PHYSINT: What we know about Kojima’s new action-espionage project with Sony

We are still recovering from that State of Play announcement. Hideo Kojima is returning to action espionage with a new project from Kojima Productions in partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Here is what we know about PHYSINT, its working title:

• It is a completely new intellectual property, and the third new original IP since Kojima Productions was established.
• It will be an action-espionage game, bringing Kojima back to the genre he helped define over decades at Konami.
• The project aims to cross the boundaries between film and video games while remaining interactive.
• Kojima described that ambition across its look, story, theme, cast, acting, fashion and sound.
• The team plans to bring together advanced technology and talent from around the world with Sony’s full support.
• Kojima described the project as a culmination of 40 years of his career.
• Production will begin in earnest after Death Stranding 2.

Sony’s experience spans games, film and music, and Kojima sees that breadth as part of the collaboration’s potential. For those of us who have followed his work for so long, this is an extraordinary prospect.

Sources

Kojima Productions — official action-espionage announcement
The official State of Play announcement video

Our original PHYSINT breakdown