Video Games
Hideo Kojima Announces Partnership With Xbox Game Studios for Next Title [Video]
The rumour regarding Kojima and Microsoft has turned out to be true. Kojima himself made the news official yesterday during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 that Kojima Productions and Xbox Games Studios have partnered for Kojima’s next project.
In a video message, Kojima confirmed that this new game is one that he has “always wanted to make.” Kojima stated that the title will be a “completely new game, one that no one has ever experienced or seen before.”
Kojima hinted that his new title will take advantage of Microsoft’s cloud technology. “It may take some time, but I’m looking forward to teaming up with Xbox Game Studios and hope to bring you some exciting news in the future! Thank you!”
As for just what this new game is, that remains to be seen. However, given the rumour that surfaced last week regarding Kojima’s horror game known as Overdose, we may be seeing something very soon.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.