Steel Gear and Demise Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has offered a year-end replace on his upcoming tasks, at the moment codenamed OD and Physint, and it feels like SAG strikes closely impacted each video games.
In a submit on social media platform X, Kojima says that in 2024, his studio Kojima Productions “developed [OD] and had actor and atmosphere scanning”, however that through the second half of the yr, “scanning and filming have been suspended as a result of SAG strike”.
Of Physint, Kojima says that “casting was additionally suspended” for the sport owing to the strike. It feels like Physint is at the moment loads earlier in growth than OD, which is sensible provided that the latter has an official trailer (albeit a short one) and the previous doesn’t.
In case you are not conscious, Kojima is probably going referring to the July SAG-AFTRA strike, which noticed voice actors and mocap artists happening strike after negotations relating to generative AI protections broke down.
The strike is technically nonetheless ongoing; at time of writing, no overarching settlement has been reached, though quite a lot of gaming corporations have signed agreements with SAG in an effort to shield its members from generative AI exploitation.
Certainly, in Kojima’s message, he says that he and his studio “hope to renew subsequent yr”, which evidently signifies that the filming, seize, and casting processes have not restarted for both OD or Physint.
Kojima additionally recaps the remainder of his yr within the message, in addition to offering an replace on the upcoming live-action Demise Stranding movie, which is being produced along side film manufacturing firm A24. He says preparations for the film, in addition to “different variations”, are underway.
Manufacturing additionally continues apace on the upcoming Demise Stranding 2: On the Seaside, which nonetheless does not have a launch date, though it is set to launch someday this yr.
Kojima’s message additionally comes just below two months after the shock Xbox launch of the unique Demise Stranding, which additionally noticed Kojima Productions buying the rights to the IP.