Do you remember Abandoned at all? For a while, the Blue Box Game Studios survival title was touted as a Hideo Kojima ruse, sparking all kinds of speculation. As it turns out, it really is just an indie project, with a prologue chapter purportedly due in 2022. There was more drama this weekend, however, when the Dutch studio’s YouTube channel was hacked, prompting fake pre-order emails to be sent out.
“We have received emails from various people that they received emails to buy a pre-order,” the developer warned on its Twitter account. “Please do not open it and do not transfer funds as it is not from us.” That’s good advice in general when it comes to suspicious emails.
Last year, an app for Abandoned was released on the PS Store which the developer promised would be updated with real-time demonstrations of its game. While the first teaser was delayed multiple times, it eventually emerged as several seconds of footage. Whether this game will ever release still very much remains up for debate, but rest assured the team’s a long way away from opening pre-orders, so steer well clear of these hoax emails being sent out.
[source twitter.com]
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In my head, the two statements separated by a "," are entirely unrelated.
So far I have every reason to be entirely confident in both the developer and this game.
Just when I thought I'd forgotten about this game.
I smell a flop.
Anybody remember Agony on PS4? lol
Oh hey look! Abandoned! How could I ever forget! I can't say I'm too surprised something like this happened to this game.
Is this "game" ever going to release at this point?
@jFug i do actually lol never played it (like every one else) but it at least had an interesting visual design.
As for Abandoned, i wonder if the devs were really 'hacked' or they are taking the Acclaimed route of marketing
I heard that if you open the email and send funds, hideo kojima sends a video guaranteeing to double your investment by the end of the year.
How convenient, just as everyone stopped talking about them.
Isn't the entire thing a hoax at this point lol!
Hacked? Or another sad attempt to stay in the zeigeist?
I'm hoping this will turn out to be a hidden gem, however I am not holding my breath.
I really really want this "game" to go away and stop annoying people.
"Do you remember Abandoned at all?"
No not until this post and as soon as I finish writing this comment I will have forgotten it again.
@__jamiie
Same. Survival horror is my absolute favorite genre, so when I see a new survival horror game, I get excited.
Unfortunately, I've been disappointed multiple times by projects like these that either 1) never end up releasing or 2) release but in a buggy state and are basically a shell of a game.
April 1st is around the corner...
Get ready for people to clown on Abandoned some more.
YouTube accounts can send emails to people now? Given that I think the game itself is an investment scam, I think those scam emails also came from Bluebox and the tweet is them covering.
Scammers saying to stay away from other scammers.
@jFug What a dumpster fire that game was
Im so sick if hearing about these con artist. At this point I really wish this game would get cancelled and the studio would fold.
@jFug Yep completely agree. New survival horror games are always on my radar but this for entirely the wrong reasons.
The owner is probably a certifiable mental case who somehow managed to dupe a segment of the gaming population long enough to get his 15 minutes of fame. Hope it was worth it.
The screenshot in the article IS the game. Somewhere, hiding in that image is an actual playable game of some description.
A Curiosity: The Cube type game that players have to somehow program themselves by uploading the image into an engine of some description?
A magic eye ouroboros perhaps? An endless loop of hoax-laden optical illusions, leading the player down a wondrous path of deception and undelivered promises?
This image may be all we ever get. Enjoy it. Use it to its fullest.
@velio84 off 3 foot steps walking into doorway too lolll
these guys are getting some of Karma back for stupid hype way ahead of the time
I was never gonna buy this game so no biggie lol...
They may as well include NFTs in this. It’s a scam already.
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