Kojima Says OD Should Arrive Without A Teaser As PHYSINT Plot Nears Completion
Kojima is treating secrecy as a release strategy for one game while confirming the other has a finished script, which tells readers where each project actually sits rather than what was marketed.
Key Facts
- Hideo Kojima discussed OD and PHYSINT on episode 36 of the radio program Kojima 10, which streamed on TBS Radio's official YouTube channel from 10:00 PM on October 5.
- Kojima said he wants to release the horror game OD without saying anything and does not want to put out a teaser either.
- Kojima said the plot for the espionage action game PHYSINT is already complete and that he wants to make it a spy action game with new elements.
- Bill Skarsgard has the lead role in PHYSINT, and Sofia Lillis is one of the stars of OD.
- Kojima said about 70 percent of the unannounced PHYSINT cast members are fans of his work.
Reporting from 3 sources: Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp, Game Spark.
Hideo Kojima discussed Kojima Productions' two announced titles, OD and PHYSINT, on episode 36 of the radio program Kojima 10, which streamed on TBS Radio's official YouTube channel from 10:00 PM on October 5. Kojima said he wants to release the horror game OD without saying anything and does not want to put out a teaser either. For the espionage action game PHYSINT, the plot is already complete, and Kojima said he wants to make a spy action game with new elements, a somewhat different one. Both games were announced earlier, OD in 2023 and PHYSINT in 2024. On casting, Kojima said the unannounced actors are all actors he loves, and that most of them like him too, adding that about 70 percent of the cast members are fans of his work.
Bill Skarsgard leads PHYSINT, and his casting came through a chain of personal connections. Woodkid, the composer for Death Stranding 2, introduced Skarsgard to Kojima after Skarsgard visited the studio.
Casting for OD followed the same pattern of referrals. Jordan Peele recommended Sofia Lillis to Kojima while he was struggling to find actors, and Norman Reedus helped with contacting Hunter Schafer.
On the broadcast, Kojima described PHYSINT as "a work that makes you feel the roots of the Metal Gear series unique to director Kojima's works," still in production with the aim of a new interactive experience. The partnership moved to Xbox in September 2026, and Kojima said of the change, "I caused you worry."
Counting from 1986, when he entered the game industry, this year is his 40th anniversary, and PHYSINT became an anniversary work without that being the plan.
Unannounced cast details were shared with TBS announcer Maoko Hibi and TBS Drama Production Department's Yohei Miyazaki on the condition they not say the names aloud. The two were left speechless by what they heard.
The episode also covered behind-the-scenes stories from Kojima's cameos in VIVANT and Zootopia 2, and the decision to hold Hidemis 2026.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.