Before the 2025 Tokyo Game Show officially began, Hideo Kojima announced the new action spy game "Physint" developed in cooperation with PlayStation Studios and the new horror work "OD" developed in cooperation with Xbox Game Studios at the 10th anniversary celebration of the establishment of Kojima Productions "Beyond The Strand". He also announced that "Death Stranding" will launch the animated film "Death Stranding: Mosquito" (DEATH STRANDING MOSQUITO).
This announcement also highlights that Kojima Productions currently maintains cooperation with both Sony and Microsoft gaming platforms, and is also further expanding into more film content creation areas.
New action spy game "Physint"
The announcement of the new action spy game "Physint" developed in cooperation with PlayStation Studios was first made by Hideo Kojima and Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, during the "State of Play" online program in January 2024.Original work, and defines the genre as a next-generation action spy game, and aims to break the boundaries between movies and games.
The announcement included the release of the main visual illustration poster for the game "Physint," as well as the cast. It was confirmed that Australian fashion model and actor Charlee Fraser, who had previously starred in "Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga," and Korean actor Ma Dong-seok, as well as Japanese actress Minami Hamabe, who is a favorite of Hideo Kojima, would participate in the performance, and the game characters would be interpreted through realistic modeling technology.
However, Kojima Productions has not yet announced the specific release schedule for "Physint".
In previous statements, Hideo Kojima revealed that Physint can be regarded asThe new Metal Gear SolidHowever, it is also emphasized that this does not mean that this new work is the sequel to "Metal Gear Solid", but that Hideo Kojima hopes to once again create a game that can be compared with "Metal Gear Solid" or even surpass its influence.
New horror game "OD"
In addition, Hideo Kojima also announced his new horror game "OD" in collaboration with Microsoft, which is expected to be released on the Xbox game platform, and released the game trailer "KNOCK".
This game was released by Kojima Studio at The Game Awards at the end of 2023.First public release, and announced that it will be produced with the latest Unreal Engine technology, and will also star Sophia Lillis, the American actor from "It", Hunter Schafer, the American actor from "High School", and Udo Kier, the German actor who played the classic character "Yuri" from "Red Alert 2".
Compared to the 2023 public content, which was only presented with preliminary 3D CG facial performance effects, the content released this time was created with the new version of the game engine technology and presented through actual machine operation.
Like "Physint", Kojima Productions has not yet announced the specific release schedule for "OD".
Death Stranding animated film
The content announced simultaneously this time also includes "Death Stranding: Mosquito", which is based on the game content of "Death Stranding" and presented in the form of an animated film.
This animated film was written by Aaron Guzikowski, the screenwriter of the HBO series "Alien", and directed by Hiroshi Miyamoto, the production director of "HUG! Pretty Cure ♡ The First Pretty Cure All-Star Memories". It is expected to be produced by ABC ANIMATION STUDIO.
In the public promotional video, it can be confirmed that the animated film will be produced entirely in 3D CG format, and the character suspected to be the protagonist is wearing equipment similar to a mosquito mouthpart, which obviously echoes the name of the animated film.
The specific release date of this animated film has not yet been confirmed.
