One Xbox project that remains shrouded in mystery is the team's upcoming collaboration with Kojima Productions, of course headed up by famous developer Hideo Kojima. We know it's coming, we know it involves 'the cloud' in some fashion, but beyond that we've been largely left in the dark so far.
As you'd expect, the team at Xbox should know a lot more than we do, especially following a recent visit to Kojima Productions HQ. Xbox exec Aaron Greenberg has posted about this visit, which happens to be the publishing team's first visit to Kojima's offices.
This is great to see, especially when it comes to reassuring us all that this project is still moving forward. However, it's perhaps best not to expect this game to launch very soon. Greenberg says this visit will "kick-off an exciting journey ahead", hinting that plenty of development is still needed to bring Kojima's Xbox project to life.
That's fine by us - when you get Kojima on board for something you give him the time he and his team needs to build something great. In the meantime we'd love one of those Xbox meets Kojima Productions hoodies though - they look amazing!
Are you excited for what Kojima will bring to Xbox? Let us know your thoughts on the project down below.
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While playing Death Stranding I had a feeling Kojima had a ambition of creating a unified open world which he lacked the instrument. Although Death Stranding isn't what I expected Kojima to deliver he was most likely amazed by Asobo's recreation of the entire world with the help of Microsoft and Azure. Let's hope he can blow us away like MSFS did couple years back. But then again I hope it doesn't again become another Scalebound. Cautiously optimistic.
Love what I’ve seen of overdose…looks pretty unique - like a mix of ‘her story/yelling lies’ and silent hill. Only playing from the perspective of a half naked Hasan Kahraman. Hopefully we won’t have to wait years.
@Tonmoy Kojima himself has stated that the 'technology' hasn't been there before to realise his ambition, however, the Cloud (something 'Google' was supposed to provide) could allow him to create the Game he envisioned without being limited on 'Storage' capacity (not ideal if you want to make a 'large' game with lots of unique assets, you can't fit on Disc, take too much space on internal storage etc. Let alone any 'potential' benefits you could include - like Cloud powered AI, Physics etc.
Anyway, we shall see. I must admit, I am NOT a fan of Kojima's games at all and never understood the high esteem he has. As such, I am not overly interested in this project - at least not until I have a much clearer understanding of the 'Game' he is building, the Game-play loop, the setting, the story etc...
As for Xbox Publishing, I know it often gets 'overlooked', but could be MS's 'secret' weapon - offering to Publish devs games, promising to reach 'millions' via Game Pass etc, means that 3rd Party devs have a 'Publisher' for games they are 'passionate' about developing - IO Interactives 'Fantasy' game is likely to be a result of Xbox Publishing, as is Contraband too by Avalanche Studios
I'm more glad that Microsoft is willing to pay to get another high profile Japanese dev like Kojima Productions to produce content for Xbox. Hopefully there willing to fork out for more in the Asian market.
@BAMozzy Actually I never understood a single story of his games. But what an amazing game play MGS5 had. It becomes dull and boring though after sometimes. As I had faced with Death Stranding. So that's why I'm cautiously optimistic. And about Xbox Publishing is really an amazing endeavor from Xbox like you mentioned. We've seen some high quality projects under this banner like Cuphead, Ori series and so much more. I love Xbox about this. I hope so many indie and even AAA developers can go out of their comfort zone to try something new. Otherwise we would be stuck with endless remake, remasters and sequels.
kick off? thought we've been talking about this for a few years ha
This project is getting teased a lot and I just have this feeling it is going to be some avant-garde art piece that isn't really fun to play but maybe innovates game design. I have very low expectations though, so maybe it will be a pleasant surprise.
I'd love to see Death Stranding come to Xbox. Kojima has a history of doing things his way because he has vision. The DS franchise could easily be expanded into an endless game with cloud gaming. Cloud offers so many options not available to standard console games.
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