Kojima Productions, the studio helmed by auteur and famed cardboard field fanatic Hideo Kojima, has lastly given us our first glimpse of gameplay for the horror sport OD. Developed in collaboration with Get Out and Us director Jordan Peele, ODis being billed as a very distinctive expertise that Kojima expects to divide gamers. It’s additionally going to leverage Microsoft’s cloud gaming tech in methods we’re not but conscious of, with Xbox Recreation Studios publishing the sport.
Within the new simply over three-minute trailer entitled "Knock", we see first-person gameplay footage of the participant character (performed by a ludicrously photorealistic Sophia Lillis) anxiously lighting a sequence of candles, a number of of which have infants on them, as a result of Kojima. Within the background we hear a really ominous knocking sound, with the trailer ending as Lillis’ character is grabbed by somebody (or one thing) who doesn’t seem like particularly pleasant.
Should you have been lucky sufficient to play P.T., the playable (and tragically now not accessible) teaser for Kojima and Guillermo del Toro’s cancelled Silent Hill sport, you’ll know that the Metallic Gearcreator clearly understands tips on how to craft terrifying horror experiences. From what we’ve seen up to now, it appears just like the spirit of P.T. a minimum of lives on in OD.
It’s been a busy day for Kojima and his studio, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this yr and has up to now solely launched Loss of life Stranding video games. At Kojima Productions’ "Past the Strand" occasion it was additionally introduced that the studio is partnering with Niantic Spatial to develop what seems to be some sort of AR expertise that brings Kojima’s "iconic storytelling into the true world." Whether or not meaning you’ll be able to at some point anticipate to come across a digital Norman Reedus making an attempt to regular his wobbling backpack in your solution to the grocery retailer stays unclear, however Kojima Productions says the collaboration represents a "daring enlargement into new types of media past conventional gaming."
And if all of that wasn't sufficient, Kojima Productions is additionally teaming up with Mitsubishi UFJ Monetary Group on a brand new bank card. It seemingly features like a daily previous bank card that can be added to your cellphone, however you’ll be able to accumulate reward factors that may be spent on Kojima Productions merch and different gadgets. Don’t get too excited except you reside in Japan, although, because it doesn’t seem like the Kojima-branded bank card might be making its solution to our shores when it launches subsequent yr.
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