Abandoned Trailer App Delayed Yet Again, This Time to August

This is getting ridiculous, isn't it? Blue Box Game Studios has now delayed the mysterious Abandoned trailer app all the way back to August, citing last-minute bugs and localisation issues. The PlayStation 5 application was originally slated to hit the PS Store at some point today following the first delay earlier this week. "The app isn't quite there yet", Hasan Kahraman claims.

[Eonjay]

The game has clearly already begun.

[VenomUK]

This wackiness, whatever it turns out to be, is a fun antidote to all the doom and gloom.

[Iberius]

When Hasan posted, a Countdown timer on the youtube channel AbandonedTheGame started. After about 30-45 min it started shooting out Morse Code. It was a conversation between "Blue" and "Red". Now it's a countdown timer:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Blue: Find the Source
Red: Reality bends to my will but my mind is delusional
blue: I can't trust you if you cant trust your mind so find the source
Red: Shall I remind you who I am?
Blue: Shall I remind you what I can do?
Blue: I think they spot me, stop playing me and find the source
Red: I can't get hold of you so I assume you got made. Time to separate
Blue: Bye for now Red

[Atticus_finch]

That's pretty well written. It makes me curious about what the story will be about.

[Iberius]

The Morse code starts within the last hour of the video link I posted.

Also I was informed that when the countdown reached zero is when Hasan posted the delay video. I’m still confused on the order of events.

[SullysCigar]

Intrigue building... Don't let us down BB Games!

[monkey602]

And now a Twitter account called ‘Siren: Snowfall’ (starts with s, ends with l) which was started in March 2021 (before anyone knew about all this) has been posting lines today from the morse code YouTube video and has tagging blue box studios.
When someone tried to do a password reset email on the siren snowfall Twitter account it sent a password reset link to the email domain “@kojimaproductions.com”

Allegedly. I dont know how true any of this is.

[mastaleep]

They cut the code from the video. I just glanced at the video when it was live...how did they read the code and find out what Blue and Red were saying?

[Iberius]

@mastaleep The Morse code was at the top of the screen and a letter (in Morse Code) would flash every second or two.

I literally just got a pen and paper and started writing down the dots and dashes. Then I used a Morse code translator on Google. But yes, the Morse code has been cut out of the video at this point it appears. When the timer got down to 8 min 30 seconds dialogue started.

What I remember hearing is

"I warned you"
"This sound irritates me"
"I'll kill you"
"Kill you"

[mastaleep]

See this latest video https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[PunksOnN4G]

also why u lyign countdown never hit zero lol it was stopped 2hrs before the countdown even hit 0 lol

[Iberius]

@Dinodash

The code has been cut out of the video now. But if you watch the most recent video there is Morse code at the end that states "Endure/Survive".

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

May be some crazy person making it all up but they did a damn good job.

[mastaleep]

Do you think this channel is related to the studio? Or is it just some crazy troll with too much time on his hands?

[Iberius]

@mastaleep

I don't know what to think anymore. There have been a lot of really weird "coincidences". As for the videos on this channel they seem well produced, but I think this in particular may just be someone trolling very well.

Still, the countdown ended right when Hasan put up the delay video.

[monkey602]

This whole scenario is so bizarre. Although this does kind of kill the buzz. I genuinely hope this isn't just a small studio after getting in way over their heads.

[Obelisk92]

They're trying to kill the hype after they started it themselves.

If this is not just a facade for something much bigger, those guys really are incompetent, sorry to say that.

[Eonjay]

I don't know. Feels like we are playing the game already.

[AnotherGamer]

August? That's awfully a long delay for an app.

[Darkborn]

For an app that was supposed to release 5 days ago. And delayed twice already, how could it be that far behind if they delayed it by 2 days and then by 3 days. Clearly if it needs another couple months it's gonna be an overhaul.

[VenomCarnage89]

This is clearly intentional from the onset and is all a part of the bigger picture they are setting up. They be trolling everyone on the block until the minute they actually announce something

[jznrpg]

Super troll job

[sourOG]

Indeed. Top tier manipulation going on here

[Vanfernal]

There was an app here... It's gone now.

[Zeref]

If I was working on a game that nobody heard about and people started associating my game with Kojima and Silent Hill, I would deny it publicly and keep throwing fake hints as well, I bet you they never seen this much traffic ever.

People who didn't know this game existed are gonna buy it even if it isn't a silent hill.

[CosmicTurtle]

But unless they are producing something amazing, nobody will care. It will result in a backlash. Make something amazing then your game will stand on its own merits, especially with Sony promotion.

[I_am_Batman]

I disagree. The hype is based on people thinking it's a Silent Hill game directed by Kojima. Even if it turns out to be a halfway decent indie horror title (which I doubt), it'll be crushed under the expectations that have been built around it.

Considering Blue Box's nonexistent track record, the public display of incompetence and the incompatibility between the stated budget of 250k and the scale of the project, I don't even see them shipping the game to be honest.

[Sonyslave3]

It silent hill

[jukins]

This whole thing is too weird. All the connections all the weirdness. . .something good better come of this or sony and blue box and undeservedly (for now) Kojima are get a ton of backlash

[JackBNimble]

Kojima is in the works making a deal with MS and xbox , boy you guy's are going to be sad very soon.

[jukins]

Lol sad over games you must be one of them one console owners

[JackBNimble]

You're right , I own a playstation and a PC .
I've just been paying attention to this Blue box thing and I don't think this SH conspiracy theory is going to pan out.
I've also seen multiple articles about Kojima working on a deal with MS, so both can't be true.

[northpaws]

How come their videos are in this depressing styles? Almost like a prisoner asking someone to pay the ransom.

Almost as if their studio only has one wall they can show.

Either way, although this can be totally nothing, there can be still chance that the newly registered PlayStation experience trademark is for an event in August and Sony want to save the bullets for that? Maybe the original date was assuming XBox had something crazy to show?

Anyways, just some random guesses

[Iberius]

When Hasan posted, a Countdown timer on the youtube channel AbandonedTheGame started. After about 30-45 min it started shooting out Morse Code. It was a conversation between "Blue" and "Red". Now it's a countdown timer:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Blue: Find the Source
Red: Reality bends to my will but my mind is delusional
blue: I can't trust you if you cant trust your mind so find the source
Red: Shall I remind you who I am?
Blue: Shall I remind you what I can do?
Blue: I think they spot me, stop playing me and find the source
Red: I can't get hold of you so I assume you got made. Time to separate
Blue: Bye for now Red

[Iberius]

https://youtu.be/jdosCZAMdb...

This link works

[Silly gameAr]

I've been avoiding this whole silly circus, until we get something concrete about this game, but man if it's not what people expect or suspect it to be, we are NEVER going to hear the end of it.

[neutralgamer1992]

Thanks HarperBOOKS!

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter, the latest in the Will Trent series!The Last Window was kidnapping action. And then there's Joe Hill's short story Full Throttle! He's much more interesting in short stories than in long ones!Looking forward to both of them!"

Tweet from kojima himself 2 weeks ago

He is doing the episodic SH(he mentions that in his tweet about short stories) and Sony themselves with help from other studios I guess would handle the soft reboot

[CrimsonWing69]

I have this feeling that with all the hype and this probably being a legitimate indie game they’re scared of the push back they’ll get if this things doesn’t meet expectations.

[Thundercat77]

Very sad for this developer if this is not Silent Hill.

You don't simply hint your game as being SH and then run away with it.

[monkey602]

I'm really starring to think this could be a new Siren game.

[jBlakeeper]

I’m convinced this has all been a marketing ploy by the devs. They have added fuel to the fire to stir this along. Now I’m gonna sit and watch it backfire.

[mkis007]

How can anyone believe this isnt a marketing stunt for somethinf big?

[Rainbowcookie]

Silent hills August / P.T August/Abandoned August... makes sense...