Kojima Productions' Physint Game Casts Bill Skarsgård in Lead Role
Bill Skarsgård will lead the action-espionage game as Kojima Productions shifts publishing to Xbox and says the project uses cutting-edge technology.
- On Thursday, Hideo Kojima announced during the XBox Tokyo Game Show 2026 stream that actor Bill Skarsgård will star as the lead in his upcoming action-espionage game, Physint.
- This casting news follows last week's announcement that Sony Interactive Entertainment would no longer publish Physint, with Xbox Game Studios taking over publishing duties for the project.
- Skarsgård joins a cast including Charlee Fraser, Don Lee, and Minami Hamabe for the project, which Kojima describes as the culmination of his 40-year career as a video game creator.
- Beyond Physint, Kojima stated that production on his horror game OD is "proceeding on schedule," while continuing collaboration with Xbox and filmmaker Jordan Peele.
- Kojima Productions released new key art featuring Skarsgård and Fraser, showcasing the visual direction as the team aims to set a new benchmark for the action-espionage genre.
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Playstation said no to Hideo Kojima's new big game. Now it's getting rid of Xbox – and a Swede gets the lead role. - I'm very happy to be able to confirm that the lead role in "Physint" is played by Bill Skarsgård, says Kojima according to IGN.
Bill Skarsgard to Star in Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ Video Game From Xbox
Bill Skarsgård will star as the lead in Hideo Kojima’s upcoming video game “Physint.” The casting news comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that “Physint” would now be published by Xbox after being scrapped at Kojima Productions’ longtime partner publisher, PlayStation. Currently, Kojima is also collaborating with Xbox on “OD,” an upcoming title made in partnership with Jordan Peele. For “Physint,” Skarsgård joins a cast that also i…
At the end of the Tokyo Game Show's Xbox conference, Hideo Kojima took the floor to update his projects.
Hideo Kojima talks about the development stages of OD and PHYSINT with Xbox
Hideo Kojima spoke on Xbox Broadcast as part of Tokyo Game Show 2026. In a 4-minute video, he talked about the new phase of cooperation with Microsoft. Last week, the Japanese game designer announced that Xbox would replace Playstation as a partner in the creation of PHYSINT. Now he’s shared some new details about two […]
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Bill Skarsgård will star as the lead in Hideo Kojima‘s upcoming action-espionage video game “Physint.” The casting news comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that “Physint” would now be published by Xbox after being scrapped at Kojima Productions’ longtime partner publisher, PlayStation. Kojima (the creator of the “Death Stranding” and “Metal Gear” video …
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