Hideo Kojima has actually ultimately dealt with the conspiracy theory concepts focusing on him and also Blue Box Game Studios’ Abandoned and also basically, it’s a problem for him, unsurprisingly.
Abandoned was announced with a brief intro back in 2021 as a game being developed for PlayStation 5 and PC. Not long after the expose, conjecture that Abandoned was actually a Silent Hill game secretly in development started to increase, however workshop head Hasan Kahraman required to Twitter to close down those reports.
From there, the speculation train arrived at the idea that renowned Metal Gear Solid designer Kojima was attached to the game. Some thought that Kojima really was Kahraman on the basis that both their given names begin with “H” and also both their surnames begin with “K.” Plus, individuals assumed Blue Box was implied to link right into BB from Death Stranding. There was plenty much more conjecture trying to link Kojima to Abandoned, however in the long run, it was absolutely nothing (although GameSpot has an excellent investigative report diving right into just how Kahraman could have been actively mixing this pot together with proof that Abandoned could not also be an actual task in real growth). As of April of this year, Blue Box says Abandoned is not canceled and also is still in growth.
Throughout every one of these reports, Kojima has actually continued to be quiet on the concern. However, in a brand-new episode of his Spotify podcast, Brain Structure, he has actually damaged his silence, calling it a problem, as reported by Video Games Chronicle.
“Users just kept sending me pictures of this ‘Hasan,'” Kojima informed The Game Awards manufacturer Geoff Keighley in the episode, according to VGC. “They still send me collages and deep fake images, like twenty a day; it’s really quite a nuisance [laughs].”
Kojima later on claims, “I have never spoken with Hasan, the game is yet to be released,” VGC records.
“I don’t think there’s much he can do or say that this point, but if he releases the game, people might understand, so maybe he should just hurry up and release it.”
And there you have it – if this conjecture had not been cleaned up for you in the past, it definitely should be currently.
As of what Kojima may be servicing, it’s not a superhero video clip game, although he was workshopping something like that prior to he canceled it after realizing it was too similar to Amazon Studios’ The Boys. Whatever he is servicing, though, will certainly include Elle Fanning (Maleficent, The Great, Daddy Day Care) and also Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool 2, Murder Mystery). It’s vague if they’ll remain in the Death Stranding sequel Norman Reedus seemingly revealed back in May or another thing, though.
