Hideo Kojima’s OD: Release Date, Gameplay, And Everything We Know

With work on Dying Stranding 2: On the Seaside full, all eyes are on the following sport from Kojima Productions, OD. Also referred to as Overdose, OD is one in every of a number of video games from Hideo Kojima and his crew at Kojima Productions that we find out about, and it is being made in partnership with Xbox Sport Studios. Kojima has saved most particulars on OD below wraps, permitting the transient reveal trailer to do the speaking for him and get followers of his work speculating on what he is cooking up proper now. A number of different particulars on the sport have been revealed because it was first introduced throughout the 2023 version of The Sport Awards. This is a better have a look at all the things we find out about OD to this point.

When will OD be launched?

A launch date for OD hasn’t been revealed but, and we’re anticipating this sport to be in incubation for a number of extra years earlier than it sees the sunshine of day. Kojima, who’s now in his 60s, is keenly conscious that he can solely stay energetic in sport growth for so long as his physique and thoughts holds out, however the veteran developer has promised to remain inventive for so long as he’s bodily in a position to take action.

OD trailer

OD platforms

Since OD is a collaborative venture between Kojima Productions and Xbox Sport Studios, it is seemingly that we’ll see it launch first on PC and Xbox Collection X|S. The excellent news is that Microsoft has adopted a brand new multiplatform technique for its first-party releases, so it is attainable the sport will launch elsewhere, too.

OD story

Thus far, solely the teaser trailer embedded above exists for OD. In true Kojima vogue, it creates extra questions than it solutions because the video reveals off three characters from the sport as floating heads on a black background, all engaged in some top-notch appearing. What’s actually spectacular right here is that they’ve all been rendered in Unreal Engine 5 and enhanced with MetaHuman–Kojima Productions had beforehand used the Decima Engine for its Dying Stranding games–so you possibly can solely think about how spectacular issues will look when the sport ultimately arrives.

All through the trailer, the characters additionally recite a pangram, and there are a lot of opinions on what it means. Is it a veiled zinger referencing Kojima’s departure from Konami or simply pure gibberish? Who is aware of, however here is the quote in full:

OD gameplay

So what sort of a sport is OD? Kojima is not saying a lot, however he did point out in an interview that the core idea is “a bit dangerous” and that it is arduous to elucidate. “This can be a sport, nevertheless it’s a sport like no different. I can not go into an excessive amount of element, and it is also arduous to elucidate,” Kojima mentioned. “However it is a bit dangerous and a brand new problem for me throughout the realm of video games.”

To be truthful, Dying Stranding was additionally arduous to elucidate earlier than it was ultimately launched, because the third-person post-apocalyptic courier sport launched some wild concepts on the time. What we do know–thanks to the official synopsis–is that OD will probably be a horror sport of types and that it’ll function performances by actors Hunter Schafer, Sophia Lillis, and Udo Kier.

“A Hideo Kojima sport, OD explores the idea of testing your worry threshold, and what it means to OD on fear–while blurring the boundaries of gaming and movie,” the outline reads. We additionally know that Kojima is partnering with Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele for OD, who is aware of a factor or two about creating unnerving content material.

OD screens