On the 23rd of September 2025, Kojima Productions held a special 10th anniversary Livestream to celebrate A decade of the studio’s existence (Which also means it has been 10 years since he left Konami – how time flies) and the man Hideo Kojima took to the stage himself to present a fresh new look at PHYSINT. Until today, not much was known about PHYSINT as when it was first announced at the January 31st State of Play 2024, it’s title and genre of game were only announced: an “action espionage” type of game. It didn’t take a genius to figure out this was going to be a spiritual successor to his acclaimed Metal Gear Solid Series.
So, what do we know about PHYSINT?
During the 10th Anniversary Live Stream, Hideo dropped some more information such as the games logo, select cast and cover art. Which you can view below:
For fans of Mad Max: Furiosa or Anyone But you, Yes that is Actress / Model Charlee Fraser. Most will recognise actor Ma Dong-Seok (aka, Don Lee) from Marvel’s Eternals and last but not least is Minami Hamabe, a hugely successful Japanese Actress (You won’t know her unless you watch Japanese stuff!)
PHYSINT Cover Art
This one is interesting, as clearly they are obscuring the face enough of the main character so you don’t know who it is and we won’t find out until Kojima Productions is good and ready (Unless someone tweets something by mistake like Norman Reedus and the existence of Death Stranding 2!)
PHYSINT Logo
Now this is where things get interesting. Hideo Kojima is known for giving hints in his promotional material and if you look closely you can see that “PHYSINT” is not all one word. It is broken down into “PH” / “Y” / “SINT”.
Now, the “PH” and “Y” could mean anything, but with “sint” there are only a few dozen words containing those letters. Such words like: “disintegration” & “Misinterpreted” – random words of course, but if you look into the more obscure words you find:
MASINT
“an acronym for Measurement and Signature Intelligence, is a specialized branch of intelligence gathering focused on collecting and analyzing technical sensor data to detect, identify, and characterize targets and events.” – Intelligence Gathering in an espionage game you say?
SINTAGMA
“…refers to a linguistic unit, a sequence of words or other elements that combine to form a larger structure, like a phrase, clause, or sentence. The term also has a broader meaning in linguistics and semiotics, referring to the arrangement of elements in the surface structure of a text, as opposed to the paradigmatic relationships (choices of elements).” – Hideo Has a history with linguistics being a central tone in mgs5. Could SINT be related to this?
One man show
Hideo claims to be the only one working on this game at this minute (As he is also working on the horror game “OD”) so don’t start counting the days until this games release. It is believed to be coming out in 2029ish (likely) as it is also believed to be a PlayStation 6 game.