Over the last few months, gamers have theorized that Blue Box Game Studios and its upcoming horror game Abandoned are somehow connected to or directly affiliated with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and or Konami, the publisher behind Silent Hill and MGS.

And even though the studio has directly addressed these claims and clearly stated that the conspiracy theories have no basis, that hasn’t stopped some from attacking Blue Box Studios.

The statement acknowledges that Blue Box is aware of how frustrated some players may feel, but it doesn’t understand why it is receiving death threats.

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On a few occasions, Blue Box seemed to actually lean into the supposed conspiracy in subsequent marketing communications, but valid criticism and death threats are worlds apart.