Rumor: Kojima in Talks with Xbox to Publish Next Game - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 April 2021 / 1,988 Views
Kojima Productions' last game was 2019's Death Stranding for the PlayStation 4, with a release for PC in July 2020. The next game from Kojima might be an Xbox console exclusive, according to a report from VentureBeat writer Jeff Grubb.
Grubb says that Kojima has been in talks with Microsoft for Xbox to publish the studio's next game. This will be used as a way to grow Xbox in Japan as Microsoft wants to increase the popularity of Xbox in the country.
"Kojima is in talks with Microsoft about publishing his next game, according to a source familiar with the matter," said Grubb. "And yes, that statue on Phil Spencer’s shelf was referencing a potential deal with the legendary developer.
"I cannot confirm if Xbox closed the deal yet, but my understanding is that Kojima is the focus of a Microsoft plan to leverage Japanese talent."
And since /r/gamingleaksandrumors only reads the tweets: I do not know if the deal is closed. But Kojima would be a big focus for Xbox when it comes to leveraging Japanese dev talent. Phil was referencing this deal with the shelf statue thing.
— Jeff Grubb (@JeffGrubb) April 8, 2021
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It could be the episodic game that Google declined. An episodic horror game like The Dark Pictures Anthology, but good, and from Kojima, with a new episode every year would be absolutely perfect for GamePass.
I don't think this kind of episodic games can work well in general. Maybe the GamePass can help it somewhat, but I'd imagine people would like to play it in one go instead of cutting the experience short for each chapter.
not a realistic chance but hey theres a chance it might happen!
This Grubb's reply to a tweet about Abandoned and it not being a Kojima game was to say that Kojima's next game was being published by Xbox but they are 2 unrelated things. Kojima could well be making a game for Xbox, he could also be making 12 other games for all we know.
Please be a Crackdown reboot. Their powers could come from nano-machines.
Nah :)
Take it with a huge grain of salt.
