{"id":264493,"date":"2025-10-08T10:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2155757"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:27:40","slug":"abandoned-dev-blue-box-denies-kojima-collab-rumours-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/abandoned-dev-blue-box-denies-kojima-collab-rumours-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned dev Blue Box denies Kojima collab rumours yet again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/abandoned-dev-blue-box-denies-kojima-collab-rumours-yet-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nBlue Box Game Studios, the indie developer at the heart of a bizarre internet conspiracy involving Hideo Kojima, has once again denied it has any involvement with the Metal Gear Solid maker.<\/p>\n<p>In a video message posted this morning, director Hasan Kahraman faced the camera to pass on a message Blue Box has now stated repeatedly: it is not involved with Kojima, and it is not working on a new Silent Hill game. <\/p>\n<p>If this sounds familiar, that&#8217;s because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-08-abandoned-developer-forced-to-deny-kojima-collab-rumours\">Blue Box said as much back in April<\/a>. And again last week on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBGameStudios\/status\/1404924897340674049\">Twitter<\/a>. And now again <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBGameStudios\/status\/1407136151991947269\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-22-blue-box-denies-kojima-collab-rumours-yet-again\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-22-blue-box-denies-kojima-collab-rumours-yet-again\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Box Game Studios, the indie developer at the heart of a bizarre internet conspiracy involving Hideo Kojima, has once again denied it has any involvement with the Metal Gear Solid maker. In a video message posted this morning, director Hasan Kahraman faced the camera to pass on a message Blue Box has now stated repeatedly: it is not involved with Kojima, and it is not working on a new Silent Hill game. If this sounds familiar, that&#8217;s because Blue Box said as much back in April. And again last week on Twitter. And now again today. 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