One of Hideo Kojima’s next projects is on the horizon and it will be on PlayStation 5. At least that’s what we can deduce from a new image on his Twitter account.
Hideo Kojima assured him, he will multiply the projects in 2022 with his studio Kojima Productions. And in the lot, there could well be a PS5 game as a tweet from the Japanese creator proves.
Hideo Kojima and Sony go hand in hand for a PS5 game
An image can sometimes say a lot, but this time, not sure it’s intentional. A few hours ago, Hideo Kojima, father of the Metal Gear and Death Stranding saga, published a snapshot that reveals a state-of-the-art installation to supervise performance capture sessions remotely and without any latency. This equipment is MADO, a teleconferencing technology from Sony.
Black screens, but still? A sharp-eyed Internet user detected a PS5 development kit at the far right of the photo. And as seen with the zoomed image, the kit is well connected, therefore suggesting that it is used during these sessions.
Last December, Hideo Kojima’s art director Yoji Shinkawa was already photographed with a PlayStation 5 dev kit in the background. A portrait deleted in stride. Developers do not have the right to immortalize this type of equipment in a clear way.
Another element that tends to prove the creation of a new PS5 game: the premises borrowed by Hideo Kojima for the performance capture. This is again VASG (Visual Arts Service Group), the Sony Interactive Entertainment structure used by PlayStation Studios.
Death Stranding 2, KJP’s big secret AAA?
If the track of a project with PlayStation seems acquired, what will be its nature? We would rather lean towards Death Stranding 2, which would be in negotiation according to Norman Reedus. Inconceivable? No. Sales were there and Hideo Kojima never closed the door, on the contrary. He had stated that for it to become a genre, it would take several sequels but that if it did, he would start from scratch. It’s vague but we can think that the deliveries and the trekking would not be the heart of the experience anymore.
A new title around the character of Heartman played by Nicolas Winding Refn? Hideo Kojima has spoken numerous times with the director of Drive in recent months. In the game, Heartman’s heart stops every 21 minutes and he wanders in the world of the dead for 3 minutes. There may be a concept to dig into there… especially since Kojima-san really appreciated 12 minutes, the indie software that explored the idea of a time loop.
In the other projects of the Japanese developer, there is also talk of an xCloud game which may not see the light of day anytime soon. A PSVR 2 game is also not to be excluded, especially since Hideo Kojima would have had his development kit …