Xbox Game Studios Takes Over Publishing Hideo Kojima's Physint Action Espionage Game

Kojima: SIE slated game for cancelation in June, studio spent 3 months finding new partner

What we know

Image via Kojima Productions' X/Twitter account ©Kojima Productions

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced on Wednesday that it will no longer publish Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions ' Physint action espionage game . On the same day, Microsoft 's Xbox Game Studios announced that it is taking over publishing for the game.

Kojima elaborated on his X/Twitter account on the same day that he got a notice from SIE in mid-June earlier this year that SIE was canceling Physint . Kojima and his game studio spent the last three months searching for a new partner for the game project, eventually landing on Xbox Game Studios.

Our opinion

The update gives this project a clear reason to stay on the radar, but a trailer or business announcement is still a promise rather than proof. The next useful test is whether the finished work delivers something more substantial than a good headline.