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Can’t get enough Death Stranding? Well, you’re in luck. The documentary film Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds shows the creative process behind Hideo Kojima launching his independent studio Kojima Productions and the development of Death Stranding. Connecting Worlds is available to stream now on Disney+, Hulu, and Hotstar depending on region. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfjElfbj_mo If you are in the United States, Connecting Worlds is available to stream on Hulu. For most of the world, however, it can be…

PlayStation’s previous State of Play featured an…interesting trailer for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. However, the headline coming out of the event was Kojima’s announcement of a return to the genre he arguably created: action espionage. Not much is known about the upcoming Physint at this point. Kojima refers to it in the State of Play as the culmination of his 40-year gaming career. Obviously, longtime fans of Metal Gear Solid are eager to learn more. Kojima has now offered further details on the upcoming game,…

Hideo Kojima has announced a return to the stealth genre with a brand new IP. The title was announced at the end of Playstation’s January State of Play, and is still several years away from release, with development not starting fully until after Death Stranding 2: On The Beach releases in 2025. It is currently codenamed ‘Physint’, with no indication as to what the final title will be. “It will be a brand new, original IP, a next-generation action-espionage game,” Kojima explained in the reveal. “Preparations are…

Image used with permission by copyright holder Kojima Productions has a new stealth action game coming after the long-awaited Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. At the latest PlayStation State of Play, Kojima revealed that his studio will work with Sony to produce a new, original IP in the form of a “next-generation action espionage” game. He now has a total of three AAA games in the works, including OD. While Kojima didn’t reveal anything specific about the game, he claimed that he was confident the title would be the…

Hideo Kojima is a busy, busy man. Not only does he have Death Stranding 2, a movie based on the first game and Xbox horror title OD on his plate, he's developing a brand new game for PlayStation. He'll be going back to his roots, as it's an action-espionage title codenamed PHYSINT.Head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst said during today's State of Play stream that the project is in a genre he's been encouraging Kojima to "reinvent for years." Kojima, of course, found fame as the creator of the Metal Gear series. This…

Hideo Kojima has shared a photo with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with fans speculating that a collaboration is in the works. Kojima is currently working on Death Stranding 2 with the original Death Stranding featuring an original title track written by CHVRCHES and a companion album with contributions from the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, The S.L.P., Major Lazer and Khalid. Because of this, fans are speculating that Nine Inch Nails could be involved in the soundtrack to Death Stranding 2. The sequel…

Though the studio remains forever secretive, Kojima Productions has been gracious enough to provide fans a sneak peek into two upcoming projects: the Death Stranding sequel and OD. On Twitter, Hideo Kojima recently gave an update on Death Stranding 2‘s development. He explains that 2024 entails another year of development for the game which is being produced at the same time as OD. Death Stranding 2 still “has some ADR left” and after that, the studio will focus on doing Japanese voice-overs. There’s still no…

Following his departure from Konami, Hideo Kojima launched an independent career. It seems to have been a smart choice though, as he recently revealed, it wasn’t easy to convince others that it was possible. According to his recent Tweet, his peers, colleagues, and relatives expressed doubts concerning his plan to go independent. It appears that it wasn’t that they had no faith in his abilities. Instead, it was because they held the belief that it “was impossible without the financial and organizational strength of a…

If there’s one creator you can count on for creating the types of games you never see coming, it’s Hideo Kojima. After his exodus from Konami and the formation of his own studio, he directed his first non-Metal Gear game in decades with Death Stranding. He has already confirmed that a sequel is in the works but has now revealed a second project. OD, or Overdose as some refer to it, will be the first deep dive into a genre Kojima has only touched on in his other games, as well as the beloved P.T.: horror. While you…

Death Stranding is coming to the big screen, thanks to a partnership between indie film studio A24 and game developer Kojima Productions. The announcement comes ahead of the Hideo Kojima-helmed studio's 8th anniversary. The film adaptation will focus on the mysteries surrounding the titular apocalyptic event that brought the nightmarish creatures called BT into the living world, blurring the lines between the dead and the living through a portal. Instead of a direct translation of the divisive 2019 video game, the film…