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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Teases Playthroughs Will Take Completionists 'Over 100 Hours' to Beat Instruktør Naoki Hamaguchi fortæller, at en gennemspilning af Final Fantasy 7 Revelation med fokus på alt indhold let kan overstige 100 timer. Spillet bliver den afsluttende del af remaketrilogien og byder blandt andet på minispil, udforskning, kampe og rejser med luftskibet Highwind. Det udkommer til pc og konsoller 8. april 2027 og kan ifølge instruktøren kræve omkring 200 GB lagerplads.

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Prepare to Escape from Playtime This Halloween as Poppy Playtime's Co-op Survival Horror Spinoff Heads into Early Access Co-op-spinoffet Escape from Playtime udkommer i Steam Early Access den 21. oktober. Spillet foregår i den forladte Playtime Co.-fabrik, hvor spillere som Smiling Critters skal samarbejde om at løse gåder, snige sig forbi fjender og undslippe. Proximity chat spiller en central rolle, da støj kan tiltrække fabrikkens farlige afviste legetøj.

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'My First Thought Was, What Am I Going to Do With My Studio?' — Hideo Kojima Reveals What Happened With Sony in First Interview Since PlayStation Ditched Physint Hideo Kojima fortæller, at Sony i juni trak finansieringen af Physint, hvilket efterlod ham bekymret for Kojima Productions’ økonomi og medarbejdernes jobs. Efter beslutningen lykkedes det ham at få Microsoft og Xbox til at overtage projektet, som derfor muligvis ikke længere udkommer på PlayStation. Kojima Productions oplyser, at studiet er sundt og profitabelt, og at udviklingen fortsætter.

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'You Don't Need This' — The Last of Us Director Apologizes to God of War Laufey Devs After Calling Recent AAA Gaming Trends 'Boring' The Last of Us-instruktøren Bruce Straley har undskyldt over for udviklerne af God of War: Laufey, efter at han kaldte moderne AAA-spil kedelige og nævnte spillet som eksempel. Straley siger, at hans bemærkninger om manglende innovation blev taget ud af kontekst og skabte unødig negativ opmærksomhed. Han fastholder dog sin kritik af branchens fokus på gentagelser og spil som tjenester.

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Marvel's Wolverine Has 'No AI-Generated Assets,' Insomniac Confirms After Suspicious Signs Go Viral Online Insomniac Games afviser, at Marvel’s Wolverine indeholder generativ AI, efter spillere opdagede mærkeligt udformede badeværelsesskilte i spillet. Studiet forklarer, at problemet skyldes en fejl i spillets UV-mapping, og at en rettelse er på vej. Episoden føjer sig til en række diskussioner om spillets visuelle fejl og øvrige kontroverser efter lanceringen på PlayStation 5.

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From a $66,000 Vintage Classic to Rare Japanese Trophy Promos: Here Are the 10 Best Eevee Pokémon TCG Cards Every Serious Collector Needs to See IGN rangerer de ti bedste Eevee-kort i Pokémon TCG-historien. Listen spænder fra sjældne japanske fanclub-promokort og klassiske Jungle- og Skyridge-kort til nyere kort fra Prismatic Evolutions, Crown Zenith og 30th Celebration. Rangeringen fokuserer udelukkende på Eevee og udelader Pokémonens udviklinger, herunder de populære Eeveelutions.

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I Don’t Think That Modding the Blood of Dawnwalker’s Restrictive Time System Isn’t Missing the Point – It’s an Act of Love IGN argumenterer for, at moddere, der fjerner eller forlænger den 30 dage lange tidsgrænse i The Blood of Dawnwalker, ikke nødvendigvis misforstår spillets design. Modifikationerne kan i stedet ses som en måde at tilpasse oplevelsen på, især fordi mange spillere ikke ønsker at gennemføre spillet flere gange for at se alle questlinjer og slutninger. Artiklen diskuterer samtidig spændingen mellem udviklernes intentioner og spillernes frihed.

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As Fans Flood the World of Warcraft: Forever Beta, Dev Says It's Putting Up 'The Craziest Numbers I've Seen in 17 Years Working at Blizzard' World of Warcraft: Forever-betaen blev overvældet af spillere kort efter åbningen, hvilket medførte køer, forbindelsesproblemer og kraftig forsinkelse. Blizzard oplyser, at interessen er blandt de højeste, udvikleren har oplevet i sine 17 år hos virksomheden. Problemerne skyldtes blandt andet, at betaen kørte på en mindre kraftig testinfrastruktur, men serverne blev efterfølgende stabiliseret.

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Marvel's Wolverine Developer Insomniac Actually Nerfed the 'Fart Gas' — and May Let Players Turn It Off Completely Insomniac har udsendt en hotfix til Marvel’s Wolverine, der blandt andet gør spillets såkaldte scent trails og Audio Sense-indikatorer mindre intense ved at reducere deres opacitet. Opdateringen kommer efter kritik af de synlige spor, som nogle spillere sammenlignede med “pruttegasser”. Studiet undersøger samtidig muligheden for at tilføje kontroller, så sporene helt kan slås fra i en fremtidig opdatering.

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Dragami Games Announces R-Rated Live-Action Lollipop Chainsaw Movie Dragami Games har annonceret en live-action-film baseret på spillet Lollipop Chainsaw. Filmen bliver en forhistorie til det originale spil og er planlagt som en R-rated actionkomedie med Juliet Starling i hovedrollen under et zombieudbrud. Projektet udvikles af et internationalt hold, men der er endnu ikke offentliggjort skuespillere eller en premieredato.

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From a $4,500 Ultra-Rare Torchic to Iconic Charizard Classics: Here Are the 10 Best First Partner Pokémon TCG Cards Every Collector Needs to See IGN rangerer de 10 bedste Pokémon TCG-kort med seriens første partner-Pokémon gennem tiden. Listen fremhæver både ikoniske kort som Base Set Charizard og nyere illustrationer med blandt andre Primarina, Scorbunny og Pikachu. Rangeringen tager højde for kortenes kunst, pris og betydning, mens Pokémon-seriens 30-års jubilæum og nye genoptryk giver samlere flere muligheder for at få fat i klassikerne.

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EA Sports FC 27 Review So Far – The Grounds Seems Shaky, But the Tactics System Shows Promise IGNs foreløbige anmeldelse af EA Sports FC 27 fremhæver det nye taktiske system som spillets stærkeste tilføjelse. Systemet giver større kontrol over formationer, spillerroller og holdets adfærd i forskellige faser af kampen. Anmeldelsen er mere kritisk over for den nye åbne onlinehub The Grounds, som beskrives som unødvendig og teknisk ujævn med svage animationer, billedhastighedsproblemer og stive dialogscener.

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'A Larger File Size May Not Necessarily Mean a Better Game' — Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Warns of 200GB Install Size for Remake Trilogy's Final Chapter Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, det kommende afsluttende kapitel i Square Enix’ remake-trilogi, kan kræve omkring 200 GB lagerplads ved lanceringen. Spilinstruktør Naoki Hamaguchi siger, at størrelsen fortsat kan ændre sig, og at den fysiske udgave ikke vil indeholde hele spillet på disken. Spillet udkommer 8. april 2027 til pc, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S og Nintendo Switch 2.

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The Blood of Dawnwalker Dev Confirms Budget Was Just $40 Million as Rebel Wolves Rides Success to Sequels Rebel Wolves’ rollespil The Blood of Dawnwalker kostede angiveligt omkring 40 millioner dollar at udvikle, hvilket placerer det i AA-segmentet frem for den dyrere AAA-klasse. Spillet har ifølge studiet solgt mere end én million eksemplarer få dage efter lanceringen den 3. september. Det polske studie arbejder allerede på efterfølgere og planlægger samtidig nyt indhold som New Game Plus.

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Control Resonant Features a Powerful Twin Peaks Quote, Paying Tribute to the Late David Lynch Who Inspired Remedy's Games Remedy Entertainment hylder den afdøde filmskaber David Lynch i det kommende spil Control Resonant. Et biografskilt i spillets åbne områder viser teksten "Fix Your Heart or Die", som henviser til en markant replik fra Twin Peaks: The Return. Citatet forbindes både med Lynchs figur Gordon Cole og med transrettighedsaktivisme.

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Astartes II, the Most Anticipated Warhammer 40,000 Animation Ever, Has a New Trailer and Confirmation of Key Details Games Workshop har offentliggjort en ny trailer for Astartes II, som får premiere på Warhammer+ i december. Traileren bekræfter, at animationen følger en Deathwatch-enhed, der undersøger et Space Hulk, og viser både Terminators og flere Space Marine-detaljer. Studiet oplyser desuden, at efterfølgeren bliver markant længere end den originale Astartes-animation.

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After Fan Backlash Over Typos and Bad Reprints Forced a Delay, What's Happened to Magic: The Gathering’s Monster Hunter Secret Lair? Wizards of the Coast udskød og vil gentænke Secret Lair-samarbejdet mellem Magic: The Gathering og Monster Hunter efter massiv kritik af de oprindelige kort, herunder fejl og genoptryk af billige kort. Selskabet lovede en opdatering i 2026 og har oplyst, at Capcom støtter en ny version, men der er endnu ikke kommet flere detaljer. IGN har derfor bedt Wizards om en status.

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IGN 30 Anniversary Bundle Is Live at Humble: $15 for 7 PC Games, Including Subnautica and Remnant 2 IGN fejrer sit 30-års jubilæum med en spilpakke i samarbejde med Humble. For mindst 15 dollar får købere syv PC-spil til Steam, herunder The Elder Scrolls Online – Elsweyr, Remnant II, Subnautica og Sonic Adventure 2. Pakken indeholder spil til en samlet oplyst værdi på 214 dollar og kan købes frem til 9. oktober.

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Mega Man: Dual Override Adds Some Nice New-School Touches to the Beloved Old-School Formula | IGN Preview IGN har prøvespillet Mega Man: Dual Override som Proto Man under Tokyo Game Show 2026. Figuren adskiller sig fra Mega Man med kortere rækkevidde, overophedning af våbnet, skjold og særlige nærkampsangreb, mens spillet fortsat bygger på klassisk 2D-platformaction. Spillet lanceres efter planen i foråret 2027 og bliver en del af Mega Mans 40-årsfejring.

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Here Are the 10 Coolest Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration Cards Every Collector Needs to See — From Jirachi ex's Galactic Artwork to Cute Budget Finds IGN fremhæver ti af de mest kunstnerisk interessante kort fra Pokémon TCG-udvidelsen 30th Celebration. Udvælgelsen fokuserer især på illustrationernes kreativitet, originalitet og visuelle udtryk frem for spilbarhed. Listen rummer blandt andre Pikachu ex, Hisuian Zoroark, Mew ex, Lapras, Meowth og Sylveon ex, med både billige samlekort og dyrere jagtkort blandt favoritterne.

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Forza Horizon 6, Skyrim, and More Microsoft-Published Games Are Getting Big Discounts in Best Buy’s Deal of the Day Best Buy tilbyder i dag rabatter på udvalgte fysisk udgivne Microsoft-spil til flere konsoller. Blandt tilbuddene er Forza Horizon 6, Skyrim til Nintendo Switch 2, Starfield, Ninja Gaiden 4 og Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, hvor rabatterne når op på 50 procent. Tilbuddene gælder kun i én dag og kan variere efter platform.

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'Wolverine Will Keep Selling, Just Not at Spider-Man Heights' — Analyst Estimates Marvel's Wolverine's Early Sales Performance Tidlige, uofficielle estimater fra analysefirmaet Alinea Analytics peger på, at Marvel’s Wolverine har solgt omkring 1,9 millioner eksemplarer siden lanceringen 15. september. Det svarer angiveligt til en omsætning på cirka 130 millioner dollar, men Sony har endnu ikke offentliggjort officielle salgstal. Spillet klarer sig dermed godt, men ventes ikke at nå samme niveau som Spider-Man 2 på grund af en mere blandet modtagelse.

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'Cheat Sellers Have Built a Sprawling, Multi-Billion-Dollar Marketplace' — Activision Reveals Eye-Watering Amounts of Money Behind Video Game Cheats Activision vurderer, at den globale økonomi omkring snyd i computerspil omsætter for cirka 8,5 milliarder dollar om året, når blandt andet snydeprogrammer, kontosalg og spoofing-tjenester tælles med. Selskabet oplyser, at Team Ricochet har forstyrret mere end 375 videresælgernetværk og lukket 31 større snydeudbydere. Modern Warfare 4 udkommer 22. oktober, og Activision vil intensivere indsatsen mod snyd.

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Control Resonant's Has Remedy's Signature Touch, Uplifting Its Sharp Combat That Eventually Dulls IGN anmelder Control Resonant, Remedys opfølger til Control fra 2019. Spillet skifter den oprindelige metroidvania-inspirerede shooter ud med åben verden, nærkamp og en mere karakterdrevet fortælling centreret om Dylan Faden. Anmeldelsen roser det hurtige og fleksible kampsystem samt den modige videreudvikling, men peger også på ujævn sværhedsgrad, gentagelser og et RPG-system, der ikke altid føles dybt.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Plays Like the Third Act of a JRPG in the Best of Ways | IGN Preview En to timer lang forhåndsvisning af Final Fantasy VII Revelation viser et stort og frit spil, hvor spilleren kan udforske verden fra luftskibet Highwind og genbesøge områder fra Rebirth. Yuffies hjemegn Wutai spiller også en central rolle i previewet. IGN fremhæver friheden og Vincent, men er samtidig bekymret for, om spillets mange sideaktiviteter vil føles lige så oppustede som i forgængeren.

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'My First Thought Was, What Am I Going to Do With My Studio?' — Hideo Kojima Reveals What Happened With Sony in First Interview Since PlayStation Ditched Physint

Hideo Kojima fortæller, at Sony i juni trak finansieringen af Physint, hvilket efterlod ham bekymret for Kojima Productions’ økonomi og medarbejdernes jobs. Efter beslutningen lykkedes det ham at få Microsoft og Xbox til at overtage projektet, som derfor muligvis ikke længere udkommer på PlayStation. Kojima Productions oplyser, at studiet er sundt og profitabelt, og at udviklingen fortsætter.

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In June, Sony asked Hideo Kojima to attend a Zoom call. At the time, he was busy working on Xbox game OD and PlayStation game Physint, the latter a spiritual successor to the video game series that made him one of the most celebrated developers on the planet: Metal Gear Solid.

For the meeting, he brought along Kojima Productions president Shinji Hirano and head of talent development Aki Saito. Kojima tells IGN in his first interview since last week’s dramatic news that he was so stunned by what Sony told him that his mind went blank. PlayStation was pulling out of the Physint project, and funding for it would end. And that was that.

Kojima initially kept the news from his staff at Kojima Productions as he worried over the future of his company. Would he have to let developers from the Physint team go? Would they leave anyway, given what had happened? What would the bank, whose loans helped Kojima Productions staff up after the release of Death Stranding, think? And what about all the actors he’d already scanned for Physint? Was this a P.T. situation all over again?

As we know, Kojima convinced Microsoft and new Xbox boss Asha Sharma to pick up Physint in one of the most dramatic console switches in history. Now the previous PlayStation exclusive may not release on PlayStation at all.

In our interview, Kojima tells IGN Japan’s Daniel Robson how he feared Kojima Productions might collapse as a result of Sony's decision, and details his game-saving pitch to Xbox, which was quick to snap Physint up.

It’s important to note that the interview was conducted before Bloomberg’s report that Sony ditched Physint due to missed deadlines, budget concerns, and Death Stranding’s alleged commercial failings. Kojima Productions provided a statement to IGN, which appears at the end of this interview, following a request for comment. In it, Kojima Productions insists the studio is "in a healthy, profitable state, development for Physint continues to move forward with Xbox, and our relationship with PlayStation remains strong."

Hideo Kojima: We are an independent company, so no funding is behind us as a corporation. We sign contracts according to projects, and that's how we survive one by one as an indie. So I need to find a new project before the previous project ends, and that's how we stay alive. That's our background situation.

So in June, SIE said they wanted to have a Zoom call. I was so busy at that time — I had just gone to New York for a Prada event and then to LA right after. But anyway, I came back and we had this Zoom call.

They said they can no longer fund development for Physint. I was shocked and I said, "What did you say?" I couldn’t quite process what they had said. I wasn’t sure because I was in shock.

Anyway, I know there's a lot of news in the game industry that many studios are closing down, many titles are canceled, and I understand the situation in the industry as a whole. But I thought Physint was okay. That Physint was safe. So I was surprised. But not just surprised. We didn’t understand the reason. I didn't have any anger or sadness; my first thought was, “What am I going to do with my studio?” Because we signed contracts for projects. Of course I had OD, but I only have two projects in my studio: OD and Physint. And I hire according to how many projects we have, and we have two. If we lose one contract, I thought I might have to cut all the people working on Physint, right? Or our studio could end up collapsing because we’ll run out of cashflow.

I’ve borrowed money from the bank for funding as well. At first [when we established the studio] they didn't listen to us at all. After a while when we got a title out, they were like, "We'll lend you money." If they find out that a project has been stopped or canceled, we'd be in big trouble. So my mind went blank when SIE told me. I don't remember so much of that meeting, to be honest with you. And my colleagues probably don't remember as well, so I can't really answer if you ask me what exactly they said.

Nothing could’ve prepared me for their decision to step away from the project. So I thought, "What am I going to do from tomorrow?" But from my side, I love Sony. And I don't have any bad feelings against them because I know that it's a tough time in the game industry.

I've been working with them for like 30 years… Mr. Ken Kutaragi, Mr. Hirai, I was close with them. But it's not like that recently. I realized that, okay, this is the reality. It's the 10th anniversary of my studio. My studio might collapse, right?

But the number one priority is my staff. We have about 200 people, and I expanded because we had Physint. They are talented, of course. And some of them came to my studio from big corporations. I warned them it might not be a good idea to do so… But anyways, I needed to protect these important staff. I’ve also begun scanning actors for the project and also speaking with artists about collaborating for Physint. I can't really tell them the game has been canceled. I didn't want to do the same thing we did for P.T. Of course, I didn't want them to worry.

For me personally, it’s the 10th anniversary of the studio and also my 40th anniversary of creating games, so that's why I put so much on Physint. It’s like a culmination of the two. During the pandemic, I was a little unwell and I thought about how much time I have left. I really thought that I would give my all to Physint at this point in my career. I really wanted to continue this project even after that meeting. I was thinking, "What should I do?"

Another big thing I thought about is that, I became independent and made my own studio, and a lot of people have done the same. But, no one has been super successful, no matter where they are in the world. But I believe that the trend of this era should be one in which creators can do their own independent projects and become big. But if Kojima Productions collapses, that doesn’t follow this trend at all. It’s a step backwards for indies. So I needed to stand firm and continue this project. My mind went blank, but I decided to think, “Okay, understood,” and became determined to continue Physint in some way.

True story: after the meeting, the first thing I did was, I came back to my desk, and I started to write and add a little bit more to the concept for Physint. What had just happened was a big thing, a big incident. And so I decided to just keep it between the three of us [Hideo Kojima, Shinji Hirano and Aki Saito] for now, and we didn’t tell the staff, because we needed to figure out a direction before telling anyone. So in the next couple of days, we were always thinking about teaming up with first-parties, but I thought maybe we could change directions. Maybe we could team up with third-party or other partners.

I thought just bringing a pitch of a game title and saying, "Can you fund this?” is a very old-fashioned way of doing things… Instead, I thought that the way to go was to say, “I'm making this new IP, and I want to consider everything like movies, dramas, anime, TV, comics, music. Let's create a new IP with all of this included." I was thinking about who to pitch to, and I was thinking of not just the game industry, but the movie industry, movie studios, and also streaming companies and things like that. Because in the end, I think because we're all digital, these industries are all coming together with games in some form.

So I started approaching people and everyone had positive reactions, so I had a good feeling about it. But I also thought, it's not just the money we needed. We also needed technical support, marketing support, holding playtests and things like that. And we can't do this all internally. So I was thinking, who could support all this?

I approached Xbox and they were great. They could support us technically. And also we've been working on OD with them, so we already had a connection. I made a proper pitch of Physint to them. And then their first reaction was like, "This pitch was fantastic. Never seen a pitch like this!" And that's how it started with Xbox.

I couldn't tell my staff until we decided on a new partner. But three days after the meeting with SIE, I called the leaders of the Physint team, and I explained the situation to them. But I also said, "I'm going to go find a new partner, so don't worry." But at the same time, because of the cancellation of the project, I had to make the Physint team smaller and move some people to the OD team.

And then the following week, I was very worried. I thought people would leave. But I had told them to create material for a pitch for Physint. And when I went into work the following week, very worried they might not be motivated, I went to go see the team, and they were happily creating this pitch for me and having a great time. So I thought, wow, I have really tough people here. So I was really happy about that. I was surprised.

And then we've been just negotiating with Xbox. And the Physint team still exists and we're continuing to experiment with the game. And before the announcement yesterday, we disclosed internally to all staff, and it was quite calm. Everyone received it very well. So that was a happy surprise too. So it's calm internally. They were like, "Oh, we can still work on it, so that's great! Okay."

IGN: When you moved staff to OD, did they come back later? Did you lose any staff?

Hideo Kojima: No. I predicted that people might leave, but no one did. For example, the OD team could’ve said, "Oh, we don't want the Physint team!” because the Physint team is made up of old veterans. That's a joke, of course! But anyway, we're actually doing very well internally.

IGN: Did production stop at any point?

Hideo Kojima: So the work didn’t stop. I'm still doing the concept. How I create the game is a little unique. The world, the game system, scenario, the visuals, the design, modeling, I'm still doing that. I'm still casting and also doing scans for the actors. But the game system for the new technology, like enemy AI and stuff, I'm still experimenting on all of this. I have to change the story depending on how the game experiment works. So it's not like we're ready to go, or like it's like a big team already. It's more like a very small team that remained for the crucial parts, and all the others moved to OD.

There wasn’t much of a delay or anything because it was a very minor change. Of course, if I had a full team on the Physint project, it would be faster. But the animation team is mainly on OD. But the animation, the motion, and things like that will of course change later to the actor’s movements, once we start doing performance capture. So right now, it's in there for the sake of experimenting. I'm working on it every day still.

IGN: Did you have to change the engine or anything like that (is it Decima?)?

Hideo Kojima: Well, I haven't really decided yet. I'm still experimenting.

After we decided to team up with Xbox, they said they will give us a lot of technological support. When I went to visit them during the Don Mattrick days, they had so many labs and everything, and they were experimenting on so many things, like state of the art, new, really new, cutting-edge technology. I was really surprised. I was thinking, “There are so many Doc Browns from Back to the Future here!” So I want to use all this new technology. Anything that I can use, I want to use, and I'm looking forward to teaming up with Xbox, but I really haven't decided about the engine.

IGN: You wrote on X that you found a “common vision” with Xbox — what was that vision?

Hideo Kojima: The biggest thing was, they're not thinking of just funding a game. They're thinking about movies and anime. It's more about the IP. Let's create a new IP. And that's bigger in scale, so to speak. And not many other game publishers or game developers have that kind of vision.

I haven't talked to them specifically, but Nintendo is doing something similar for Mario and Zelda with movies, attractions, and things like that. But I think that's how Xbox sees it as well. Because it's not the era of just game consoles. You create an IP, and it can be a game or a movie or music, and everything comes together. You can expand it to merchandising, too. And probably the next thing will be AR and stuff, and that would really affect our everyday lives in the future. And Nintendo has found great success with Super Mario at Universal Studios, with live attractions. So I think they were thinking of all this, probably. And I thought that really matches my vision of the future.

IGN: OD was commissioned under Phil Spencer, but how were the discussions with Asha Sharma and her team this time?

Hideo Kojima: Well Phil, I had a long relationship with him. He’s like a buddy, right? Just like Mr. Ken Kutaragi. I was sad when Phil retired, and at that time, I didn't know Asha very well yet. I went to Redmond back in April, and I talked with her. She is quite young, but we kind of clicked, and I felt that she was going to be a promising CEO. So that's the feeling I got. That was back in April. And then I felt like it was going to be a new Xbox. It's not just a changing of the CEOs, it was more like the structure. And I think that they're looking and envisioning the future, probably.

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IGN: Xbox first-party games are sometimes also multiplatform. Will Physint still come out on PlayStation?

Hideo Kojima: I don’t know the answer to that – that would be a question for Xbox. But I don't know for sure. In previous updates from Xbox, I thought that they have this kind of stance where they want to deliver to as many gamers as possible, no matter what the platform is. I think all of that will be announced at a later time. I'm not sure yet, and I can't really say.

IGN: You said Sony gave no reason for cancelling the game, but did they clarify this later? What was the reason?

Hideo Kojima: No, not at all. They haven't contacted me ever since. But I'm not fighting with Sony. We're not in a dispute. But what I want to say is that we've been together for 30 years and we have this relationship. So if this was the conclusion, I would've wanted to hear it a little earlier. But that meeting in June, they just gave us the final notice.

As I said, my mind went blank, so I didn't really ask a lot of questions. It was more like, what should I do with my company? So that was what was on my mind at the time. I've always been a big Sony fan. I've been using a Walkman. All my cameras are Sony. So I have no bad feelings towards them.

IGN: Who from Sony told you they were pulling funding? Was it Hermen Hulst?

Hideo Kojima: I can’t say. You would have to ask them.

IGN: Was there ever a time when you lost confidence in Physint? What was your lowest ebb?

Hideo Kojima: No, never for Physint. It’s a new game, but...I have to say this very carefully: anything espionage is going to be fun, period, no matter what game it is. Death Stranding is a delivery game. People were like, "What? Delivery? What kind of a game is that?"

When I was working on DS2, and after OD was decided, I needed to think of the next project for after DS2. As I explained before, in order to keep the studio alive, I have to plan ahead and pitch for the next title, although that also means I can't direct a live action movie still. OD was going to be an edgy game, so for the next one, I was thinking of going even more extreme.

And then I was looking on the internet, and I get so many messages from people saying, "Please make another Metal Gear!" I wasn't really interested, because Metal Gear is the past. I want to do something new. But I saw so many people requesting it. And I was thinking, maybe I only have 10 years left. Of course, I can't make Metal Gear — that’s Konami’s IP. But I was thinking, "Okay, maybe I should create a new action espionage game." And I started to think about this new concept.

During that time, coincidentally, I was meeting with Jim Ryan, the former CEO of SIE. It was right before his retirement, I guess. I was talking to him, and he said, "Oh, that's a great idea. Let's create a new action espionage game." And we shook hands and that's how the partnership started.

The corporate structure of SIE is different from the Jim Ryan days. But this was a project that we were both excited about and mutually agreed on. So because of that, the shock was even bigger in June.

If I only have 10 years left, I have so many things I still want to do, so I want to prioritize and decide what I can do.

IGN: How do you feel about the project now and the future of Physint?

Hideo Kojima: I need to really finish Physint. I'm determined to do that. And also maybe a movie, live-action film for Physint. Usually it's like, a game comes out and then it turns into a movie, but I want to make that timeline even shorter. Same with Death Stranding. We released the game and then we began development on the anime and a live-action film. These days of digital production, we could actually kind of use the same assets for a movie and a game. But anyway, this has been reset to a new partner. But that's the feeling I have. I want to kind of expand the IP. Of course, I'll release the game first probably! I've been doing all the casting for the game and it's progressing well.

IGN: Bloomberg’s latest report around the cancellation of Physint suggests there were concerns around the success of Death Stranding, as well as Physint’s development timeline, budget and platform strategy. Did you have a response to any of that, and how you would characterize your relationship with PlayStation today?

Official Studio Statement:

You may have seen a recent article that mentions Kojima Productions, speculating on the reasons for the change in publishing partners for Physint.

Normally, we would not comment on unsubstantiated speculation on the internet, but these aspersions around our relationship with PlayStation, the commercial performance of the Death Stranding franchise, and the broader production planning and investment for Physint, have reached beyond the studio and have touched our fans, our creative partners, and colleagues we have worked alongside with for three decades.

None of the claims written came from any official or on-the-record source and as such we encourage you to take them with a dose of scepticism.

Make no mistake, this was a serious situation for the studio with a range of potentially significant implications. While we recognise that the article may have caused alarm, we want to reassure you all, for the record: that the studio is in a healthy, profitable state, development for Physint continues to move forward with Xbox, and our relationship with PlayStation remains strong.

Thank you for your continued support,

Kojima Productions

Photo by Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty Images.

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'My First Thought Was, What Am I Going to Do With My Studio?' — Hideo Kojima Reveals What Happened With Sony in First Interview Since PlayStation Ditched Physint

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