Looks like the mystery behind BLUE BOX Game Studios’ upcoming PS5 exclusive, “Abandoned” is nearing its full reveal as the studio has announced that they will be hosting a Q&A to clear up any rumors, along with revealing other tidbits of information.
Taking to Twitter, Blue Box Game Studio announced that they would be hosting a live Q&A session in order to clear the air and set expectations for their upcoming game, Abandoned.
We wanted to answer the rumours one last time. We are a small indie studio with actual real people. Working on a passionate game. We want to do a Livestream with a Q & A in were you can ask all your questions to clarify every confusion & rumours. We just want to set expectations.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
For those not in the know, for the last couple of months fans have been speculating that the studio, Blue Box Game, was in fact a shell company that was secretly being ran by none other than Hideo Kojima. The community was quick to point out many oddities in the game’s announcement, and a recent tweet (now deleted) made by Blue Box fueled this by giving a hint to the game’s true title. The hint stated that the game started with a S and ended with a L, which made speculators go into a frenzy as many assumed this was Silent Hill, an IP owned by Konami and one that Hideo Kojima was previously going to work on.
Well, seems this isn’t the case (if it’s still to be believed,) as Blue Box has stated on multiple occasions that people should not set their expectations for it, and that the IP is owned by Konami.
So long it doesn't lead to Silent Hill.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
Silent Hill is an IP of Konami, We don't work with them.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
But Silent Hill is an IP of Konami…
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
Ask @Konami
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
I do feel that I have to debunk rumours. I myself am truly hyped regarding my own game and I just want to focus on the game. That's all. I didn't even enjoy the rumours at all!
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
Furthermore, the studio also revealed that the game is focusing on emulating real-life, and that it won’t be possible to run on the PS4 with it’s visuals.
No first person. We wanted to see what the community felt like. But obviously, Abandoned is focusing on emulating realism. So first person is the perfect fit.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
No Abandoned uses high-end visuals that PS4 simply won't run.
— BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) June 21, 2021
Sadly, no date was given for exactly when this Q&A session may take place, though it may be rather soon seeing that the studio is gearing up to release a app to showcase Abandoned this Friday. According to the developers, this will be running in real-time on the PS5. This will be the first time anyone has done something like this, so it will be very interesting to see how it turns out.
Abandoned is currently set to release later this year, and is exclusive to the PS5.