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Is Abandoned actually a Silent Hill game?Probably not, but Kojima has bamboozled us before
Probably not, but Kojima has bamboozled us before
It’s not hard to find the conspiracy theories surrounding Abandoned and Blue Box Studios, just search “Kojima'' on Twitter for plenty of memes and speculation. You could also check outthe subreddit dedicated to the whole thingTheBlueBoxConspiracy.
Abandoned - Announcement Teaser | PS5Watch on YouTube
Abandoned - Announcement Teaser | PS5
All of this could be Blue Box trying to capitalise on Silent Hill excitement, which honestly, I think that’s about as deep as this goes. But one piece of “evidence” that could convince me is that Blue Box studio director Hasan Kahraman’s surname is Hideo translated into Turkish. We know that weird naming stuff isn’t beyond Kojima, after he used a fake studio and an anagram of his own name, Joakim, to teaseMetal Gear Solid5. The plot thickens.
Given the number of Tweets that Blue Box have deleted that relate to Silent Hill in any way, and the multiple statements they’ve given denying the link to Kojima’s games, it seems to me a lot of this was a marketing tactic gone-awry.
Abandoned is set to release on PS5 later this year, and the devs recently dida vague Tweetsuggesting it could come to PC too. They’re set to reveal some gameplay this Friday, so perhaps it’ll be more clear then what Abandoned actually is. In the meantime, you can find out more about it onthe PlayStation blog.
But what do you reckon, reader? Is it all Silent Hill references that went a bit too far? Or will Kojima jump out from Abandoned’s ominous woods yelling “surprise!”? Get your votes in now.
