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- Sep 10, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Xbox Acquires Publishing Rights to Kojima Productions' Physint
- Xbox announced on 10 September 2026 that it will publish Kojima Productions' Physint, replacing Sony[1][4]
- Kojima said that in mid-June Kojima Productions was unexpectedly told PlayStation Studios would cancel Physint, and it spent three months finding a new partner; development is ongoing[4]
- PlayStation said it made "the difficult decision to step away from collaborating with Kojima Productions" on the project[4]
- Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the deal expands the relationship beyond OD; the partnership also extends to film and television[1][4]
- Physint was announced at the 2024 State of Play with Sony as publisher; OD will release before Physint[1][4]
Notable features
- Physint (working title) is a single-player action-adventure stealth game directed, written and designed by Hideo Kojima, marking Kojima Productions' return to the "action-espionage" subgenre of his Metal Gear games[2]
- An ensemble cast is led by Bill Skarsgård, with Charlee Fraser, Ma Dong-seok and Minami Hamabe in supporting roles[2]
- Kojima describes it as a hybrid of game and film, blending interactive play with the presentation of film, television and music; he teased "the next stage of tactical-espionage action" and graphics that "break the barrier" between films and games[2]
- Kojima Productions filed Japanese trademarks for a "Social Stealth System", assumed to be a central gameplay element; its engine, made with Serbian software company 3Lateral, was demonstrated using Hamabe's likeness[2]
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- [1]90%gameranx.com/updates/id/564041/article/xbox-has-picked-up-the-publishing-rights-to-kojima-productions-physintgameranx.com· Posted Sep 13, 2026· Starts Sep 10, 2026 ✓· 25% of score
Stated as firm, per gameranx.com, quoting Xbox's Asha Sharma: "His ambition to challenge conventions reflects the kind of creativity we want to support at XBOX."
- [2]76%Physint - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 26% of score
Wikipedia's Physint article gives it as an action-adventure stealth game directed by Hideo Kojima, a return to the "action-espionage" genre with a cast led by Bill Skarsgård, the "Social Stealth System" trademark and the 3Lateral engine demo.
- [3]80%PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlinesbloomberg.com· Published Sep 11, 2026· 25% of score
Bloomberg's own headline, "PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima's Physint on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines," carries a September 11, 2026 publish date, corroborating the switch to Xbox a day after the pin's stored September 10, 2026 date, though the page itself could not be directly retrieved here.
- [4]82%Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid Spiritual Successor Physint Will Now Be Published by Xbox Instead of Sonyign.com· Published Sep 10, 2026· 25% of score
IGN's own headline states Kojima's Physint "will now be published by Xbox instead of Sony," and its listed publish date of September 10, 2026 matches the pin's stored date exactly, though the page itself could not be directly retrieved here.
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