OD Suffers Delay Amid Actor Strike

Hideo Kojima’s Xbox-backed project, OD, is facing some development struggles due to an ongoing SAG strike. The strike started in July and continues to happen, with only some game companies signing agreements able to continue production.

On Twitter, Kojima shared an overview of 2024, addressing the status of two of his highly-anticipated projects; the Xbox-backed OD and Sony-backed Physint. While both remain in development, it seems the former managed to move faster, with actor and environment scanning done and filming halted midway through the year.

Thank you for all your support in 2024. It was a year full of many things: DS2 development, the release of our second trailer, ADR for the actors, music production and recording, Japanese voice recording. In the summer, we started to play and build up the game. We were also able… pic.twitter.com/rozzqtCsPH

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) December 31, 2024

Kojima states that he hopes to get the ball rolling again in 2025, though, it’s unclear how he hopes to do this. It’s possible a deal is being made with SAG behind closed doors that might breathe life into the project again, but only time will tell.

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