Earlier this week, we got the surprise announcement of a PS5 exclusive title called Abandoned. The game came with a teaser trailer that looked interesting and gave us some eerie vibes. It left many with questions (as well as a bizarre theory the game was secretly Hideo Kojima’s next title, which has been refuted by the developer). Well, the game still has a ways to go before its set to release, but we should see the gameplay reveal soon.

In an interview with Dutch outlet Gamer.nl (and then translated thanks to the folks at ResetERA), Director Hasan Kahraman revealed that we will see the full gameplay trailer for the game sometime around the timeframe of E3 2021, which was recently confirmed to be happening in June as a virtual event. They seemed unsure of whether the game would be at the E3 event itself, or as part of whatever Sony will do before or after the event, but it will seemingly be within that general time.

“A lot of folks think of Resident Evil when talking about Abandoned. That is a shame, because its such a different game. Abandoned has elements of horror, for example you’re constantly being hunted by a religious sect, but we want to focus on the realistic gameplay. We will show that in a gameplay video which we’ll release in the future. We’ll probably show it during the virtual E3. It will obviously appear on the PlayStation YouTube channel.”

Abandoned is set to release only on PlayStation 5 in Q4 of 2021.

Yesterday, we got the reveal of an interesting new game called Abandoned. The game is a cinematic first person survival game, and the teaser and details released seem intriguing. The game was announced as only coming to PS5 and was also by a largely unknown developer. Because of that, it seems that a rumor has latched on with people thinking the mysterious teaser and out of nowhere nature of the reveal made it possible viral marketing for the next game from Hideo Kojima. But it seems the developer wants you to know that definitely isn’t the case.

The developer of the title, Blue Box Game Studios, released a statement to address the rumors. They clearly state that they have no association with Hideo Kojima or Kojima Productions. They say that while they understand they aren’t high profile, they have assisted with games in the past, and decided to work on a title on their own.

“We received several emails regarding the Hideo Kojima rumor. We have no association with Hideo Kojima nor do we claim to have any association nor was it our intention to claim such a statement. We are a small group of developers working on a passionate title we wanted to work on for a long time. We have been assisting other studios in the past with their projects and we wanted to work on our very first big project. While it is true that we’ve been working on small projects in the past, we certainly didn’t use that for marketing purposes. We hope this has clarified this matter and hope to see you all in our very first gameplay reveal of Abandoned.”

While Kojima has been known in the past to be part of some pretty elaborate viral marketing, this rumor does seem to be a bit on the random side, so there’s little reason to believe that Blue Box is lying here. The most recent rumor also says that Kojima is in talks with Microsoft for whatever the next Kojima Productions title will end up being. Abandoned, a Hideo Kojima-less game, will release on PlayStation 5 in Q4 2021.

While existing IPs coming into a new generation is always exciting, there’s a lot of fun to be had when a brand new experience comes about. Seemingly, out of nowhere, that’s what we got today. Abandoned is a new first person survival game that was announced today, and it’s seemingly going next gen only. 

The game was originally announced via the official PlayStation blog, which you can read through here. A teaser trailer also came with that, which you can see below. There isn’t a lot of information just yet, only that you will play a man who finds himself waking up in a mysterious forest, and must fight to survive against those who have dark intentions. The trailer definitely gives off an eerie vibe and is said to be very cinematic in nature. A more extensive gameplay trailer is said to be coming soon.

Abandoned has been announced as coming exclusively to the PlayStation 5 in Q4 2021.