Kojima Says OD And Physint Were Impacted By Strike

Game designer Hideo Kojima Updates provided About the games he’s developing include Death Stranding 2: Beach, OD, and Physint. Starting with the latter two, both have been affected by the SAG-AFTRA strike against video game actors, which began in July 2024 and is still ongoing.

For OD, which was developed in partnership with Microsoft and Xbox, Kojima said his team “developed the game” and scanned the environment and the actors themselves. However, due to the strike, scanning and shooting of OD was suspended. Regarding “Physint” being published by Sony, Kojima said that casting work has been suspended due to the strike. “We hope to be able to recover [in 2025],” Kojima said.

As for Death Stranding 2, Kojima said, “We started playing and building the game.” He added that his team handled the music production and recording, and provided ADR for the actors.

It is understood that games developed before September 2023 and ongoing live games are not affected by the strike. This may explain why OD and Physint were affected, but Death Stranding 2 was not.

OD will star actors Sofia Lillis, Hunter Schaeffer and Udo Keele, and Oscar-winning director Jordan Peele will co-write the script. Meanwhile, the cast of Physint is currently unknown. Meanwhile, Death Stranding 2 stars Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, Troy Baker, Elle Fanning and other celebrities.

this The strike began at 12:01 a.m. on July 26. This is the first time SAG-AFTRA video game actors have gone on strike since 2016 The shutdown lasted about a year.

SAG-AFTRA had been negotiating with game publishers such as Warner Bros., Activision, Disney and others for about two years before the strike. The key sticking point appears to be the regulation of generative AI technologies.

In addition to games, Kojima said preparations and planning for the Death Stranding movie and “other adaptations” of Kojima games are ongoing. When Physint was announced, Kojima also confirmed a partnership with Sony Columbia Pictures, so it looks like a Physint movie may be in the works as well.

Hideo Kojima attended the Game Awards in December 2024, but There are no announcements to share.