{"id":83831,"date":"2026-09-10T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83831"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:58:02","slug":"hideo-kojima-spurns-sony-and-signs-with-xbox-for-physint-his-metal-gear-spiritual-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83831","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima Spurns Sony and Signs With Xbox for Physint, His Metal Gear Spiritual Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Renowned video game director Hideo Kojima’s upcoming project Physint, which could fairly be described as a spiritual successor to Metal Gear Solid, will now be published by Xbox instead of Sony, Microsoft announced today.<\/p>\n
Xbox will continue to publish Kojima’s horror game OD \u2014 itself something of a spiritual successor to the never-finished PT \u2014 and the Kojima-Xbox partnership will expand beyond these two game projects to include film and television.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis expands our relationship with Xbox beyond OD. As we move forward with the development of Physint, we remain committed to redefining the action-espionage genre for players around the world,\u201d Kojima said.<\/p>\n
He also posted on X with details on how the deal came to be, saying that Sony was going to cancel Physint. “As confirmed earlier through our official channels, in mid-June of this year, we unexpectedly received notice from PlayStation Studios that they would cancel the Physint project. Physint is an important project both to me personally and to Kojima Productions. Determined to keep the project alive, we have spent the last three months searching tirelessly for a new partner. In the course of seeking advice and pursuing negotiations with people across many fields, we found in Xbox a partner with whom we share a common vision for the future, and we have decided to team up with them once again. Please rest assured that development of Physint, our genre-defining action-espionage title, is ongoing and will continue moving forward.”<\/p>\n
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who took over from the retiring Phil Spencer earlier this year, made Kojima a priority in her quest to reset and rebuild Xbox, including the return of console exclusives that begins with Gears of War: E-Day this year and continues with Clockwork Revolution in 2027. In terms of Kojima Productions projects, OD will be released before Physint. In July, IGN reported that OD was safe from Sharma’s big “reset” of the Xbox business, which has seen thousands of staff lose their jobs, multiple studios go independent, and various video game projects canceled. <\/p>\n
\u201cCreators have choices about where and how they bring their ideas to life,” Sharma said. “We\u2019re honored that Kojima-san has chosen Xbox to work with Kojima Productions on Physint. His ambition to challenge conventions reflects the kind of creativity we want to support at Xbox.\u201d<\/p>\n
PlayStation issued a statement as well, posting, “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to step away from collaborating with Kojima Productions on its project Physint. We continue to have great admiration for Hideo Kojima’s vision for the game. Our relationship remains strong after three decades of industry-leading, genre-defining creative cooperation, and we look forward to continued close collaboration with Hideo Kojima and his award-winning independent studio in the future.”<\/p>\n