Announced exactly a year ago, erected very quickly as a secret project of Hideo Kojima by his imaginative community, Abandoned has since become the laughingstock of the Internet, proving the non-seriousness of the Blue Box Game studio and its founder. Hasan Kahraman, also game director on the game. Between false revelations, opportunistic clues and risky communication, the title is the subject of regular mockery on social networks. Last feat on the part of the studio: several tweets have been deleted, those revealing details on the next communication plans around the game, the demo of which is still awaited elsewhere. Very quickly, Internet users began to demand accountability from the studio and its – unique – spokesperson Hasan Kahraman, who has remained silent for the past 24 hours. For many, we must expect a cancellation of the game, especially since the studio is customary to the fact, as revealed by a summary infographic of their latest projects.
Faced with the magnitude of the new bad buzz, Blue Box Games then split a message to deny the rumors of a cancellation, and took the opportunity to ask players for patience, explaining that the game is still in progress. of production, that it is a small development team, but that the prologue of Abandoned is always maintained:
Dear community,
RrecentlyWe were bombarded with questions regarding the development status of Abandoned. In response to recent cancellation rumors, we affirm that they are untrue. We are currently working on its announcement via the Realtime Experience app and on our social networks, while working on the game’s Prologue. Everything was initially planned for the first quarter of 2022 but unfortunately we are not ready yet and have underestimated our roadmap. This is why we have postponed the announcement and release of the Abandoned Prologue. We will release it when it is stable, good and ready.
We are aware of your frustration and we deeply and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. We are continuing to work on the game and will let you know when we are ready.
Our most sincere apologies,
BLUE BOX Game Studios
It is true that since the beginning of the disillusionment, the studio and its few developers have been the subject of a wave of harassment, hacking and even death threats which have been publicly denounced. If Blue Box Game has certainly been opportune and somewhat trickster on its communication, nothing deserves comments made to them in this way.
A message from us. Human beings. pic.twitter.com/q2V5j4f4ZB
—BLUE BOX Game Studios (@BBGameStudios) October 17, 2021