Kojima Productions puts all its eggs in Microsoft’s basket as the latter takes over publishing for PHYSINT

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to go to bed early as roughly around 10:30pm ET on September 9th 2026, PlayStation released a statement indicating they have decided to step away from working with Kojima Productions on their upcoming stealth action title, PHYSINT. Shortly after, both Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions took it upon themselves to release statements confirming the shocking news and an even more shocking silver lining.

Per Kojima’s own statement, Sony approached the studio with their intent to cancel the title in mid-June of this year, forcing the auteur game creator scrambling to find a partner in hopes of keeping the game alive. That partner would end up being Xbox, an entity they already have a working relationship with via the development of the horror title OD. Certainly this decision will give those upset with Sony and the PlayStation brand another bullet to put into their chamber as well as allowing the Microsoft faithful another release to heap praise upon Xbox CEO Asha Sharma.

I’m sure this news will be dissected for years to come, hopefully we’ll get the full story from the parties involved, but if it is anything like Kojima’s previous corporate departure…the truth will never truly be revealed.

It looks like PHYSINT will be coming to an Xbox on an undisclosed date…what a wild phrase that was to type.