Xbox Saves Kojima's Physint From Being CANCELLED By PlayStation - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.10.26

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Today's gaming news stories include Physint jumps from PlayStation to Xbox. Nintendo announces a customer appreciation sale and a leaked rare prototype. We'll have all this and more, because this is Kinda Funny Games Daily.

What's up, everybody? Welcome back to Kinda Funny Games Daily for Thursday, September 10th, 2026 Of course, I'm your host Tim Gettys, and I'm joined for the very first time on Games Daily with Madeleine Stanley.

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This duo gets to do it. I'm very excited about that. What a day to have you all.

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There we go.

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We have six stories today.

Madeleine Stanley (1:26)

A baker's dozen.

Tim Gettys (1:28)

We got to jump right into it because this is one of them crazy ones, Madeline. Yes, I could have never seen this coming. Never bet on this coming, especially in this way.

But to give context to people, what we're talking about, Hideo Kojima's Physint has jumped from PlayStation to Xbox. After Kojima says Sony tried to cancel it. This comes from Chris Scullion at VGC. Hideo Kojima's upcoming stealth game, Physint, which was set to be published by PlayStation Studios will now be handled by Xbox. Kojima Productions and Sony Interactive Entertainment first announced Physint, which is described as a brand new original IP and a next generation action espionage game back in 2024 In a statement posted on X, Kojima said that Sony had told him it was canceling the game three months ago and he has since been trying to find a new partner to work with in order to keep it alive. As confirmed earlier through our official channels, in mid-June of this year, we unexpectedly received notice from PlayStation Studios that they would cancel the Physint project, he said. Physint is an important project both to me and to Kojima Productions. Determined to keep the project alive, we've spent the last three months searching tirelessly for a new partner. In the course of seeking advice and pursuing negotiations with people across many fields, we found an Xbox partner with whom we share a common vision for the future and we've decided to team up with them once again. Please rest assured the development of Physint, a genre-defining action espionage title, is ongoing and will continue moving forward. PlayStation also posted its own version of events on X, confirming that it had made the difficult decision to move away from the project, but not explaining why.

An update from PlayStation Studios. After careful consideration, we've made the difficult decision to step away from collaborating with Kojima Productions on its project, Physint, it said. We continue to have great admiration for Hideo Kojima's vision for the game. Our relationship remains strong after three decades of industry-leading, genre-defining, creative cooperation, and we look forward to continued close collaboration with Hideo Kojima and his award-winning independent studio in the future.

We'll see. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described the deal as a big moment for Xbox and added in an official statement, creators have choices about where and how they bring their ideas to life. We're honored that Kojima-san has chosen Xbox to work with Kojima Productions on Physint. His ambition to challenge conventions reflects the kind of creativity we want to support at Xbox. At the time of Physint's announcement, PlayStation Studio boss Herman Holtz appeared in a brief video message in which he reiterated his excitement for the game. We're not going to be sharing too many details today, but I can confirm the game is fueled by the same creative energy, the same ambition that has made the PlayStation and Kojima partnership so powerful over the past 30 years. He said, at the time.