Xbox Will Publish PHYSINT Through Its Expanded Kojima Productions Partnership
A September 30 report says the agreement was priced substantially below Xbox's usual spend to develop a premium game and includes film and television rights, while Asha Sharma said Xbox can continue working with Sony.
Xbox will publish PHYSINT through an expanded partnership with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, adding a publishing role to its relationship with Hideo Kojima’s espionage project. Xbox announced the agreement on September 9, 2026, in an Xbox News announcement.
XBOX and KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS Expand Partnership to Publish PHYSINT
byu/cl– inpcgaming
First revealed as a PlayStation exclusive during the 2024 State of Play, PHYSINT continued after Sony canceled the project in June. KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS later said development was continuing with Asha and the Xbox team in its announcement. A cast reveal also named Charlee Fraser, Don Lee, and Minami Hamabe.
Xbox’s publishing role does not confirm that PHYSINT will launch on Xbox, and the September 9 announcement named no PC version. Xbox’s broader PC release pattern gives PC players a reason to keep an eye on the project, but a PC version remains unconfirmed. The announcement also offered no release date or window.
People close to the agreement told the New York Times it was priced substantially below what Xbox would typically spend to develop a premium game. The report gave no dollar figure and said the agreement includes film and television rights. Xbox and KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS had already described plans to develop new stories for those formats, but no specific productions were detailed.
Sharma laughed at the suggestion that she should apologize to Sony, said she was happy Kojima chose Xbox, and said the companies could continue working together. “Competition and collaboration can coexist,” she added.
Kojima described the agreement as an expansion of the companies’ relationship beyond OD, saying, “This expands our relationship with XBOX beyond OD,” and framed PHYSINT as part of KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS’ continued work in the action-espionage genre.
What do you make of Xbox adding publishing and screen rights to its PHYSINT partnership with Kojima Productions? Follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.
