{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0f25306b30e842684ce5b7de","clusterId":"c_3f3a4243a307df2b811fc53a","slug":"kojima-posts-photo-from-sony-city-after-physint-pullout","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kojima Posts Photo From Sony City After PHYSINT Pullout","summary":"Hideo Kojima posted a photo with the caption \"I visited Sony City,\" which Game Spark reads as pointing to the NBF Osaki Building that houses Sony City Osaki. The post drew roughly 14,000 likes in Japan and 41,000 overseas. In September 2026, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced it was ending its partnership with Kojima Productions on the espionage game PHYSINT.","whyItMatters":"The photo lands weeks after Sony ended the PHYSINT partnership, so the visit is the first public signal of how the two sides stand now.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe photo showed a building rather than a person, which is unusual for a Kojima post. Judging by the exterior, the location is likely the NBF Osaki Building, home to Sony City Osaki, a main Sony Group office.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKojima Productions and Sony have a long working history: Death Stranding arrived in 2019, followed by Death Stranding 2: On the Beach in 2025, both PlayStation-first releases. PHYSINT was announced at State of Play in 2024, with cast announced in 2025, before SIE ended the partnership in September 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kojima posted \"I visited Sony City,\" with a photo of the building. It pulls 14,000 likes in Japan and 41,000 overseas, weeks after SIE ended the PHYSINT partnership with Kojima Productions.","twitterPost":"Kojima posted a photo captioned \"I visited Sony City.\" The building looks like NBF Osaki Building, home to Sony City Osaki. It comes weeks after SIE ended the PHYSINT partnership.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Hideo Kojima posted a photo captioned \"I visited Sony City,\" likely the NBF Osaki Building that houses Sony City Osaki, and it drew 14,000 likes in Japan and 41,000 overseas. In September 2026, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced it was ending its partnership on the espionage game PHYSINT. Kojima Productions and Sony previously worked together on Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/14/173570.html\",\"title\":\"Kojima Says \\\"I Visited Sony City\\\" - Posts Photo Suggesting Strong Relationship Continues After PHYSINT Withdrawal! [Next to Hideo]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4704,"outputTokens":586,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791934633,"createdAt":"2026-10-13T23:32:08.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T23:36:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T23:36:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3f3a4243a307df2b811fc53a","canonicalTitle":"小島監督「ソニー・シティにお邪魔しました」―『PHYSINT』撤退後も続く強固な関係を思わせる写真を投稿！【となりのヒデオ】","representativeArticleId":"a_779cb29ba9e9299e83046a1b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Physint\"],\"studios\":[\"Kojima Productions\",\"Sony Interactive Entertainment\"],\"people\":[\"Hideo Kojima\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-13T22:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-13T22:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T23:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/14/173570.html","title":"小島監督「ソニー・シティにお邪魔しました」―『PHYSINT』撤退後も続く強固な関係を思わせる写真を投稿！【となりのヒデオ】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Physint"],"studios":["Kojima Productions","Sony Interactive Entertainment"],"people":["Hideo Kojima"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}