I have no idea of the backstory to this.
Can anyone explain in 20 words or less?
The Rise - April 2020 to August 2020
Guy named Hasan pretends to run a new indie game studio, Blue Box Game Studios.
Announces "Abandoned" game coming exclusively to PS5 in Fall 2021.
Teases that the game is actually titled S_________L. (Aka Silent Hill, duh.)
Game blows up and goes viral, combined with the numerous rumors of a new PS5 Silent Hill game.
Reminds people of that time Kojima made up a fake developer to promote MGS5.
Many people, including people like Jason Schreier, begin to suspect its part of a Kojima ARG.
People like Geoff Keighley and Shuhei Yoshida begin to mention this guy's game.
Interviews, questions, and hype spreads.
The Fall - August 2020 to now
People find out about Hasan's past history of announcing games that never shipped. A con man.
Everything he has shown of his game so far are found to be cheap asset flips.
Many of his answers in interviews are sketchy/inconsistent/lies.
He announces a "real time trailer app" for PS5, lets people install it, and then goes silent.
Keeps delaying and making up excuses.
Still can't prove his studio or team even exists.
Eventually uploads a 4 second clip of .. feet walking on a floor.. on Twitter (another asset flip, with stolen music.)
Then announces he will finally upload the reveal trailer on the app.
Nope, its just that 4 second clip again.
Goes silent.
Delays the game. Now this.