Footage of Hideo Kojima’s subsequent sport could have leaked in weird style | Engadget

For many individuals, the checklist of their most hotly anticipated video video games will embrace “whatever is working on.” If you are a kind of people, it’s possible you’ll have an interest to be taught {that a} video exhibiting the  auteur’s subsequent title appears to have leaked forward of a proper reveal from his studio, Kojima Productions.

The video, which has been faraway from Streamable for violating the platform’s phrases of service, exhibits a personality who appears to be like like Mama from Death Stranding. That character was performed by Maid and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor Margaret Qualley. The character proven right here navigates darkish corridors with the assistance of a flashlight whereas an ominous determine follows them. Eventually, somebody or somefactor catches as much as them. A sport over display is then proven, together with textual content studying “A Hideo Kojima Game” and “Overdose.”

Reporter Tom Henderson that the footage was the identical because the leaked video he described in June at . Kojima Productions seemingly requested him to take down the preliminary report — a request that Try Hard declined.

The presentation of the video is weird. The gameplay footage has a picture-in-picture view of an individual seemingly taking part in the sport, as if they’re a Twitch streamer. Text studying “camera player 1” seems on the high of the display, suggesting that that is from a playtest. The footage seems on a YouTube-style interface, indicating that it might have been saved on Google Drive. It will get stranger, as a result of somebody has filmed that footage offscreen. That model of the video is then performed on a pill, which, in accordance with a reasonably distinguished reflection on that display, is being filmed offscreen a second time by a shirtless particular person.

It’s all very uncommon. As  notes, there’s a minimum of a small likelihood that the footage is faux, although creating it will require a variety of effort from some prankster. Qualley’s character mannequin appears to be like identical to the one utilized in Death Stranding —which can point out that Overdose is a direct follow-up to Kojima’s final sport. It’s additionally odd to see the identify of a sport’s creator pop up throughout a sport over display, although that is possible work-in-progress footage (although it is not inconceivable to think about Kojima truly placing his identify on a sport over display). 

In any case, we could not have to attend an excessive amount of longer to realize extra readability as to what is going on on right here. Kojima has been his subsequent mission, and he is an everyday presence at The Game Awards, the subsequent version of which takes place in a month. Kojima is growing a sport , however a Death Stranding sequel is reportedly within the works too.

If the reviews and rumors maintain up, Overdose would be the first full horror sport from Kojima. The solely horror mission that the Metal Gear creator has launched so far is P.T., an notorious playable teaser . It was designed as a proof of idea for Silent Hills, amid Kojima’s acrimonious departure from Konami (which, coincidentally, ).

Meanwhile, Kojima that he’d obtained some “ridiculously high” provides for Kojima Productions. However, he has no plans to promote the corporate as he desires to retain inventive independence.