[UPDATE] Hideo Kojima Hints At Working On Two Upcoming Games

Hideo Kojima ended up tweeting his 2022 plans a week after the release of the Famitsu’s New Year’s ambitions feature, only this time he’s clarified some of what he may be working on. Kojima posted this tweet on January 1. He said, “This is the year that I am going to begin a new work and go to the next level in experimentation with a revolutionary project. Also, I hope to start the video team. Maybe I’ll do a radio show.

Hideo appears to have four major projects at different stages of development. He appears to have two games, or at the very least, games-related, in his “new work,” and the “radical projects” which he is developing more. However, the other two are in the audio and video space. I can imagine the Metal Gear director enjoying the chance to work there. These plans will likely be announced again in the next few months. I can’t wait to see what kind of ideas Kojima has cooking that he considers “radical.” 

You can read the tweet below and catch a glimpse at some potentially new artwork featuring the phrase “From Sapiens to Ludens,” referencing Kojima Production’s mascot.

Original Story 12-28-21:Hideo Kojima, director of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, has some new projects in development. SiliconEra‘s report referencing a New Year’s interview with Famitsu. 

Not a lot is said about the substance of Kojima’s projects, but he mentions he is working on both a “big” title and a “new challenging” project. Differentiating that second title as “new” may imply a fresh IP for Kojima Productions, while the other could be something the studio is already familiar with. It will be interesting to see if that is the case.

Kojima also stressed the want to create media outside of the confines of gaming, which falls in line with Kojima Productions’ recent opening of a new business division focused on developing TV and film projects. 

Famitsu’s column includes interviews with 127 game developers looking forward to 2022 and their aspirations for the upcoming year. Other industry luminaries you can find in there include Koei Tecmo Games’ Fumihiko Yasuda, Capcom’s Takayuki Nakayama, and Yoshinori Kitase of Square Enix.