Abandoned studio thanks Kojima for ‘addressing conspiracy theories openly’

From VGC: "Blue Box Game Studios, the developer behind the horror game Abandoned, has thanked Hideo Kojima for publicly addressing long-running speculation that he’s involved in the vapourware project.

Earlier this week Kojima broke his silence about being linked to the project on his podcast, Brain Structure, in an attempt to end months of rumours that the Metal Gear creator was the secret mastermind behind the controversial game.

“We want to thank @Kojima_Hideo for addressing the conspiracies openly,” Blue Box tweeted. “It has been a burden and not cool for both fans and developers. We hope everyone can close this for good.”"

[isarai]

Oh yes, a "burden". Is that why you did little to no disputing yourself?

[SinisterKieran]

Not true in the slightest, on more then one occasion, they said they weren’t involved. This is a tweet in 2021. “ We wanted to set things straight. We have no relations with Konami. Silent Hill is owned by Konami. We do not have any relations with Hideo Kojima. It was never our intention to tease the name as Silent Hill. We sincerely apologize for this.”
And they kept addressing this rumour over and over. This is the fans fault

[monkey602]

Yep you're right, it's all the fans fault and absolutely not Hasan Kahraman's own doing at all. He's the victim here and a stand up guy. Not even close to being a con artist or opportunist.

[CS7]

So what about posting a blurry photo of a guy in a eye patch while people think your game is connected to Kojima?

[EvertonFC]

Wasn't they like 1 year late with that reply ?

[SinisterKieran]

So did or did they not say they weren’t connected to kojima in any way? Because it seems clear as day that they said they weren’t. Kinda seems like dumbasses wanted there to be a connection.

[Orchard]

Thanking him for resolving a conspiracy that they basically encouraged and rode for as long as they could. How nice of them.

[Ank666]

Kojima again speaking about the game & the studio just to revive the debate when no one is even talking about it anymore is yet again a fishy scenario & action.

[SinisterKieran]

on more then one occasion, bluebox said they weren’t involved with kojima. This is a tweet in 2021. “ We wanted to set things straight. We have no relations with Konami. Silent Hill is owned by Konami. We do not have any relations with Hideo Kojima. It was never our intention to tease the name as Silent Hill. We sincerely apologize for this.”
And they kept addressing this rumour over and over. This is the fans fault

[1nsomniac]

Are you serious!? That was almost a year after they created the conspiracy theory themselves, intentionally numerous times trying to promote that it was linked. They openly used him as a marketing tool to a point I’m surprised they haven’t been sued. I would imagine there has been some form of talks between solicitors at some point. Which is maybe why it’s now cancelled.

[porkChop]

Do yourself a favor and actually educate yourself on what really happened.

[Moe-Gunz]

Should be more concerned about their lack of follow through with what they said they'll release.

[EvertonFC]

Isn't abandoned a paid demo to get the green light for the actual full game like a Kickstarter project ?
DOA what were they thinking.

[Aussiesummer]

What happened to that stupid abandoned thing? Literally life imitating art I guess. How sony agreed to that is beyond me.

[Ninver]

Still don't believe it. Kojima is a crafty man. Remember when metal gear solid 5 leaks were coming out and he said he had no idea who the scientist wearing glasses was? Turned out it was all orchestrated. The guy is too crafty.

[CobraKai]

Why is this game controversial exactly? All I see is how Kojima was assumed to have some connections with it but nothing really controversial

[Thundercat77]

Now that Kojima is not involved and their title has nothing to do with Silent Hill, they are dead on arrival.

[Stanjara]

I just can imagine the balls this guy Hasan has.