“We are not affiliated with Hideo Kojima”: PS5-exclusive developers Abandoned reacted to fan theory

The developers of the survival simulator announced yesterday with horror elements Abandoned reacted to rumors that the game was allegedly Hideo Kojima

The project was announced on the PlayStation Blog as a PS5 exclusive. It is being developed by a Dutch studio. Blue Box Game Studios, which is not active on social networks, has a rather meager history and presented the game with an obscure teaser – all this led some fans to believe that the announcement was actually a cover for a new project Kojima Productions

Fans should remember how the game was presented at the 2012 Video Game Awards The phantom pain from Moby dick studios… Later, Jeff Keighley’s famous interview with the game director of the studio, Joakim Mogren, was released, before it was revealed that in fact it was Hideo Kojima, and The Phantom Pain is in reality Metal gear solid vMany took the unknown around the Blue Box as a sign that something similar is happening now, but this is not the case.

On the official website of the studio, a message appeared in which the studio denied the connection with the Japanese game designer:

“We are not affiliated with Hideo Kojima, we do not claim that we are, and we did not intend to make such a statement. We are a small group of developers who are passionate about creating a project that we have wanted to work on for a long time.”

In an interview with IGN, the head of Blue Box Game Studios Hasan Kahraman gave a more detailed commentary on the situation that arose. He noted that he was happy to have the opportunity to tease the game a little, but did not expect such attention from the fans, and this worries him a little. As for the studio’s lack of activity on social media, the developer explained that they are a small team, so they cannot pay due attention to their accounts on an ongoing basis

Further, the head of the studio shared additional details about the project itself. Abandoned has been developing since 2017 with the goal of creating a game that is different from traditional shooters and offers realistic gameplay. For example, having been wounded in the leg, the hero will fall and drop the weapon to the ground, and the player will have to choose: pick up the weapon and continue the battle, or first stop the bleeding and wash the wound to prevent infection. The power of the PS5 allowed the authors to achieve realistic environmental graphics using photogrammetry, however, there is still some optimization work to be done to achieve 60 frames per second. In the first video, you can see the low FPS.

The release of Abandoned is scheduled for late 2023. Before launch, the studio plans to conduct closed alpha testing and release a short playable teaser.

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