Update: We can put the rumour about Kojima Productions being acquired by Sony to bed, as Hideo Kojima has taken to Twitter to apologise for the misunderstanding and confirm the studio will remain independent moving forward.
Original story: We haven't heard anything about the long-rumoured Xbox project from Hideo Kojima since mid-2021, but speaking on his Grubbsnax podcast today, GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb indicated the deal still appears to be going ahead.
As transcribed by VGC, Grubb mentioned that even though (rocky) speculation is currently circulating that Sony might acquire Kojima Productions, he believes that as of "a couple of weeks ago", the Kojima Xbox project was still on:
“This isn’t based on the information I had last year, this is more recent than that. This is still on. Does this mean that PlayStation couldn’t have acquired Kojima Productions? Not necessarily”.
Before today, the most recent bit of information Grubb had provided about the partnership was that Kojima and Xbox had apparently signed a "letter of intent" to work on the unknown game, calling it a "key step in the negotiations between the Metal Gear Solid creator and the Xbox company."
We're still very much in the dark about what's going on between Hideo Kojima and Xbox, but we're excited! It doesn't seem like there's anything much to read into the Sony and Kojima Productions speculation, and Grubb has repeatedly shared details about this Xbox partnership before, so let's hope it indeed does come to fruition.
What are your thoughts on this? Excited for it? Let us know down in the comments below.
[source twitch.tv, via videogameschronicle.com]
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I hope he stays multi-plat, despite his last outing.
Just waiting for all the Sony fans too tell us how overrated he is.
@suikoden am I a playstation fan if I’d say he’s overrated? I like all consoles and my favorite console maker doesn’t even make consoles anymore sadly (sega) and I’m fully multiplatform. But I’ve never been a fan of his games and think they’re not as good as people say they are. I like kojima as a person tho, funny guy, knows how to bait and mislead people in really funny ways.
Used to make me cringe how much people where up his arse....case in point mgs v scoring all them 10s simply because of kojima.....it was not a good game..
Oddly enough though I have found that Death Stranding has been my favourite PlayStation exclusive ....let's just say don't believe the hype about the most of ps exclusives...they are not essential...but Death Stranding was definitely one of the good ones for me(different)...can't see myself returning to Horizon forbidden West...that was some boring generic stuff
@darkswabber
No it doesn't , it's just the fanboys who will say he's overrated and had his day if this is true but it's when it was death stranding he was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I love the Metal Gear series and I get excited for a Kojima game but having played Death Stranding the next one has to be better for me.
Give me any game Kojima makes on any platform he makes it on. As a producer, there is none better in the field than Mr. Kojima, in my opinion. Death Stranding is my favorite game of all time, with PT and realistically any MGS game not far behind it.
Dudes, stop believing Grubb lol
This won't happen, most likely! Anything that man says I laugh and ignore
I said it before, and I am saying it again. Kojima is the most overrated person in gaming history. The guy is simply mediocre. The Metal Gear series are incoherent and incohesive. Most characters and situations are nonsensical. WTF did Kojima made and has that God-like status? His scripts are bad according to even the lowest screenwriting standards, his cinematic direction is silly according to cinematography and his game design is just all over the place. And btw, Death Stranding is the most boring and idiotic game in history. I have better time playing AC Unity before the bugs. I am sure I would have a better time if someone beat me to death with a baseball bat.
That said, people seem to like him, for some reason. So I really hope he will make an exclusive xbox game so more people will relaize how much better the xbox experience is.
@TutaKachun yeah I didn't get metal gear solid one bit the story's all over the place & all the characters have stupid names
As divisive as it is for some, I love the MGS series but must admit the last game saw the series loose it’s lustre for me - especially when they got rid of David Hayter and replaced him with a dull performance from kiefer Sutherland. I personally didn’t like death stranding much either, so I do find it hard to get excited about Kojima’s next project. I wouldn’t be that upset if the Sony acquisition rumours turned out to be true tbh. Each to their own though 😊
@Kooky_Daisuke Exactly. I wouldn't try death stranding for free. It's basically a walking sim with a movie kojima usually loves to create.
MGS5 has superb gameplay. The story could have been finished and the open world could have been better, but it's a very good game.
@StylesT Weird how DS is the least liked AAA ps sony exclusive.
or is it Days Gone?
If MS is working with Kojima I hope it found a way to also get Konami in a deal and that we get a real MGS 5.
@uptownsoul Think they’re probably just trolling you and want to see you and your friends cry 🤷🏻
Death stranding was good for awhile…but like most kojima games (I find) it out stayed its welcome.
I’m really hoping this rumoured Xbox game, that’s also rumoured to be taking advantage of the cloud, is more in the vain of PT. And…episodic. Would be awesome to have a weekly episode release in game format to real take advantage of the subscription model. And by using the cloud you could really do some inventive stuff (todays news on news papers lying around, somebody whispering your own name ect).
If Sony do buy them though I’ll just play the games on my ps5 (though I’d rather not have to shell out £70 for them)
@uptownsoul it's common knowledge that xbox fanboys hate every exclusive game sony has but love every game sony doesn't have. Same goes for games sony has first, just watch when kena Bridge of spirits comes to xbox, it will be put down just like Death stranding gets labelled as trash, but if kojima makes a game for xbox it will be "game of the year" material. Same recently with Bugsnax, Nintendo players seem like they want to play the game, yet on various xbox sites it's trash.
So yeah have to get used to that.
If Sony buys kojima, they'll go bankrupt in a year and have a fancy title screen to show for it...
I'm a PlayStation fan and I think Kojima is overrated by far.... MGS was the last iconic game he made.
@UltimateOtaku91 Bugsnax really is kinda trash tho... It's cute, the world concept is fun. The gameplay is insipid, and quest management/navigation is offensive. If it were a game pass game the PS fanboys would be harping on quantity over quality, budget indies nobody wants to play, etc etc. I WANT to like it... But...eh..
@Kooky_Daisuke
Ya, Kojima was great with MGS, Death Stranding was not great at all.
@UltimateOtaku91 played Bugsnax on PS5, it is trash
@NEStalgia @Sakai IGN gave it 8/10, euro gamer 4/5, pushsqaure 7/10 and metacritic is at 75% for the ps5 version and 79% for the ps4 version so I wouldn't say its overall trash. If it was a AAA game then yeah I'd be worried but it's not its from a small indie dev who created a unique game. Though if you have honestly played it then your entitled to your own opinion.
@UltimateOtaku91 I’ve honestly played bugsnax…it’s trash. Best thing about it was the theme song- which is awesome and now stuck in my head.
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