Hideo Kojima has lastly addressed the unending Deserted conspiracy theories, 18 months after followers turned satisfied that he was linked to Blue Field Studio’s survival horror.
The developer sat down with Geoff Keighley on the newest episode of his podcast Mind Construction and a part of their dialogue was recreation rumours (thanks VGC (opens in new tab)). Kojima introduced up the persistent rumours that he is by some means concerned in Deserted, with followers satisfied that he is secretly the lead developer Hasan Kahraman and the sport is definitely a brand new Silent Hill.
“Customers simply preserve sending me footage of this ‘Hasan.’ They nonetheless ship me collages and deep pretend pictures like 20 a day. It is actually fairly a nuisance,” he mentioned. Later within the podcast, he mentioned: “I’ve by no means spoken with Hasan, the sport is but to be launched. I do not assume there’s a lot he can do or say at this level, but when he releases the sport, individuals may perceive, so possibly he ought to simply hurry up and launch it.”
Kojima additionally mentioned that he would not pull the identical trick twice, referring to the way in which that Steel Gear Strong 5 was initially revealed below the pseudonym of developer Moby Dick Studios. “Once we did that Moby Dick factor, you had been in on the entire thing, and that was fairly enjoyable,” he mentioned to Keighley. “However individuals ought to know I would not do the identical factor twice.”
We need to thank @Kojima_Hideo for addressing the conspiracies brazenly. It has been a burden and never cool for each followers and builders. We hope everybody can shut this for good. We’re working laborious on Deserted and we wish to thanks all on your endurance!💙 https://t.co/RX88KyQyUVNovember 4, 2022
Blue Field Studios responded to Kojima’s assertion in a tweet, the primary little bit of exercise from the studio since early April. “We need to thank @Kojima_Hideo for addressing the conspiracies brazenly,” it learn. “It has been a burden and never cool for each followers and builders. We hope everybody can shut this for good. We’re working laborious on Deserted and we wish to thanks for all of your endurance!” The developer additionally requested “followers to cease harassing Hideo Kojima relating to Deserted messages,” including: “This isn’t acceptable and isn’t entertaining.”
Though Deserted was revealed with comparatively little fanfare again in April 2021, Silent Hill followers turned satisfied within the months after that it was secretly a Silent Hill recreation in disguise (opens in new tab). A complete subreddit, The Blue Field Conspiracy, has been devoted to documenting each transfer of each Kojima and Kahraman. The studio mentioned in October final 12 months that the rampant conspiracies had led to members of the staff receiving demise threats (opens in new tab), “on-line however sadly additionally bodily.”
Growth on Deserted has been rocky. Blue Field needed to make clear that its recreation wasn’t cancelled again in March (opens in new tab) after the studio deleted most of its tweets with recreation particulars, together with one about an upcoming playable demo (that also hasn’t occurred). An additional report in June recommended that the undertaking was in disarray (opens in new tab), with staff members calling Kahraman “duplicitous and vulnerable to temper swings,” with the sport allegedly wildly swinging from idea to idea.
