Kojima's PlayStation Exclusive Physint Is Still Coming, But Right Now It's In The 'Conceptual Stage'

Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator, Hideo Kojima, has confirmed helium is inactive moving connected PlayStation exclusive enactment espionage task Physint.

Though we cognize precise small astir the mysterious game, Kojima did uncover to Indiewire that he's presently "at the conceptual stage."

Asked what helium was presently moving on, Kojima said: "Well, I’m checking the information of the [Death Stranding 2] players each implicit the satellite — what benignant of weapons they’re using, the routes they’re taking, each this data. And I besides spot these tiny bugs present and there, truthful I’m deciding wherever to hole and what to fix.

"I besides americium starting to enactment with the squad connected OD due to the fact that that’s a caller project, and besides doing Physint each by myself due to the fact that that’s astatine the conceptual stage. So I’m doing that. And besides I person each these interviews each day, and besides promotional — photo-shootings, things similar that — truthful I don’t consciousness similar I’ve finished [Death Stranding 2], to beryllium frank."

What Kojima means, exactly, by "conceptual stage" remains to beryllium seen, though it suggests that Physint is inactive immoderate mode distant from progressive production. The punctuation besides makes it dependable similar we'll astir apt spot much of his Xbox project, OD, earlier Physint arrives.

While we're connected the taxable of OD — yesterday (August 7) we reported OD is inactive successful development, contempt Xbox's caller cancellations of a fig of projects, some interior and external.

This comes from Bloomberg writer Jason Schreier, who claimed OD was 'still successful development' arsenic confirmed to him by a Microsoft spokesperson. He shared this connected the heels of reporting that Xbox was stopping improvement connected Avalanche Studios' Contraband, a collaboration that was announced 4 years ago.

Interestingly, Kojima besides commented connected the taxable of players skipping cutscenes. Talking specifically astir the archetypal Death Stranding game, the manager said that "cutscenes are portion of the game," truthful helium shortened them done the sequel to promote players to beryllium done them alternatively than deed skip.

And finally, portion helium whitethorn beryllium the creator of the seminal Metal Gear series, Kojima has said helium volition not beryllium playing Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, erstwhile it drops aboriginal this month.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.