Kojima Productions was founded a decade ago following its creator’s messy breakup with Japanese publisher Konami amid the release of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. To celebrate the occasion, Hideo Kojima hosted a “Beyond The Strand” livestream event surrounded by friends, artists, and industry figures. George Miller was there. So was Guillermo del Toro. And of course, Geoff Keighley. The showcase included updates on everything Kojima Productions is working on, from an Xbox horror game called OD to the casting for upcoming espionage thriller Physint. Here’s a speedrun of everything announced during the two-hour-plus event.
Kojima’s new horror game OD is real and has a terrifying first trailer
The wishy-washy collaboration with Xbox and filmmaker Jordan Peele announced at The Game Awards 2023 has finally started to take shape. The first three-minute trailer gives us our best sense yet of the upcoming horror thriller that is pitched as redefining the marriage between interactivity and storytelling. Will it be the true successor to P.T. fans have been waiting for? “Original IP is essential to our industry, so I’m thrilled that the development of OD is in full swing thanks to the talented team at Kojima Productions and their creative collaborators,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said. He promised development on OD is “well underway.”
Physint, which definitely isn’t the Metal Gear Solid 6 we never got, teases its cast
By all accounts a PS6 game at the rate things are going, Physint, Kojima’s upcoming stealth action thriller, nevertheless gave fans some news in the way of casting announcements, in-engine test footage, and a mysterious poster showing off the apparent main character, who bears a certain resemblance to Snake. The actors so far are Don Lee, Charlee Fraser, and Minami Hamabe, whose skin was the subject of an ultra-brief but hyper-detailed tech demo. Fans are already speculating about who will play the lead. Based on the poster and Kojima’s past musings, some are banking on it being Robert Pattinson.
Death Stranding: Mosquito is a new animated spin-off movie
The world of Death Stranding keeps expanding. Mosquito, which is the working title, joins the first two games and the live-action film in production by A24. The anime is being led by director Hiroshi Miyamoto (ABC Animation Studio) and writer Aaron Guzikowski, with Kojima producing. The first trailer is focused mostly on combat and the animation has lots of heavy linework and desaturated colors. I’m not sure how I feel about it yet.
The update on the Death Stranding movie is that there are no updates
Director Michael Sarnoski briefly appeared to remind fans that the live-action adaptation is still in the works, even if it sounds like everything has yet to be done. “We want to find all of that scope and all of those incredible real locations, but also find all of those nuanced characters and just do justice to this on a micro and macro scale,” he said. Sounds like they are still scouting locations and finalizing casting. Sarnoski did confirm, however, that the movie will feature new characters not from the original games.
Kojima is working with the Pokémon Go creators on an AR project
In another sign that the long-time developer is exhausted with the potential of traditional games, Kojima Productions will work with Niantic on bringing new forms of storytelling to the real world with geospatial AI tech. Notably this is Niantic Spatial, the tech spin-off that wasn’t sold to Saudi Arabia along with Pokémon Go. I guess connecting wasn’t a mistake after all.
Kojima is launching a credit card in 2026
Hideo Kojima has announced the Hideo Kojima Credit Card with MUFG bank. pic.twitter.com/aMMfuccZR7
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) September 23, 2025
Yup. Okay. Sure. Why not. It’s better than announcing a meme coin I guess.
And a personal brand of Sake
KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS 10th Anniversary Event
“Beyond The Strand” – Breaking NewsA collaboration product with the Japanese sake brand “Zaku” has been announced!#KojimaProductions #KJP10th pic.twitter.com/0QVceahEpt
— KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) September 23, 2025
The creator is partnering with Zaku for an alcohol deal. “To me, the details are key to creativity,” Kojima said. “If I create something and leave it behind after death, my body will be gone but what I’ve created will live on forever as a MEME. That’s my motivation.” Me too, Kojima. Me too.
