Hideo Kojima says he was "opposed by everyone" when starting his own company eight years ago.
Hideo Kojima's OD: Everything we know so far
08.12.2023 - 13:51 / gamesradar.com / Hideo Kojima / Kojima Productions
Hideo Kojima's new game was unveiled at The Game Awards 2023. It's been a few years since the Kojima Productions partnership with Xbox Game Studios was first teased, and we now have a little more information. The game is called OD, and it sounds pretty damn strange. OD – or Overdose as it's also being called – is set to explore the true nature of fear, blurring the lines between a traditional video game and a movie experience – drawing in top talent from Hollywood, including beloved actors and Oscar winning writers.
There's still a lot we need to learn about OD, including more details on what form it will take, and how Kojima will be leveraging Microsoft's cloud gaming technology to make it all happen. Still, we have the first OD news for you below, as well as an in-engine reveal trailer which teases out the fidelity Kojima Productions is shooting for with Unreal Engine 5. So keep on reading to discover everything you need to know about Project Overdose.
At least when creative director Hideo Kojima was working on Metal Gear Solid games, you sort of knew what you were getting – cinematic stealth action. But as soon as he started to stretch into other franchises and new IP, his work became more difficult to anticipate. P.T. was a masterclass in looping psychological horror, Death Stranding, an oddly esoteric game about hiking through an apocalypse, and then there's OD.
Kojima himself has said that he is "creating a very unique, immersive, and totally new style of game – or rather, a new form of media." The first teaser trailer ends with a sting claiming that Overdose will be "for all the players and screamers." There's a lot to unravel here, so let's start with genre, as that's easier to figure out: OD will be a horror. Kojima Productions says that "OD explores the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear."
Okay, so that's a start. The studio also says that it will do this "while blurring the boundaries of gaming and film", which is where things start getting a little more complicated. At The Game Awards, Kojima reaffirmed that OD "is a game, don't get me wrong" but then went on to note that "at the same time, it's a movie; and at the same time, it's a new form of media." It sounds confusing is what it sounds like, which is likely why Academy Award winning filmmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us, Nope) has come on board to collaborate – one of "several talented storytellers involved in the project."
A very bizarre leak in 2022 wasn't all that helpful in figuring out what style of play we should anticipate here, I'd say that it will likely blend some degree of active and passive play – owing to the fact that Overdrive development is being driven through a partnership with
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