PlayStation Dropped Physint Over Multiple Factors, Including Budget
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Photo: Generated with AI at Gemini Hideo Kojima found a new ally to keep one of his most anticipated projects alive. Physint, the action and espionage game originally announced in collaboration with PlayStation, will continue its development now alongside Xbox after Sony decided to withdraw from the project. The news marks an unexpected turn for the title with which Kojima Productions seeks to return to the spy genre that made the Japanese creat…
PlayStation closes Physint funding in June 2026 and Kojima Productions transfers the spy project to Xbox
PlayStation Dropped Physint Over Multiple Factors, Including Budget
Last week, we saw the breakdown of the partnership between Kojima Productions and PlayStation over the former’s upcoming game, Physint. According to Hideo Kojima, the platform owner cancelled the game abruptly back in June, leading to Kojima having to scramble to find a new publisher before Xbox took that role. Now, Bloomberg reports that the […]
Sony has ended the collaboration with Kojima Productions and Hideo Kojima – and this could have far-reaching consequences for the new project called Physint. Nevertheless, the future of the espionage action title should be secured.
The separation from Sony costs Kojima Productions access to the Decima Engine for the new action espionage project "Physint", which is now being developed with Xbox.
Sony is reportedly considering canceling PHYSINT and moving it to Xbox due to its ballooning development budget. The departure of PHYSINT, the action espionage game created by Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions from PlayStation to its competitor, Xbox, is a hot topic that continues to be discussed in the community. Kojima announced that Sony would discontinue development of the game, which is so closely associated with PlayStation, about three …
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