It's not even playable.
The person obviously saw what people were connecting to him, and is leveraging that. Purposefully using words to make it sound related to PT, after the fact (he knew he was being conspiracy theoried.)
Blue Box Game Studios- Recently announced their game Abandoned as a PS5 Exclusive now this weird tweet comes out today.
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The person obviously saw what people were connecting to him, and is leveraging that. Purposefully using words to make it sound related to PT, after the fact (he knew he was being conspiracy theoried.)
So I got curious regarding Blue Box and the obvious Star Trek connections to that phrase. It made me think of this old, old piece from Destructoid about Kojima's love of that particular universe.
Hideo Kojima talks Star Trek and Smash Bros. at MGS event – Destructoid
This part caught my attention.
So I put the registration date for Blue Box and announcement Abandoned into a Star Trek date calculator. Just for fun, you know?
Welp.
The first one: -307539.97609081696
The second one: -302705.16741297295
I struggled to figure out what to do with this number until I remembered that P.T. carries its own unique numerical date too.
-308387.5788305429
HOLY CRAP.
I went back to the Abandoned trailer and looked for this exact signature in the detailed frame breakdown because I know I've seen it before.
The trailer opens with the phrase "let me tell you a story. A true story."
I start counting every time the narrator pauses between speaking.
And then you see that *exact* number in the shadow here in this pic.
And here too:
Zoom in carefully, raise the contrast, and you see... well.
It's unreal. Man.
Okay, I've been poking fun and shitposting but holy shit I think you've actually cracked this thing.
Jesus Tapdancing Christ
So I got curious regarding Blue Box and the obvious Star Trek connections to that phrase. It made me think of this old, old piece from Destructoid about Kojima's love of that particular universe.
Hideo Kojima talks Star Trek and Smash Bros. at MGS event – Destructoid
This part caught my attention.
So I put the registration date for Blue Box and announcement Abandoned into a Star Trek date calculator. Just for fun, you know?
Welp.
The first one: -307539.97609081696
The second one: -302705.16741297295
I struggled to figure out what to do with this number until I remembered that P.T. carries its own unique numerical date too.
-308387.5788305429
HOLY CRAP.
I went back to the Abandoned trailer and looked for this exact signature in the detailed frame breakdown because I know I've seen it before.
The trailer opens with the phrase "let me tell you a story. A true story."
I start counting every time the narrator pauses between speaking.
And then you see that *exact* number in the shadow here in this pic.
And here too:
Zoom in carefully, raise the contrast, and you see... well.
It's unreal. Man.
I can't tell if I'm being trolled or not lol. What are we supposed to be seeing in the last pic?
The cancelled Kickstarter that got picked up by someone privately, that got put up around the same time as the Konami/Kojima fallout.
I... actually kinda buy this? It's absurd, yeah, but so's "a PT clone with zero attention on Kickstarter suddenly getting bought out by a major financial backer", unless that's just Blue Box BSing on why the Kickstarter failed and refusing to cut their losses.Reddit - Dive into anything
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This is just this person's guess... but this seems to make a lot of sense, no?
joshcam19 You should add a poll to this thread, see how many people are #TeamReal and how many are #TeamFake
Holy fucking shit, that got me, that's incredible that you managed to find that honestly. I'm fucking sold.
I couldn't even see it until I clicked on the link
So I got curious regarding Blue Box and the obvious Star Trek connections to that phrase. It made me think of this old, old piece from Destructoid about Kojima's love of that particular universe.
Hideo Kojima talks Star Trek and Smash Bros. at MGS event – Destructoid
This part caught my attention.
So I put the registration date for Blue Box and announcement Abandoned into a Star Trek date calculator. Just for fun, you know?
Welp.
The first one: -307539.97609081696
The second one: -302705.16741297295
I struggled to figure out what to do with this number until I remembered that P.T. carries its own unique numerical date too.
-308387.5788305429
HOLY CRAP.
I went back to the Abandoned trailer and looked for this exact signature in the detailed frame breakdown because I know I've seen it before.
The trailer opens with the phrase "let me tell you a story. A true story."
I start counting every time the narrator pauses between speaking.
And then you see that *exact* number in the shadow here in this pic.
And here too:
Zoom in carefully, raise the contrast, and you see... well.
It's unreal. Man.
Holy fucking shit, that got me, that's incredible that you managed to find that honestly. I'm fucking sold.
I couldn't even see it until I clicked on the link
That Steam game was under "Blue Box Studios" right up until a few months ago.Reddit - Dive into anything
This is just this person's guess... but this seems to make a lot of sense, no?
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This is just this person's guess... but this seems to make a lot of sense, no?
This does seem plausible, if it wasn't for the fact that the whole Kickstarter business happened right around the time Konami dumped Kojima. I somehow doubt that, as first order of business after getting dumped by Konami, Kojima went and bought off someones random Kickstarter..
but who knows..
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This is just this person's guess... but this seems to make a lot of sense, no?
This!
After Phantom Pain, people will not buy another dev studio created overnight.
Honestly I just want to believe for even a second in a SH game that isn't a damn pachinko machine; this could all entirely be a scam and there's enough evidence to support the opinion that it is, but I've learned never to underestimate how convoluted Kojima is willing to get with his shenanigans.
They are all huge stretches; if you look at something and then search for things related to the 30 year history of a developer + a couple of specific games, you'll find stuff.
Especially since we are talking about a dev who is making horror games.. so he's going to be inspired by past big horror games either way.
I'm still trying to understand why their team would move development for their failed Steam game to CreateLQ or whatever it is, and then suddenly they're ready to make a PS5 game as Blue Box Studios still. Hell, their oldest tweet that's up is about that move. Surely they had tweeted on that account prior to announcing Abandoned
I still can't see it - can anyone circle it out in the screenshot pretty please?
You should click the link in the post at the bottom, and it'll answer your questions
Or just hover over the link with your mouse to see where it leads and make a safe bet about what you're in for if you click it
Wasn't Kojima officially employed with Konami through Dec '15? Seems extraordinarily risky from a litigation standpoint for him to have been investing in any type of game development independently at that point.
#TeamFake
considering their first trailer was basically a slightly re-arranged version of a map in a 30$ unreal marketplace forest asset pack... unlikely.
it's either all part of an elaborate kojima ruse (i want to believe!).. or someone's little asset flip scam. and if it's the latter, I wonder if they're sweating now that all eyes are on them haha
Well they don't... as the dev said not this year.
And what we saw, was just one of the assets given away as part of Unreal Engine.
So what "looks good" is just an asset flip trailer.
Procedural Forest in Environments - UE Marketplace
A completely procedurally placed forest with assets, textures, lighting and procedural setup.
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Pains me to say it but I'm Team Fake.
I loveee stuff like this, but the fact that BBG came out in Twitter, multiple times to deny it, kind of shoots a few holes in the theory. Like, just not say anything at all, right? Why even come out and deny it?
Some insane coincidences, for sure, but I think that's all it is.
I loveee stuff like this, but the fact that BBG came out in Twitter, multiple times to deny it, kind of shoots a few holes in the theory. Like, just not say anything at all, right? Why even come out and deny it?
Some insane coincidences, for sure, but I think that's all it is.
You can start a kick starter while employed to a company.
Procedural Forest in Environments - UE Marketplace
A completely procedurally placed forest with assets, textures, lighting and procedural setup.
So basically we're looking at a scenario where the game (as we know it) is entirely fake or it's a Kojima ruse?
Is CreateQ Interactive even a real company? There's zero info about them online, they have zero social media presence, but apparently they took over development on Blue Box's last game. I get that this is presumably a small company, but there is nothing online.
i'm team fake. but i'm also team playstation needs better quality control. why is this shovelware allowed to have a special ps5 app no other game has, why did it get a ps blog post and youtube video promoting it, despite according to the devs, the final product not having anything to do with the promotional material?
Don't think this actually indicates anything, honestly, but... why is Konami following Kojima on Twitter?
There's a company in Leiden where Blue Box Studios / Hasan is based, with the name CreateQ, who does electronic signs (software backed.)
They do not have "Interactive" in their name however. At the very least, that's a violation of Steam's rules.
But.. the game isn't collecting money anymore, so not like it would really matter if Hasan just wanted to abandon his project and hide it behind a fake company registration on Steam.
I think it's pretty clear that they don't exist, and the explanation was simply a ruse to relinquish ownership of the game development. I think that this is all one guy trying to pass himself off as something more.
Btw I'm not sure if you noticed but two of your quoted messages are from different and unrelated threads btw
lol what, they are not even the same person. This guy has a second name and a different surname which is Uzuner. Im just mindfucked at this point. :D Why it shows developers name Hasan Kahraman on app page but when you click on his name and went to developers web site, buuum, he becomes Hasan Rıza Uzuner. :D Like "Kahraman" used on some purpose here, really fishy.
important to remember that Kojima was literally prohibited from working in gaming after being fired. That non-compete with Konami was serious shit. I can't see him potentially risking getting sued by his previous employer right after his firing, just to set up a viral marketing thing for six years later.
One of your indie devs in your partner programs sends you a trailer that looks neat, and he writes up a blog post.
That's really it.. the PS Blog has dozens of blog posts like that, which go unnoticed, as does the Playstation channel for videos submitted.
The app? I mean the guy is a dev registered with Sony at the very least; so he submits an app.. probably bills it as a "Game Demo".. Sony's certification program is more about making sure apps aren't full of nudity or are going to crash your console than making sure it's quality software. I bet the bar is particularly low for game demos.
Will be funny if this guy is charging for it though lol
More fuel for the fire: remember how one of the weird unlisted games on Hasan Kahraman's Sony account had Siren Head as an image? The creator of Siren Head is now tweeting about a secret project he can't talk about. Probably more coincidences, but at this point I'm in this for the fun of it all.
Quite possibly because he reverse translated Hideo and wanted to create the connection. Again, a grift
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