“He should just hurry up and release it!”
Neither is the case.
“Users just kept sending me pictures of this Hasan [Kahraman, Abandoned’s creator].
They still send me collages and deepfake images - like 20 a day.
It’s really quite a nuisance!
Now, speaking to Keighley, Kojima has said via his podcast that this was not the same situation.
“Geoff, you remember when we did that Moby Dick thing?
You were in on the whole thing and it was pretty fun.
But people should know I wouldn’t do the same thing twice.”
To reinforce the matter, Kojima said he had never talked with Abandoned developer Blue Box Studios.
“I’ve never spoken with Hassan,” Kojima concluded.
“The game is yet to be released, right.
So maybe he should just hurry up and release it!
[laughs] It’ll die down after that.
Plus, I’m not involved in it in any way.”
“We want to thank @Kojima_Hideo for addressing the conspiracies openly,” Blue Box wrote viaTwitter.
“It has been a burden and not cool for both fans and developers.
We hope everyone can close this for good.
We are working hard on Abandoned and we would like to thank you all for your patience!”
