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Kojima doubles down on PS5

Two upcoming games from Hideo Kojima coming to PlayStation
A little overwrought perhaps, but Sam’s relationship with his Bridge Baby was definitely a highlight of the first game.

“ Kojima announced a completely new stealth game, his first since the almighty Metal Gear Solid V.„

We’d assumed Hideo Kojima was all-in on Xbox after he spent five hours of his allotted stage time at last year’s Game Awards talking up the game he was making for that console. But then he appeared in Sony’s first State Of Play stream for 2024, and it couldn’t have been more of a Kojima love-fest unless Mads Mikkelsen had leapt out of a cake. We knew Death Stranding 2: On The Beach was well under way, but Kojima also announced a completely new stealth game, Project Physint, his first since the almighty Metal Gear Solid 5.

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