Hideo Kojima has announced that his next project, PHYSINT, is no longer in partnership with PlayStation and will instead be released with rival platform Xbox.
Do you know how insane it is for Kojima to be this blunt about something like this?
Japanese people are very respectful, cordial, and largely avoid gossip in such a public way.
He’s always danced around the Konami stuff… but he came out on this IMMEDIATELY.
As confirmed earlier through our official channels, in mid-June of this year, we unexpectedly received notice from PlayStation Studios that they would cancel the PHYSINT project. PHYSINT is an important project both to me personally and to KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS. Determined to keep the project alive, we have spent the last three months searching tirelessly for a new partner. In the course of seeking advice and pursuing negotiations with people across many fields, we found in XBOX a partner with whom we share a common vision for the future, and we have decided to team up with them once again. Please rest assured that development of PHYSINT, our genre-defining action-espionage title, is ongoing and will continue moving forward.
PlayStation in 2026:
- End Destiny
- End physical gaming forever
- End porting exclusives to PC
- Completely lose Hideo Kojima
- Attempt to cancel Kojima's next Metal Gear franchise
- Kojima cuts ties entirely and goes to XBOX
- Force your single-player studios to make live service games
- Concord happens
- Proceed to cancel most of them, losing years of development time and billions of dollars
- Buy Bluepoint and have them make a live-service rather than remakes
- Close Bluepoint down before they release any games
- Start selling vertical stands separately rather than have them come with the console
- Console prices at an all-time high
Genuinely... what is going on at Sony. disaster after disaster, huge L after L. They were my favorite gaming company throughout the PS4 generation but genuinely, how do you lose EVERYONE this fast? Meanwhile, XBOX is taking full advantage of this and priming a major comeback next generation. A literal generational fumble happening at Sony.
Important updates:
News on physical discs for new games - https://t.co/BzZODXdWGY
News on PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita - https://t.co/ev3mN6wj14
Damn he just gave people the moral green light to celebrate when he kicks it.
People are going to be saving the screenshot of his reaction like a “get of jail free card” to say the wiiiildest shit.
It’s rare in life to know when a chapter is closing, but after 38 years at Microsoft, that moment has arrived for me. I’ve made the decision to retire and begin the next chapter of my life. It’s a milestone that’s given me a chance to reflect on the incredible journey I’ve been fortunate enough to share with so many of you.
Woke up this morning 68yrs old.. With thousands of HappyBirthday wishes from everyone.. You are so appreciated.. My wish is that ALL of you get to see as many years as I have and many more.. Trust me, the Game don’t stop… I’m just warming up! 💎
Only a boomer could find a billion dollars worth of unregistered gold bullion and his first instinct is to inform the FBI. And then act surprised when they steal it.
The Witcher 3's remaster changed the game in drastic ways that most never knew about.
It's been a while since the update released but if you haven't played it, it changed a TON more than CDPR actually listed and advertised in patch notes
Here are the highlights:
- Combat got a general re-balance across the board, enemies seem to die quicker in general but Geralt does as well. Death March is easier overall than it was before as a result of this though.
- Most NPCs have sleep schedules now (used to be only a few)
- There are new NPC models
- Geralt has new voice lines during combat, my favorite being: "Gonna hang your head on my saddle"
- Some NPCs speak with new dialogue as Geralt passes by them, they will even comment on certain quests you've completed now
- Fall damage has decreased significantly
- There is finally a fast travel signpost in the middle of Crow's Perch, near the smith.
- Roach can walk backwards
- Geralt now wields his sword at different angles (sometimes with both arms) depending on the enemy threat level
- Most NPCs will find shelter when it rains
- Geralt can now pet Roach by holding the jump button
- Geralt now gets blood on his face and body
- Sword-wielding NPCs now have scabbards
- Geralt's face looks paler
- The sails on the boats (that Geralt rides himself) now billow more naturally in the wind
- All hanging fabrics look better and flow more naturally in the wind
- If you double-click the call horse button whilst on top of Roach, she will rear or do hind leg kicks
- Trees no longer blow in the wind like metronomes
- It's not always windy now
- Rainy weather is actually rainy and cloudy now
- Chimney smoke in distant villages
- Some swords that Geralt receives or finds will now level scale with Geralt as he levels up, so you won't be told this is a legendary blade passed down to Geralt and then see its level 15 while you're level 35
- There are many stat changes to armour like the Wolven Armour, for example
- Roach will now lift her head up while riding through water
- Roach will react fearfully towards dead animals and dead monsters
- Geralt now does a herb-picking animation. Also, the herb looting window is no longer present
- Geralt has unlimited running stamina when outisde of combat.
- Geralt can switch between bombs in the radial menu
- If Geralt gets shot with an arrow, sometimes it stays stuck in his armour
- Enchanted blades always will show an engraving, even while on Geralt's back
- Many decoctions/potions have been reworked for balance and/or their explanation/descriptions are more thorough now.
- Guards are no longer almost impossible to defeat. They can now be slain.
- The 5-point skills within the character/skill branches have been reduced to 3 points.
- There are more guards patrolling the roads
- The oils that Geralt applies to his swords are much more visible now
- If Geralt is knocked out by guards, the guards will take some of his coin, instead of all his coin.
- The Novigrad crest is different from the Velen crest in the Quests menu
- Different regions’ maps have different color palettes
- All harbours now have names with added subtext
- There is more wildlife activity. More birds, frogs, etc.
- There are many added/fixed dialogues and dialogue choices during conversations
- Geralt's breath can be seen in cold weather
- Many events and world states that broke during or after quests have now been fixed. For example: After Dijkstra's bathhouse quest, there would be no NPCs in the bathhouse. Now the bathhouse is repopulated with NPCs after Dijkstra's quest.
It's insane that this was advertised as nothing more than a next-gen update with just new graphics and higher FPS plus one new quest, even the patch notes never listed any of these bigger changes. I am glad I finally am playing this remaster, its fantastic!