Xbox picks up Kojima’s Physint after PlayStation dropped it

<figure> <img alt="Promo image for Kojima Productions game Physint, published by Xbox" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Xbox / Kojima Productions" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/physint-kojima-xbox-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Xbox will now publish <em>Physint</em>, an upcoming game from <em>Metal Gear </em>creator Hideo Kojima, after PlayStation decided to cancel it. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The unexpected swap came in a flurry of announcements from <a href="https://x.com/PlayStation/status/2097875212427735146">PlayStation</a>, <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/09/xbox-and-kojima-productions-expand-partnership-to-publish-physint/">Xbox</a>, <a href="https://x.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/2097876258151710811">Kojima Productions</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/2097877506401681753">Kojima himself</a>. Sony, which published both of Kojima Productions' previous <em>Death Stranding</em> games, framed it as a "difficult decision to step away from collaborating with Kojima Productions," but insisted their "relationship remains strong."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kojima put things more bluntly on his personal X account, claiming that Sony gave the studio an unexpected cancellation notice in June, and that it has spent the last three mont …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/993205/physint-hideo-kojima-sony-playstation-microsoft-xbox">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>