Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid Spiritual Successor Physint Will Now Be Published by Xbox Instead of Sony
Kojima Productions will also work with Xbox on film and television projects as the company takes over publishing for Physint.
- On Thursday, September 10, 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Xbox will publish Physint, the upcoming title from Kojima Productions, after PlayStation terminated its collaboration on the project.
- Kojima Productions received notice from PlayStation Studios in mid-June that they would cancel Physint. Determined to save the project, the studio spent three months searching for a new partner.
- This partnership extends beyond games, with Xbox and Kojima Productions collaborating on film and television projects. The companies are already working together on a horror game with Jordan Peele.
- Expanding the relationship with Kojima is expected to bolster the Xbox brand in Japan and other Asian markets, aligning with the company's broader strategy to integrate gaming with film and television.
- Despite PlayStation claiming "our relationship remains strong" on Twitter, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced the new Physint deal just one minute later, highlighting the stark timing of the transition.
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Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid Spiritual Successor Physint Will Now Be Published by Xbox Instead of Sony
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. Xbox will continue to publish the horror game OD – itself something of a spiritual successor to the never-finished PT – and the Kojima-Xbox partnership will expand beyond these two game projects to include film and television.
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PlayStation Loses Major Kojima Title To Xbox
Sony announced a special game by Kojima, and now they no longer will be working on it with him at all. Instead their rival will be. Hideo Kojima announced the game Physint a while ago which was said to be a spiritual successor to the hit franchise Metal Gear Solid. Kojima is obviously known well for […] Source
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