Hideo Kojima has revealed why he returned to Metal Gear-style stealth, espionage and action projects for his upcoming interactive game, Physint.

to speak Kojima Kojima Productions CEO and founder recently announced the decision to create and develop his next game with Sony Interactive Entertainment, and also discussed how he came to this joint decision with the studio and many other additional details, through a special video on the recently aired “HideoTube” program.

You can see a lot of details in the video, but Japanese site Gematsu highlighted some interesting and in-depth details related to other creators, such as Del Toro.

But at the moment, not many details about the project have been announced, except that production on the Physint game project will begin shortly after the development of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is complete, according to Kojima himself.

What is Kojima's Physint game project?

The broadcaster asked him Laugh Unai As to whether this means Kojima Productions will create a new game similar to Metal Gear, there was a response Kojima This was indirect, but it clarified the nature of the project, as he said:

“We will create a new spy game in cooperation with Sony, which will be a game and a movie at the same time. Sony does not only work in the field of games, but also in the field of movies and music. That is why we are dealing with Sony Pictures.”

Kojima also expressed the idea of creating the game by emphasizing that he needed to change his priorities a bit, and certainly still wanted to do new things, as he said, so he decided to create an action and espionage game again now.

continuous Kojima He said he always wanted to be independent and start something new using a completely new title of his own, and he challenged himself a lot through this work, he said, in addition to the insistence of the fans of the Metal Gear series for eight consecutive years and constantly asking him to develop a new game for this series, he said.

And the reason for its development and its relationship with MP Guillermo del Toro, Kojima spoke about Physint after realizing, after being infected by the epidemic and becoming seriously ill in 2020, that he needed to undergo surgery to save his life, that his life is limited and cannot include everything, and he should contribute to as much entertainment as possible as long as he still has time to do so.