Game designer Hideo Kojima has been discussing his legacy of creating “experimental” games and has teased that the next horror project, overdoseIt will be “just as different.”
On Twitter today (January 4), Kojima wrote: “It seems that I have been recognized for creating games that go against the grain of the times, such as ‘hide and seek’ games in which you sneak into a building without being detected by the enemy, or ‘delivery games’ in which “Enjoy moving in an open world.”
He continued, noting that “the most experimental game was ‘defeat vampires outside your house’ using real sunlight around you,” referring to the Boktai games. These used a built-in sun sensor, which was necessary to play the first three Game Boy Advance games (although it was optional in the fourth title released for the Nintendo DS, called Lunar Knights).
“He faced fierce opposition from staff and even within the company,” Kojima said of the Boktai series. “In that sense, overdose It is just as different.”
We currently know very little about overdose, which was officially announced last month during The Game Awards 2023. It will star Sophia Lillis, Udo Kier, and Hunter Schaffer, but as of this writing it is unknown what their roles will be or how the game will play out. Filmmaker Jordan Peele is also working on the project.
Speaking on stage at The Game Awards, Kojima joked: “It’s a game, don’t get me wrong, it’s also a movie and at the same time a new form of media.”
overdose is being developed with Xbox Game Studios using their cloud gaming technology, but it has not been announced when we can expect its release.
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