{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fbe8165f9f603853b0fc5dc3","clusterId":"c_7330218e7aa2be9ed98deae8","slug":"kojima-s-physint-moves-to-xbox-after-playstation-ends-partnership","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kojima Productions Shifts PHYSINT From PlayStation to Xbox Partnership","summary":"Kojima Productions announced on September 10, 2026 that its new-generation action espionage game PHYSINT will be published in partnership with Xbox, ending its collaboration with PlayStation Studios. Hideo Kojima said Sony Interactive Entertainment notified him in mid-June 2026 that the in-production PHYSINT project would be canceled. Kojima wrote on X that PHYSINT is an important project for him and for Kojima Productions, so he spent about three months searching for a new partner and settled on Xbox, a party with whom he can share a vision for the future. The Xbox partnership expands on the existing collaboration behind OD, which is also set for Xbox Game Studios. Xbox division CEO Asha Sharma said Kojima's attitude of challenging conventional concepts is the kind of creativity Xbox wants to support. PlayStation Studios said it made the difficult decision to step away after careful consideration and continues to hold Kojima's vision for the game in deep respect. Release date and price for PHYSINT are undecided.","whyItMatters":"For a Kojima Productions title that PlayStation announced on its own State of Play stage, the publisher change puts the project under Xbox alongside OD and raises an open question about the Columbia Pictures tie-up mentioned at the original reveal, which sits inside the Sony Group.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eCast members named at the original reveal include Minami Hamabe, Korean actor Ma Dong-seok (Don Lee), and Charlee Fraser, who played Furiosa\u0026#39;s mother in \u0026#34;Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.\u0026#34; The game was first announced during a State of Play stream, pitched as a new-generation action espionage title that crosses the boundary between film and games, drawing on the roughly 30 years of espionage action experience Kojima built before it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKojima has said full-scale production would begin after DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH, which launched on PlayStation 5 in June 2025 and reached PC the following March. The DEATH STRANDING series has surpassed 27 million cumulative players, and the franchise is expanding into a live-action film with A24, the Hollywood co-produced feature anime DEATH STRANDING MOSQUITO, and the original anime series DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS, scheduled to stream on Disney+ in 2027. OD was announced in 2023 with Xbox Game Studios.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGame Spark notes the original PHYSINT reveal included a partnership with Columbia Pictures, which sits under the Sony Group, leaving the production structure there unclear. PlayStation\u0026#39;s statement thanked Kojima for \u0026#34;three years of creative collaboration that has led the industry and redefined genres\u0026#34; and said the bond between the two parties remains strong. Kojima closed his post with: \u0026#34;The next-generation \u0026#39;espionage action\u0026#39; game \u0026#39;PHYSINT\u0026#39; is continuing production, so please do not worry.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Sony canceled PHYSINT in mid-June 2026, so Hideo Kojima spent three months finding a new publisher. Xbox now backs both PHYSINT and OD, which makes the publisher switch a pattern, not a one-off.","twitterPost":"Sony canceled PHYSINT in June 2026. Hideo Kojima spent three months finding a new publisher and chose Xbox, which already backs OD.","threadsPost":"Hideo Kojima said Sony Interactive Entertainment told him in mid-June 2026 that PHYSINT would be canceled. He spent about three months finding a new partner and settled on Xbox, which already backs OD. Xbox now holds both of Kojima Productions' announced projects.","newsletterBlurb":"Kojima Productions will publish PHYSINT with Xbox, ending its PlayStation Studios collaboration. Kojima says SIE sent a cancellation notice for the in-production project in mid-June 2026, and he spent about three months finding a new partner. The Xbox deal extends the pair's existing work on OD.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2139796.html\",\"title\":\"Kojima Productions' New Game \\\"PHYSINT\\\" Moves from PlayStation to Xbox\"},{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/771/G077164/20260910013/\",\"title\":\"PlayStation Studios Announces Withdrawal from Collaboration on Hideo Kojima's New Espionage Action Game \\\"PHYSINT\\\"; Partnership Shifts from PlayStation to Xbox\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260910q\",\"title\":\"Publisher of SIE and Kojima Productions' New Action Game 'PHYSINT' to Change to 'Xbox Game Studios'\"},{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260910-466428/\",\"title\":\"Kojima Productions Tags Up with Xbox, Not PlayStation, for New Game PHYSINT After SIE Notice to Cancel the PHYSINT Project\"},{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156823\",\"title\":\"Hideo Kojima's \\\"PHYSINT\\\" to Be Developed in Partnership with Xbox; Espionage Action Game Starring Minami Hamabe and Others\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/10/172051.html\",\"title\":\"Hideo Kojima's New Game 'PHYSINT' Ends Partnership with PlayStation, Moves to Xbox Partnership Like 'OD'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":15541,"outputTokens":1637,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789010964,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T03:25:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T03:28:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T03:54:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7330218e7aa2be9ed98deae8","canonicalTitle":"小島秀夫監督新作『PHYSINT』PlayStationとの協力関係が解消…『OD』と同じくXBOXとパートナーシップへ","representativeArticleId":"a_ad097fae8bced1d286f33e3d","sourceCount":7,"writtenSourceCount":6,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"PHYSINT\",\"OD\"],\"studios\":[\"Kojima Productions\",\"Xbox Game Studios\",\"Sony Interactive Entertainment\",\"Microsoft\",\"Columbia Pictures\"],\"people\":[\"Hideo Kojima\"],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"written","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T02:49:54.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T04:10:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T04:16:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/771/G077164/20260910013/","title":"PlayStation Studios，小島秀夫氏の新作諜報アクション「PHYSINT」への協力から撤退すると発表。協力体制がPlayStationからXBOXへ移行"},{"source":"GAME Watch (Impress)","url":"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2139796.html","title":"コジマプロダクションの新作「PHYSINT」がプレイステーションからXBOXへ"},{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156823","title":"小島秀夫「PHYSINT」XBOXとタッグで開発へ　浜辺美波ら出演の諜報アクションゲーム"},{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260910-466428/","title":"コジマプロダクション、新作『PHYSINT』ではPlayStationではなくXBOXとタッグに。SIEの“『PHYSINT』プロジェクト中止”通達を受けて"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260910q","title":"SIEとコジマプロダクションの新作アクションゲーム『PHYSINT』パブリッシャーが「Xbox Game Studios」に変更へ"},{"source":"GameBusiness.jp","url":"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/09/10/27986.html","title":"小島秀夫監督新作『PHYSINT』PlayStationとの協力関係が解消…『OD』と同じくXBOXとパートナーシップへ"},{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/10/172051.html","title":"小島秀夫監督新作『PHYSINT』PlayStationとの協力関係が解消…『OD』と同じくXBOXとパートナーシップへ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["PHYSINT","OD"],"studios":["Kojima Productions","Xbox Game Studios","Sony Interactive Entertainment","Microsoft","Columbia Pictures"],"people":["Hideo Kojima"],"type":"business","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Kojima Productions announced on September 10, 2026 that PHYSINT will be published in partnership with Xbox, ending collaboration with PlayStation Studios.","Hideo Kojima said Sony Interactive Entertainment notified him in mid-June 2026 that the in-production PHYSINT project would be canceled.","Xbox division CEO Asha Sharma said Kojima's attitude of challenging conventional concepts is the kind of creativity Xbox wants to support.","PHYSINT has no release date or price set, and announced cast includes Minami Hamabe, Don Lee, and Charlee Fraser.","The Xbox partnership extends Kojima Productions' collaboration beyond OD, the new IP announced in 2023 with Xbox Game Studios."]}