Xbox to Publish Kojima’s Physint as Partnership Expands Beyond OD

Kojima Productions and Xbox announced on 9 กันยายน 2026 that Xbox will publish Physint, the action-espionage game the studio first revealed in partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment in มกราคม 2024, under an expanded agreement that will also see the two companies collaborate across film and television.

The news came in an Xbox Wire post titled “XBOX and KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS Expand Partnership to Publish PHYSINT.” Opening the announcement, Xbox said Hideo Kojima has spent his career challenging conventions and expanding what games can be, and described the deal as the next chapter of the studio’s partnership with Xbox.

“Creators have choices about where and how they bring their ideas to life. We’re honored that Kojima-san has chosen XBOX to work with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS on PHYSINT,” said Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. “His ambition to challenge conventions reflects the kind of creativity we want to support at XBOX.”

In the same post, Kojima, the studio’s game creator and founder, said the agreement expands his team’s relationship with Xbox beyond OD and that Kojima Productions remains committed to redefining the action-espionage genre for players around the world.

The studio issued its own statement on 10 กันยายน 2026, confirming Xbox as the new partner for Physint. It said its journey with the game continues with Sharma and the team at Xbox, and that Xbox understands and shares its creative vision.

Beyond the two titles, Xbox said the relationship will extend past games, with the companies collaborating across film and television to bring new stories to broader audiences.

First Announced With Sony in 2024

Kojima Productions first announced the project on 31 มกราคม 2024, when the studio, in partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment, confirmed a brand-new action-espionage game during a State of Play broadcast.

“Preparations are underway, but production will begin in earnest after Death Stranding 2,” Kojima said at the time. He said the studio had strong experience with Sony Interactive Entertainment, having grown the action-espionage genre together for almost 30 years, and noted that while most of its past partnerships with Sony had been for games, Sony also produces music and films. He described the project as a cooperative collaboration.

The studio said the game would combine cutting-edge technology with a prominent cast, promising near life-like graphics and an experience designed to dissolve the line between film and games while offering a fresh take on interactive entertainment. The 2024 reveal was made, the studio said, with the full support of Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Cast Revealed at 10th Anniversary Event

The studio provided a development update on Physint on 23 กันยายน 2025, during Beyond the Strand, its 10th anniversary event held at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Japan. There, Kojima Productions released visual art for the game and announced three cast members: Charlee Fraser, Ma Dong-Seok and Minami Hamabe.

According to the studio’s recap, fans from around the world and special guests attended the event, which looked back on the first decade of the independent studio founded in 2015 and presented an outline of the phases behind and ahead of it. The event also featured a panel on the future of entertainment hosted by Jeff Keighley, with Kojima joined by George Miller, Guillermo del Toro and Mamoru Oshii.

An Existing Xbox Relationship

Xbox and Kojima Productions were already partners before the Physint announcement. The two officially announced OD at The Game Awards in Los Angeles on 7 ธันวาคม 2023, with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele, the director of Get Out, Us and Nope, involved as one of several storytellers on the project.

Kojima said at the time that the studio was working with Xbox Game Studios and its cloud gaming technology to create an immersive and entirely new style of game, one he framed as a new form of media. The 2023 announcement said OD explores the concept of testing a player’s fear threshold, and its teaser revealed Sophia Lillis and Udo Kier among the lead roles.

OD returned at the studio’s กันยายน 2025 anniversary event, where a new teaser titled OD – KNOCK was presented with Xbox Game Studios.

Xbox said it looks forward to sharing more on Physint as development progresses.