Kojima Productions says it’s still working with PlayStation after Xbox reveal

After yesterday’s announcement that Metallic Gear creator Hideo Kojima is engaged on a brand new recreation with Xbox Studios, his Kojima Productions studio has moved to reassure PlayStation gamers that it’s nonetheless working with Sony.

“After the announcement of our partnership with Microsoft utilizing the cloud know-how, many individuals have requested us about our collaboration with [Sony Interactive Entertainment],” the studio tweeted. “Please be assured that we proceed to have an excellent partnership with PlayStation as effectively.”

Certainly, it’s attainable that Kojima Productions is presently engaged on a PlayStation recreation alongside the Xbox venture. In a December 2021 interview with Japanese journal Famitsu (as reported by Siliconera), Kojima revealed that he was engaged on two video games — describing one as “huge” and the opposite as “new, difficult.”

The “new, difficult” recreation matches Kojima’s description of his seemingly far-off Xbox venture throughout yesterday’s Xbox and Bethesda Video games Showcase: “a totally new recreation that nobody has ever seen or skilled earlier than,” apparently enabled by Microsoft’s cloud know-how.

The “huge” recreation is likely to be a sequel to 2019’s Demise Stranding, which actor Norman Reedus just lately let slip was in improvement. Demise Stranding was co-published by Sony Interactive Leisure and stays a PlayStation console unique, although it additionally has a PC model.

Final week, leaker Tom Henderson additionally reported that he had seen a demo for a Kojima horror recreation known as Overdose, starring Demise Stranding’s Mama, Margaret Qualley. It’s not clear the place this venture may match into the image, whether it is in manufacturing.

Kojima’s signing with Xbox has been rumoured for some time, and marks a serious departure for the well-known creator. Earlier than the partnership with Sony on Demise Stranding, his Konami-published Metallic Gear Stable sequence at all times had a detailed affiliation with the PlayStation model, and sometimes premiered on Sony’s consoles.

So it’s not shocking that Kojima Productions would really feel the necessity to reassure PlayStation gamers that there hasn’t been a break on this relationship of 24 years’ standing. However in additional comments on Twitter, the studio additionally sought to underline its independence, its broad horizons, and its ambitions past video games.

“As an unbiased artistic studio, Kojima Productions will proceed pursuing work on creations for our followers. We’ll discover numerous potentialities with video games, motion pictures, and music by means of platforms that evolve with time and know-how. We stay up for your continued assist!”