Blue Box Studios vehemently denied rumors that the long-awaited horror game would not be released.
Blue Box Studios said that the claims that the Silent Hill-like horror game Abandoned has been canceled do not reflect the truth. The studio said it had to pull back its plans to fully reveal the game and release an intro.
Earlier this week, concerns of a possible cancellation arose after fans deleted many of Blue Box's tweets detailing their plans for Abandoned. This has led to speculation that the project is indeed some kind of scam and that the game doesn't actually exist.
After a day of silence, Blue Box responded to the rumors with a message to Twitter. The studio said the game is still in development, apologizing for pulling back the promised release and version.
“As for the latest rumors that Abandoned has been cancelled, our response to that is that these rumors are false,” the studio said. “We are working on the description with the introduction of the game, through the Realtime Experience app and online channels. These were originally planned for the first quarter of 2022, but unfortunately we are not ready yet as we have underestimated our development roadmap. Therefore, we postponed the game. Abandoned: We will release the prologue when it is stable, good and ready.”
In an email to PC Gamer, Blue Box explained that Abandoned: Prologue is "a standalone game, not a demo." He also confirmed that Abandoned and Prologue are also in development for PC, although they have not yet had a release target.
“Abandoned is being developed independently for PS5 and PC,” the studio said. “We don't have an ETA for the PC version yet.”
Interestingly, the studio said that the PC version won't be released on Steam, but "likely" via the Epic Games Store. He also said that the planned Realtime Experience, which is the name of the studio's planned full reveal of Abandoned, likely similar to the "playable trailer" of Silent Hills, will be exclusive to PS5.
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