Blue Box Game Studios, the developer of upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Abandoned, has released a statement insisting it’s not, in fact, Hideo Kojima in disguise. While much of the speculation was made in jest, fans had noticed something fishy about the survival game’s announcement on the PlayStation Blog – and wondered whether there may be more than meets the eye to the story. Chatty journalist Jeff Grubb then quickly poured cool water on the gags, claiming that Xbox is in talks to sign the Metal Gear man’s next title.
Here’s what the Dutch developer had to say: “We received several emails regarding the Hideo Kojima rumour. 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.”
We feel a little bit sorry for the team here, but ultimately this has resulted in a huge amount of attention on its game, with the debut trailer attracting over 300k views on PlayStation’s official YouTube channel. As the old adage goes: all press is good press.
[source blueboxgamestudios.com]
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Coverage is coverage, good or bad.
Helped the clickety clicks that's for sure.
This demo looked like Darkwood from a first person perspective, let's hope it is.
That's what hideo kojima want you to think
It's not difficult for people to read into things when they have too much time on their hands to speculate and exaggerate. It's a classic internet thing that happens and it can be trivial to make people believe utter nonsense (see: Flat Earthers) so this is pretty mild in the scheme of things, and isn't surprising. 😂
Personally, if someone were to mistake my work for Kojima's, I'd be elated. Glad to see them make a statement this quickly.
I don’t believe the statement from the developer yet. It’s still suspicious.
That said, I really hope Kojima’s still working with Sony and not Microsoft... simply because I have PS5 and I’m not ready to buy an Xbox Series yet. Kojima’s a better selling point than Game Pass for me, for sure.
It's not Hideo Kojima, but Hideki Kojima, his twin who was never revealed to the world so they could pull some Prestige level magic tricks.
I still find this whole project really suspicious. They say it's in early development, but then reveal the release date is Q4 2021. And they're an unknown indie studio creating mostly photorealistic graphics at 4K/60fps. Unless this is just a really bizarre case of mixed messaging, something's up.
@Nin10dood Helped Push Square's clicks as well. This has been the most farfetched rumor I've ever seen on this site. But hey, it's got Hideo's name, which equals clicks.
That’s what Hideo Kojima would say.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadness_(video_game)
Sony has been so quiet for so long (because they don't have an answer to Xbox) that fans are desperate for any kind of good news. It's been mostly bad news since the reveal of the PS5's gargantuan size and hideous design.
@Rhaoulos
Hanz Zimmer music intensifies
Quantum error devs said the same things and it's still not out.
Looks pretty bad for a Kojima game.
@Anonimia you forgot to add ,in your opinion.
There's a lot of Youtube videos today saying Hideo Kojima is in talks with Microsoft. I think it's true as it will be great for Game Pass in a few years time when the games is ready and Microsoft can out bid Sony easily.
you guys cannot help but bring up Xbox like a daily routine on this site 🤣🤣
@Total_Weirdo yet Sony outplay them daily🤣 Money alone cannot build great games! though the billions MS has wasted would tell you that.
Imagine the stress put on this guy now that everyone expects his game to be a "Hideo Kojima game" and the backlash he'll get when it isn't, through no fault of his own.
@Total_Weirdo They're making those videos cause of Jeff Grubbs who's known to be a terrible source of rumors so I would avoid thinking it's true.
Looks too unremarkable to be Kojima tbh. But who knows, maybe that's part of the ruse.
I hope kojima is still working with playstation and not xbox. Also didn't Sony give kojima productions the decima engine to use? Perhaps that was just for death stranding. However I can only imagine the outrage if the next kojima game is xbox exclusive and using the decima engine. Almost as bad as mlb going to game pass, lol
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