PlayStation has confirmed its decision to "step away" from the development of Physint, the new Metal Gear Solid-esque project from Kojima Productions that was announced a few years ago.
In a statement posted to social media, Sony explained: "After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to step away from collaborating with Kojima Productions on its project PHYSINT. We continue to have great admiration for Hideo Kojima's vision for the game."
The project is still in development, though, under a new publisher: Xbox.
Hideo Kojima took to social media to explain that rather than just stepping away from Physint, Sony had cancelled the project entirely in mid-June. In the three months since then, the developer has been searching for a new partner and found it in Xbox Game Studios.
"In the course of seeking advice and pursuing negotiations with people across many fields, we found in XBOX a partner with whom we share a common vision for the future, and we have decided to team up with them once again," explained Kojima. "Please rest assured that development of PHYSINT, our genre-defining action-espionage title, is ongoing and will continue moving forward."
The reason why Sony decided to step away from Physint and cancel development hasn't been shared.
Instead, the company simply added: "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."
Kojima Productions is also collaborating with Xbox Game Studios on OD, a more experimental horror game that's been knocking about for a few years now.
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