Xbox to Publish Kojima’s PHYSINT, Raising PC Odds

Xbox will publish Hideo Kojima’s PHYSINT after PlayStation informed Kojima Productions in mid‑June that it was stepping away from the collaboration. Kojima announced the change on X and said his studio spent months seeking a new partner while development continued.

A PlayStation statement posted on X said the company had ‘‘made the difficult call to step away from collaborating with Kojima Productions on PHYSINT after careful consideration,’’ and reiterated a long working relationship with Kojima and his studio.

Kojima wrote that Kojima Productions spent the following three months seeking advice and holding talks across the industry before agreeing to publish the title with Xbox. Xbox confirmed it will publish PHYSINT in partnership with Kojima Productions.

Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma described the arrangement as a creator choice, writing that ‘‘creators have options about where they bring their ideas to life’’ and that Xbox was ‘‘honoured Kojima picked them.’’ Kojima characterized the deal as an expansion of his relationship with Xbox beyond OD, the studio’s existing Xbox project. The two companies also plan to collaborate on film and television projects.

Technical and platform details remain unresolved. PHYSINT was previously reported to be built on Guerrilla Games’ Decima Engine as part of the PlayStation collaboration; it has not been confirmed whether that engine arrangement will continue under Xbox publishing. No release date has been set. Kojima previously estimated the game would take ‘‘another five or six years’’ to complete.

The publisher change increases the possibility of a PC release. Earlier this summer Sony signalled it would limit PC releases of its first‑party titles to online multiplayer games and stop bringing single‑player, narrative‑driven titles to PC. Xbox leadership has said it will selectively restore console exclusivity for some games while continuing to bring many titles to PC.

PHYSINT was first revealed at Sony’s January 2024 State of Play. Since that reveal, there has been no gameplay footage or major updates released publicly. Neither PlayStation nor Kojima Productions has provided a detailed explanation for the split beyond the statements noted above.