Even The Vocalist Who Worked On Abandoned Hasn't Seen The Game

thegamer.com:

Last week Christopher Schierbock, lead vocalist of The Eyes Inside, alleged that his band had put 50-60 hours into a song for Abandoned. The PlayStation exclusive indie game drew a lot of attention in 2021 after it was wrapped up in a conspiracy that suggested it was actually the next game from Hideo Kojima and possibly a new Silent Hill. Schierbock tells TheGamer his time has gone unpaid, the song unused, and the band has not heard from the studio for some time.

So far, that Kojima theory has proven to just be a projection of a hungry fan base, but what Abandoned is actually about is still a complete mystery. Beyond the few gameplay details we were given during the reveal, all we’ve had are brief teasers and claims from the developers, Blue Box Game Studios, that have since been deleted altogether.

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“Oh yeah, I followed EVERYTHING about the rumours,” Schierbock says. “But I never asked Hasan [Kahraman, director at Blue Box Game Studios], if it has something to do with [Silent Hill] or Kojima because I had too much respect”. Much like the rest of us, Schierbock first heard of Abandoned thanks to the rumour mill, but even on the inside, he was kept in the dark as much as we all were.

“We made a song called Exitus”, Schierbock tells me. “After that I was like, ‘oh dude, this song could be in a video game’. So I started to ask Hasan via email if he is interested. And then there came an answer: ‘Hey, I love it! I will discuss it and will come back later’. After some days he asked if we can make an instrumental version of this song. After some changes he was like, ‘that's awesome - we will provide you with a one-time fee. The song will be in the game and maybe