Hideo Kojima thought up Physint when he became sick during the pandemic and "realised that a lot of people wanted me to make something like Metal Gear"

A photo showing a smiling Hideo Kojima standing in front of a Kojima Productions logo following the Physint reveal.

Out of all of the upcoming Hideo Kojima games, perhaps the most exciting one is the one we know the least about: the PS5 exclusive Physint. While the director says it's still another five or six years away, the game is set to be an "action-espionage game" – so basically a new Metal Gear Solid game sans the actual brand.

While Kojima strayed away from the genre with Death Stranding and is taking a wild step with OD – an upcoming horror game that's being made with director Jordan Peele for Xbox Game Studios – Physint marks a return to the style that put Kojima on the map. Speaking to Edge Magazine, he explained why he decided to return to the genre and finally make that Metal Gear spiritual successor.