If you squint, and look sideways, in the mirror…
Mysterious developer Blue Box Gameshas dropped a new tweetregarding its upcoming release,Abandoned,igniting fresh rumors among gaming’s conspiracy theorists that the studio’s new title is, in fact, a Konami project related to eitherMetal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Hideo Kojima, or — I kid thee not— all three combined.
To be honest, Blue Box didn’t really help extinguish this fire by including a blurred-out image of a face that just happens to be wearing an eye patch — an item iconically adorned by not onlyMetal Gearprotagonist Big Boss but also several other characters within theMetal Gearuniverse. Twitter users have also taken a single, similarly blurred line of text to read multiple ways, including “Welcome toSilent Hills” and even “Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro.” Two sentences that, quite honestly, could not look less like each other. The power of suggestion is a dangerous mistress.
Whatever the truth, this all works out neatly for Blue Box Games, which has received a lot of attention for its upcoming next-gen survival title. I can’t really blame the rumor-mongers. The studio came out of nowhere,Abandonedis shrouded in mystery, is a PS5 exclusive release, and is now teasing followers with a characterliterally wearing an eye patch. Regardless, Blue Box Gamesinsists that it has nothing to do withKonami, Hideo Kojima, or theMetal Gearfranchise. At this stage, it feels like the rumors and theories will continue beyondAbandoned‘s marketing, and well into its release. I mean, it took gettingDeath Strandingactually into the public’s hands before some people admitted it wasn’t “Metal Gear Solid VI”, such is the determination of those who reside Through the Looking Glass.
https://twitter.com/BBGameStudios/status/1420089120362270721?s=20
