Hideo Kojima’s OD: Launch Date, Gameplay, And The whole lot We Know

With work on Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside full, all eyes are on the following recreation from Kojima Productions, OD. Also called Overdose, OD is one among a number of video games from Hideo Kojima and his staff at Kojima Productions that we learn about, and it is being made in partnership with Xbox Recreation Studios. Kojima has stored most particulars on OD below wraps, permitting the transient reveal trailer to do the speaking for him and get followers of his work speculating on what he is cooking up proper now. Just a few different particulars on the sport have been revealed because it was first introduced through the 2023 version of The Recreation Awards. Here is a better have a look at every part we learn about OD up to now.

When will OD be launched?

A launch date for OD hasn’t been revealed but, and we’re anticipating this recreation to be in incubation for a couple of extra years earlier than it sees the sunshine of day. Kojima, who’s now in his 60s, is keenly conscious that he can solely stay energetic in recreation improvement for so long as his physique and thoughts holds out, however the veteran developer has promised to remain inventive for so long as he’s bodily in a position to take action.

OD trailer

New Teaser Trailer

Probably the most substantial glimpse of the sport was shared throughout a Kojima Productions live-stream in September 2025. Within the new teaser trailer, OD’s backstory is shared in glimpses of redacted textual content that increase extra questions than solutions. From there, the video follows Sophia Lillis’ character because the occasions unfold from her first-person perspective.

We don’t get sufficient from this video to be taught who Lillis is enjoying or why she accepts enigmatic directions once they’re despatched below the door. Issues get actually creepy and play up the P.T. vibes when Lillis’ character lights some candles. After more and more disturbing visions, one thing or somebody creeps up behind her. The younger girl appears terrified earlier than she’s grabbed, however she doesn’t try to flee.

There Might Be a Ghost within the Recreation

The particular nature of OD’s story or the supernatural features have but to be disclosed. Nevertheless, Kojima has revealed that he tried to scan a room in a haunted location with an actual ghost.

“For OD, I need to go round, everywhere in the world the place [there] are scary form of locations,” Kojima stated at the Past the Strand occasion. “I need to scan a ghost for the primary time and I need to get an award for that.”

By way of translator, Kojima instructed viewers that creepy crackling noises within the studio have been heard after they scanned the ghost room. Simply to verify the spook didn’t observe them residence, Kojima and firm visited a shrine.

“Possibly the ghost was there, however she’s not there anymore,” associated Kojima. “However anyhow, and that is why we went to the shrine along with Microsoft to make it possible for we’ve a secure construct of the sport.”

Casting Replace

German actor–and one of some performers confirmed for OD-Udo Kier handed away this yr. Kojima eulogized the actor after listening to about his demise, and revealed that they’d deliberate to reunite in early 2026 to movie extra scenes for OD.

“I am confused,” wrote Kojima. “All of it occurred far too immediately. Due to the strike, we weren’t capable of shoot OD for a very long time, and we have been pressured to reschedule to subsequent yr. Even throughout that point, Udo and I exchanged emails steadily. We stayed in shut contact. Once we met in Milan on the finish of September, he instructed me how a lot he was wanting ahead to the shoot beginning up once more subsequent yr.”

It’s unknown if Kojima will retain these new scenes or if he’ll use one other performer to step in for Kier.

OD platforms

Since OD is a collaborative venture between Kojima Productions and Xbox Recreation Studios, it is probably that we’ll see it launch first on PC and Xbox Collection X|S. The excellent news is that Microsoft has adopted a brand new multiplatform technique for its first-party releases, so it is potential the sport will launch elsewhere, too.

OD story

Thus far, solely the teaser trailer embedded above exists for OD. In true Kojima vogue, it creates extra questions than it solutions because the video reveals off three characters from the sport as floating heads on a black background, all engaged in some top-notch appearing. What’s actually spectacular right here is that they’ve all been rendered in Unreal Engine 5 and enhanced with MetaHuman–Kojima Productions had beforehand used the Decima Engine for its Loss of life Stranding games–so you’ll be able to solely think about how spectacular issues will look when the sport finally arrives.

All through the trailer, the characters additionally recite a pangram, and there are a lot of opinions on what it means. Is it a veiled zinger referencing Kojima’s departure from Konami or simply pure gibberish? Who is aware of, however this is the quote in full:

OD gameplay

So what sort of a recreation is OD? Kojima is not saying a lot, however he did point out in an interview that the core idea is “a bit dangerous” and that it is exhausting to elucidate. “It is a recreation, nevertheless it’s a recreation like no different. I am unable to go into an excessive amount of element, and it is also exhausting to elucidate,” Kojima stated. “However it’s kind of dangerous and a brand new problem for me inside the realm of video games.”

To be truthful, Loss of life Stranding was additionally exhausting to elucidate earlier than it was finally launched, because the third-person post-apocalyptic courier recreation launched some wild concepts on the time. What we do know–due to the official synopsis–is that OD might be a horror recreation of types and that it’ll function performances by actors Hunter Schafer, Sophia Lillis, and Udo Kier.

“A Hideo Kojima recreation, OD explores the idea of testing your worry threshold, and what it means to OD on fear–while blurring the boundaries of gaming and movie,” the outline reads. We additionally know that Kojima is partnering with Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele for OD, who is aware of a factor or two about creating unnerving content material.

OD screens