Xbox Game Studios skal nu udgive Physint fra Kojima Productions

Xbox Game Studios har annonceret, at de vil "expand deres partnership" med Kojima Productions "beyond OD" og udgive action-espionage-thrilleren Physint. Spillet er tidligere blevet kædet tæt sammen med PlayStation Studios, med de lader til at være ude af billedet igen - hvad det kommer til at betyde på den annoncerede PlayStation 5 udgave af spillet, ved vi ikke.

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.

- Asha Sharma, CEO, Xbox

Xbox Game Studios har kunngjort at de vil «utvide samarbeidet» med Kojima Productions «utover OD» og gi ut spion- og actionthrilleren Physint. Spillet har tidligere vært nært knyttet til PlayStation Studios, men de ser nå ut til å være ute av bildet igjen: hva dette vil bety for den annonserte PlayStation 5-versjonen av spillet, er foreløpig ukjent.

Som Xbox-sjef Asha Sharma forklarte: «Skaperne har valg om hvor og hvordan de skal realisere ideene sine. Vi er beæret over at Kojima-san har valgt XBOX for å samarbeide med Kojima Productions om Physint. Hans ambisjon om å utfordre konvensjonene gjenspeiler den typen kreativitet vi ønsker å støtte hos XBOX.»

I tillegg til arbeidet med «OD» og nå « Physint, vil Xbox Game Studios og Kojima Productions også samarbeide om filmprosjekter og TV-serier «for å bringe nye historier til et bredere publikum».

Hva synes du om denne ganske overraskende utviklingen rundt « Physint?

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Xbox Game Studios hat angekündigt, seine Partnerschaft mit Kojima Productions "über OD hinaus auszubauen" und den Action-Spionage-Thriller Physint zu veröffentlichen. Das Spiel war zuvor eng mit PlayStation Studios verbunden, doch diese scheinen nun wieder aus dem Spiel zu sein: Was das für die angekündigte PlayStation-5-Version des Spiels bedeuten wird, bleibt unbekannt.

Wie Xbox-CEO Asha Sharma erklärte: "Schöpfer haben die Wahl, wo und wie sie ihre Ideen zum Leben erwecken. Wir fühlen uns geehrt, dass Kojima-san XBOX ausgewählt hat, um mit Kojima Productions an Physint zusammenzuarbeiten. Sein Ehrgeiz, Konventionen herauszufordern, spiegelt die Art von Kreativität wider, die wir bei XBOX unterstützen wollen."

Neben ihrer Arbeit an OD und jetzt Physint werden Xbox Game Studios und Kojima Productions auch an Filmprojekten und TV-Serien zusammenarbeiten, "um neue Geschichten einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich zu machen".

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