Physint release date estimate, gameplay, and latest news

When is the Physint release date? Hideo Kojima announced during a State of Play broadcast in early 2024 that Kojima Productions is working on an action-espionage game with PlayStation which promises to take players on "an exciting new adventure."

The original IP hasn't yet entered development, so details are scarce, but here's when we think we'll see Physint as well as information on the development process and gameplay. We've also got the latest news on Hideo Kojima's contender for one of the best PC games ever, following the release of Death Stranding 2.

The Physint release date will be in 2030 at the earliest, according to Hideo Kojima. "[Physint] will take me another five or six years," he said in an interview with Le Film Français in May 2025.

Now that the Death Stranding 2 release date has been and gone, Physint is officially in development at Kojima Productions. During the Sony State of Play in February 2024, Kojima expressed his hopes that Physint will be the "culmination" of his life's work following the 40th anniversary of his game production career.

Given Kojima's busy schedule working on Physint, the OD release date, and the Death Stranding movie, don't be surprised if we have to wait quite some time for gameplay footage and trailers. Physint is currently in the conceptual stage of development, and Kojima is currently working on it solo to lay down those foundations.

Physint gameplay

Despite being recently announced, we are yet to see any gameplay or even a glimpse at any concepts for the game. Kojima is obviously well-known for his work on the Metal Gear series, and claims that fans have been asking him "every day on social media" to create "another Metal Gear" or something similar in the action-espionage genre.

While we could theorize which of Kojima's previous games he's taken inspiration from for Physint, our imagination would run wild, as he's covered such a broad scope of genres. He does mention that Kojima Productions will be working closely with Sony to create an "interactive" game that could easily be mistaken for a movie.

By watching the video above with captions on if required, you'll hear how Kojima speaks about creating "a game and a movie at the same time" and claims that "If your mother comes in and sees you playing this game, she will think you're watching a movie." When asked if this means that Kojima Productions is making a new Metal Gear he hesitates before clarifying, "We're going to make a new action-espionage game in cooperation with Sony."

After becoming independent in 2015, Kojima says he wanted to create "something new" with his own IP and made Death Stranding and its upcoming sequel. Then, to "do something even newer" he moved to working on OD, which has given him plenty of new ideas. After falling ill in 2020, Kojima states that he was at his lowest and felt like he "couldn't go back" to making games. He made a u-turn, though, when he realised the "users want it so much", and began thinking about Physint.

After refusing many offers from Hollywood to make films, he claims to have spoken to Guillermo del Toro about his desire to make a movie but feeling as though Kojima Productions would "collapse" if he took the time off to do so. Del Toro, Kojima says, told him that Physint was "already a movie" and to "keep going."

With not even a glimpse at Physint so far, that's all of the information we have on Hideo Kojima's upcoming game. If you just can't get enough of all things Kojima, find out when we can expect Death Stranding 2 on PC, or check out our Metal Gear Solid Delta review to see if Konami's remake holds up.