Hideo Kojima gives update on OD and Physint during Xbox Tokyo Game Show broadcast on 17 September 2026

Kojima said OD is progressing “smoothly” and noted that earlier motion-capture and ADR sessions were paused by last year’s SAG-AFTRA strike.

For Physint, the biggest new development is that Xbox will publish the game; Xbox and Kojima Productions confirmed that partnership in an official announcement on 9 September 2026.

What happened

During the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast, Hideo Kojima said he wanted to focus on the partnership between Kojima Productions and Xbox. In that context, he gave an update on OD and Physint, two projects that have been in development at the studio for some time. The broadcast took place on 17 September 2026 and was presented by Xbox as its Tokyo Game Show stream.

On OD, Kojima said development is going smoothly. He also referred to last year’s production pause, when performance capture and ADR were temporarily halted because of the SAG-AFTRA strike. The source material explicitly links that pause to the strike, but does not provide further details on the exact length or scale of the interruption.

Physint has seen a clear shift in its publishing plans. Xbox and Kojima Productions announced on 9 September 2026 that Xbox will publish the game. In Kojima Productions’ official communication, the partnership is described as an expansion of its relationship with Xbox, and it is also said to extend beyond OD. Physint had previously been described as a PlayStation-exclusive action-espionage game, but Sony has reportedly since stepped away from the project.

Reporting on that earlier shift said Sony’s exit was tied to concerns about budget, profitability, exclusivity, and deadlines. In the source material, that remains a reported explanation rather than a direct public confirmation from Sony or Kojima Productions. Kojima also said he had spoken earlier this year in Richmond, California with Xbox boss Asha Sharma about the future of games and digital entertainment. The source describes that meeting as a broader discussion about the direction of games and digital entertainment, without further technical details or concrete product announcements.

The broadcast fits into a series of recent updates around Kojima Productions. On 9 September 2026, the new publishing partnership for Physint was officially announced, and on 17 September 2026 Kojima used the Xbox stage to expand on that direction. The source identifies OD and Physint as the two projects the studio is most focused on at the moment.

Background

OD and Physint are both in development at Kojima Productions, but their publishing plans differ. The official announcement on 9 September 2026 confirmed the partnership between Xbox and Kojima Productions around Physint. In the official context provided, that collaboration is described as an expansion of the relationship between the two sides, with a view beyond OD alone.

Physint is described in reporting as an action-espionage game. Bill Skarsgård is named as the lead actor, but the source material does not confirm any further details about his role in the game. The source summarising the Tokyo Game Show broadcast does explicitly name him as the lead actor, but offers no additional casting details, character information, or gameplay context.

The shift around Physint is also notable because the project was previously presented as a PlayStation-exclusive title. According to the reporting provided, Sony later stepped away, after which Xbox took over publishing. The cited reasons — budget, profitability, exclusivity, and deadlines — come from reported claims rather than a direct official statement from Sony. It is therefore important to distinguish between what has been officially confirmed and what has been reported.

OD remains a separate project within the same studio. Kojima tied the update to the earlier pause in motion capture and ADR, indicating that production has resumed after the strike. The source does not mention a release window, platform list, or new gameplay details for OD. For Physint as well, no release date, trailer, or concrete development milestone is given in the source material. The main new facts are therefore OD’s smooth progress, Physint’s publishing switch to Xbox, and the confirmation that Kojima Productions and Xbox are expanding their partnership.

Xbox’s YouTube broadcast mainly serves as the setting for the presentation in the source material. The video description refers to Kojima’s focus on the partnership with Xbox and to his conversation with Asha Sharma in Richmond, California, but it does not add any further substantive details about the games beyond what is already summarised in the article text and official announcement.

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Sources

• Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast, 17 September 2026
• Xbox and Kojima Productions announcement of 9 September 2026 about Physint
• Eurogamer report on Kojima’s update and the publishing plans for OD and Physint