Two Kojima Productions games were affected by the SAG-AFTRA strikes this year, with casting and filming suspended. As revealed by Hideo Kojima himself, recording for OD and casting for Physint were pushed back, as actors in the gaming industry strike for improved protections against generative AI.
As spotted by Insider Gaming, Kojima shared this in a tweet earlier today. Here, Kojima recounted the past 12 months in his professional life, giving us this insight into the development of OD, Physint, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and other projects that he has in the works.
"For OD, we developed the game and had actor and environment scanning," explains Kojima. "In the second half of the year, scanning and filming were suspended due to the SAG strike. Casting was also suspended for Physint due to the strike. We hope to resume next year."
We haven't heard much about Physint, but it was announced earlier this year. It will be an action espionage game and is being made alongside PlayStation.
That's a pretty hefty setback if filming and casting on OD and Physint respectively were set to take place at some point in the latter half of 2024. Neither game has...
