Hideo Kojima's mysterious new horror game "OD" was officially unveiled at the 10th anniversary event of Kojima Studio last month.The trailer released at the event stars actress Sophia Lillis. The picture is weird and the atmosphere is oppressive, which is impressive.It is reported that "OD" is an "anthology" horror work, in which director Jordan Peele and others will also participate.
As a collaborative project between Kojima and Xbox, "OD" will be published by Microsoft.Unlike in the past where it was just financial support, this time Microsoft seems to be more "personally involved".
In an interview with Famitsu, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer revealed that Xbox Game Studios is working closely with Kojima Productions and provides substantial support in both gameplay design and technical development.It is worth mentioning that the previous Xbox first-party game "Hellblade 2" also received strong assistance from the same studio "Gears of War" developer The Coalition, who is an Unreal 5 engine expert.
Spencer said: "Kojima Productions and Xbox Studios maintain very close collaboration on both gameplay and technical levels."
He added that the way Microsoft supports its projects will vary from game to game, and in "OD", the Xbox team is assisting Kojima Productions in optimizing the implementation of Unreal 5 because they have extensive experience in this area.
Spencer also mentioned that Hideo Kojima told him that he wanted OD to be "a really scary game."He himself is very satisfied with the progress of the project and praised the trailer he saw at the anniversary event as "extremely high quality."
However, the release date of "OD" has not yet been determined.Due to the 2023 American Actors Guild strike, game development was once affected.Spencer emphasized that the two parties are currently working closely together and the production work is in full progress.
It is worth mentioning that Xbox has been repeatedly criticized in recent years for its lack of participation in first-party game development, and some AMD engineers even pointed out its lack of technical support.This time Microsoft personally invested in the development of Kojima's new work "OD", which is also regarded as an important signal that Xbox is gradually changing its strategy and strengthening its own game production capabilities.
