Kojima Describes the Zoom Call That Nearly Ended His Studio
Hideo Kojima has spoken publicly for the first time about the change of publishing partner for Physint, and the story …
Physint news
This section collects all the news around Physint. You will find details on how Sony called Hideo Kojima to a Zoom meeting in June 2025 to announce it was ending funding for the game, how Kojima was so stunned that he does not remember most of the call, and how he kept the news from his staff for three days. We cover his fears of having to let go of the Physint developers or seeing the studio collapse, the bank loan Kojima Productions took out to get going after Death Stranding, and the fact that the studio had only two projects at the time – OD for Xbox and Physint for PlayStation. There is also coverage of Kojima proposing a new IP spanning films, anime, series and comics instead of a standard game pitch, the very positive reaction from Xbox, his partner on OD, and the offer of technical and marketing support plus a shared vision for a bigger IP. You will also read that a smaller team stayed on Physint while most staff moved to OD, that Kojima Productions describes itself as healthy and profitable with good relations with PlayStation, and Bloomberg’s report citing missed deadlines, budget problems and the alleged commercial underperformance of Death Stranding.