Xbox Publishes Hideo Kojima's Physint After PlayStation Drops It
Microsoft’s Xbox takes over publishing duties for the upcoming horror game after Sony cancels its deal with creator Hideo Kojima.
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First reported by Variety, 5h 46m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
7 publishers have covered this in 8 articles since 10 Sept 2026. Variety published first, on 10 September at 02:34 UTC; RSS 2.0 followed 5h 47m later. The most recent article, from The A.V. Club, appeared on 11 September at 18:02 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Verge (major outlet), Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), RSS 2.0, NME, Hacker News, The A.V. Club.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Variety‘Death Stranding’ Creator Hideo Kojima’s Upcoming ‘Physint’ Moves From PlayStation to Xbox as New Publisher; TV and Film
- RSS 2.0Xbox swoops in to publish Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' after Sony dropped out
- The VergeXbox picks up Kojima’s Physint after PlayStation dropped it
- NMEHideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ cancelled by PlayStation, saved by Xbox
- Hacker NewsPlayStation cancels Kojima's PHYSINT, Xbox steps in
- The A.V. ClubHideo Kojima moves Physint to Xbox, seemingly breaks up with Sony
- Bloomberg TechnologyHideo Kojima's Physint Video Game Dropped by PlayStation, Goes to Xbox
- The A.V. ClubSony reportedly cut off Hideo Kojima's Physint for deadline and budget concerns
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Hideo Kojima's Physint Video Game Dropped by PlayStation, Goes to Xbox Bloomberg Technology ·
- Xbox picks up Kojima’s Physint after PlayStation dropped it The Verge ·
- ‘Death Stranding’ Creator Hideo Kojima’s Upcoming ‘Physint’ Moves From PlayStation to Xbox as New Publisher; TV and Film Variety ·
- Sony reportedly cut off Hideo Kojima's Physint for deadline and budget concerns The A.V. Club
- Hideo Kojima moves Physint to Xbox, seemingly breaks up with Sony The A.V. Club
- Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ cancelled by PlayStation, saved by Xbox NME
- Xbox swoops in to publish Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' after Sony dropped out RSS 2.0
- PlayStation cancels Kojima's PHYSINT, Xbox steps in Hacker News
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- Hideo Kojima
- Xbox
- PlayStation
- Sony
- Microsoft