not but people say that right when it ended Hasan made his delay tweet. The youtube page is called Abandonedthegame.
There was two different colors of Morse code that spelled out all this:
BLUE: Find the Source
– RED: Reality bends to my will but my mind is delusional
– BLUE: I can't trust you if you don't trust your mind so find the source
– RED: Shall I remind you who I am
– BLUE: Shall I remind you what I can do
– RED: I think they spot me stop playing me and find the source
– BLUE: I can't get hold of you, so I assume you got made time to separate
– RED: Bye for now.
That "I'm a real person" video is what got me thinking this really is a leadup to either SH or something similar. He's just too fake in it– he looks nervous, constantly glancing off to the side. It feels like he's a hostage trying to keep an eye on his captor or something. Maybe he's just reading a teleprompter, but if it wasn't meant to look suspicious they should have run extra takes.
This honestly seems to me like a small studio that weren't entirely expecting the amount of interest in thier game and do not properly know how to communicate with such a large audience.
If this game is really an indie game from a legit indie dev it's already dead in the water. And now with a 2 month delay for just the app, noone is going to care about them anymore. Unless it's Kojima
People thought this game was from Kojima before they knew that the name of the Director was the Turkish translation for "Hideo". There is no way this is a coincidence. Either it is actually Kojima, or Blue Box is just trolling everyone to market their game.