Hideo Kojima Reveals Debut Poster for PlayStation Exclusive Physint, First Cast Announcement

Hideo Kojima has discussed his upcoming PlayStation exclusive Physint during a Kojima Productions 10th Anniversary lawsuit successful Japan.

Speaking on-stage during the event, Kojima said improvement connected Physint was conscionable starting. Indeed, the legendary developer is moving connected the concepts by himself close now, making characters and reasoning astir casting. “It is conscionable the start,” helium said.

After a video connection of enactment from Herman Hulst, CEO, Studio Business Group, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Kojima described Physint arsenic the adjacent signifier tactical espionage enactment game. Kojima is of people celebrated for creating the Metal Gear franchise portion astatine Konami.

The tech underpinning Physint is adjacent much precocious than that powering Kojima’s Death Stranding games and upcoming Xbox Game Studios exclusive OD (whose debut trailer was revealed astatine the show), helium said, due to the fact that it’s owed retired aboriginal successful the future. No merchandise day oregon adjacent merchandise model was mentioned, but from what Kojima said, it’s OD adjacent for Kojima Productions, past Physint, truthful it whitethorn beryllium immoderate clip earlier we spot thing meaningful connected the project.

Kojima did tease the main quality of the crippled via the archetypal poster for Physint, below. It doesn’t archer america much, arsenic it’s hard to marque retired adjacent their face. We don’t cognize who’s playing the main character, either (expect a casting announcement astatine immoderate constituent successful the future, Kojima said). We bash person the tagline "here comes the feeling," though who knows what that means astatine this stage?

The debut poster for Physint. Image credit: Kojima Productions.

Kojima did corroborate 3 actors acceptable to look successful Physint, however, each of whom delivered a video connection expressing their excitement. Charlee Fraser, who played Mary Jabassa successful Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is successful the game, though we don’t cognize which quality she’s playing. Also successful the crippled are Don Lee, who played Gilgamesh successful the Marvel movie Eternals, and Japanese histrion Minami Hamabe, who played Noriko Ōishi successful Godzilla Minus One.

Kojima ended his Physint conception with a changeable of Hamabe successful CG form, showing disconnected conscionable however realistic the visuals are expected to be. We inactive don't cognize which crippled motor Kojima Productions is utilizing for Physint.

In May, Kojima said Physint was inactive "another 5 oregon six years" distant from release, suggesting a motorboat successful 2030 astatine the earliest, perchance connected PlayStation 6. Kojima told Le Film Francais that his aspirations to nonstop a movie were connected clasp astatine slightest until helium had finished processing his archetypal enactment espionage crippled since helium precise publically parted ways with Konami successful 2015. Hulst announced Physint backmost successful January 2024, but since then, quality has been sparse.

That’s each we person for present connected Physint. Check retired everything announced during the Kojima Productions livestream for more.

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