To some gamers, history seems to be repeating itself, down to Abandoned‘s elusive director Hasan Kahraman, whose name some are pointing to as an obvious reference to Hideo Kojima since the developers have the same initials. (Joakim Mogren’s first name was an anagram for Kojima, too.)
An unknown studio with hardly any web or social presence or much history, a mysterious designer, and a horror game that seems to cover some of the same material as the Silent Hill series, including “religious nuts” and cults as well as a lost protagonist with no memory of how they landed in their current predicament. What does that all spell?
“We received several emails regarding the Hideo Kojima rumor. We have no association with Hideo Kojima nor do we claim to have any association nor was it our intention to claim such a statement,” said Blue Box in a statement addressing the rumors. “We are a small group of developers working on a passionate title we wanted to work on for a long time. We have been assisting other studios in the past with their projects and we wanted to work on our very first big project.”
But that’s not enough for the most dedicated of internet sleuths who are hellbent on finding any and every tie between Abandoned and a new Silent Hill game. And Blue Box’s official Twitter handle hasn’t helped dispel the rumors, either.
Earlier this week, Blue Box posted a tweet that sparked a whole new batch of rumors on conspiracy Reddit: “Guess the name: Abandoned = (First letter S, Last letter L). Reveal closing in…”
The studio is clearly talking about Silent Hill, right? Well, Blue Box said, whoops, that was an accidental reference to the beloved Konami series.
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