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What We Know and What We Don't - Version 1 vs Version 2
Sep 12, 2026, 02:31 PM
Initial version (2026-09-12)
Sep 12, 2026, 02:32 PM
Updated internal link states after new pages were added (2026-09-12)
11PHYSINT is a pre-production game with a very small public record, so a single page listing what has actually been confirmed and what has not is more useful than a set of thin topic pages. Everything below was checked on 2026-09-12.22Two rules govern this page. Every absence is an absence on that date, and nothing more: first-party silence is not a denial, and an item moving off the second table is expected rather than surprising. And nothing from Metal Gear, from OD, or from Death Stranding counts as a PHYSINT fact here, however often the three are discussed together.44Confirmed66ItemWhat is confirmedFirst confirmedDeveloperKojima Productions Co., Ltd., an independent studio founded in Tokyo on 16 December 201531 January 2024Creative leadHideo Kojima, Game Creator and Founder of the studio31 January 2024GenreAction-espionage, the studio's own term, used again in the September 2026 statements. Widely classified as stealth31 January 2024Original IPA new original IP, described at announcement as "a brand new, original IP"31 January 2024Title statusA working title. Japanese material writes it with the provisional marker 仮2024Production planPreparations underway at announcement, with full production to start after Death Stranding 2: On the Beach31 January 2024CastCharlee Fraser, Ma Dong-seok and Minami Hamabe, roles undisclosed23 September 2025Key visualOne poster showing the main character with the face not shown, revealed at Beyond The Strand23 September 2025Former publisherSony Interactive Entertainment, from announcement until a cancellation notice in mid-June 202610 September 2026PublisherXbox, announced with statements from both companies. See Publisher History9 September 2026Development stateDescribed as still early in September 2025 and as ongoing in September 2026. See Development Status10 September 202688Never Announced99Each line below is a confirmed absence as of 2026-09-12, not a claim about what the answer will be.1111ItemStatusPlatformsNever announced by Kojima Productions, by Xbox, or by Sony Interactive Entertainment, in either the Sony era or the Xbox eraStore listingNone exists on any storefrontRelease date, year or windowNever announcedGame engineNever revealed. The 2025 character model was described as output from an engine that had yet to be shownPremise, setting and plotNever disclosed. Nothing has been said about where or when the game takes placeFactions and locationsNever disclosedCharacter namesNone disclosed. The one character shown in the key visual has no published nameCast rolesNo role and no story function has been disclosed for any of the three announced actorsGameplayNo gameplay footage has ever been shown. All eight public assets are announcement videos, casting videos, a poster and a character model still. See Media and AssetsComposer and staff creditsNone beyond Hideo Kojima himselfExclusivity termsNever stated by any party, in either directionSubscription or day one availabilityNot mentioned in any statementSingle player or multiplayerNever stated. The game has never been described as single player by any first-party sourceEditions, pre-orders and priceNothing announcedOfficial websiteNo PHYSINT website or domain exists. The studio site carries the announcement but no product page for the gameReason for the change of publisherNever given by any of the three parties involved1313Claims That Circulate Without First-Party Backing1414These turn up regularly. None of them has a first-party statement behind it, and none of them should be written as a PHYSINT fact.1616ClaimStatus as of 2026-09-12A specific platform line-upNot announced. Published commentary has already asserted platforms, in at least one case in a headline. That is inference from the identity of the publisher. No party has announced a platformAn expansion of what the title PHYSINT stands forThe studio has never explained the title. The expansion in circulation has no first-party statement behind itA named existing game engineThe engine has never been revealed. Named engines in circulation are circumstantial guessesA release around the end of the decadeArithmetic performed on a May 2025 remark about remaining work, which predates the June 2026 cancellation and the gap after it. Never a release windowSingle playerNever stated by anyonePlatform exclusivity, timed or permanentNever stated by anyone, in either direction. A different Kojima Productions game was a timed exclusive; that is a different gameA film studio attached to the projectNot confirmed. A 2024 reading of the announcement video was hedged when it was made and was tied to the Sony arrangement, which ended in 2026Details taken from leaked documentsLeaked or reported material that no party has confirmed describes documents, not shipped content, and is not documented here1818What Is Not PHYSINT1919Three bodies of work are routinely discussed alongside PHYSINT. None of them is PHYSINT content, and material from them does not belong on these pages.2121SubjectRelationship to PHYSINTMetal GearOwned by Konami, which has no involvement in PHYSINT. Commentary calling PHYSINT a spiritual successor is about Kojima's career, not about shared characters, factions, systems, hardware or plot. None of that series belongs hereODA separate Kojima Productions project, also published by Xbox. The September 2026 announcement described the PHYSINT arrangement as expanding the relationship "beyond OD"Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2: On the BeachA different Kojima Productions series. Death Stranding 2 appears in PHYSINT statements only because it set the production schedule2323The genre framing, including the spiritual successor commentary and what it does and does not imply, is discussed on Genre and Influences. Kojima's own statements are collected on Hideo Kojima on PHYSINT.2424Maintaining This Page2626This is a dated snapshot, not a standing verdict. Every negative on it should be re-checked against first-party sources rather than carried forward with a new date attached, because an absence verified on 2026-09-12 says nothing about any later date. The chronology it summarises is on Announcement and Reveal History.
