Sharing some disappointing news. It's like one of those "Santa Claus" moments when you find out he doesn't exist.
This was a learning experience for me as someone who is passionate about hobby journalism. It's important to seek objective truth that can be backed up by hard evidence, and not seek what you want to be real. I've spoken with journalists and the definitive conclusion is that everything in this story is unverified.
We know VV worked in some form on DK in the past, that's it. Period. Any further claims after that are unverifiable.
I won't go into the details, and you are free to speculate on this game. But in my eyes, it's just a pure fanfic story that was built upon a real cover.
People in this community are awesome, and I feel really bad for you. But the reality is that claims shared originate from very specific sources. And everyone else has simply been repeating them. I'm not naming anyone as I don't want anyone to feel extra sad from this news, that they were fooled imo.
In conclusion, ANY claim on the game is unverified, whether that's concepts, developer stories, plots, and themes etc.
All we know for sure is that the project existed, nothing else.
And no, in my view there has never been any "40 seconds video footage." That was BS as well. And DYKG won't be covering this either, one other journalist hinted to me that they have already debunked claims privately too.
I'm signing myself out of this. Take care everybody