by Hideo Kojima has signed a contract with talent agency WME to “control all that [he does]and “handling the exchanges with all the actors” he wants to work with, hinting that his next project might not even be a video game.
In an interview with Variety, Kojima admitted that while he had “personally” been able to make the links and connections he needed so far, it had become “hard to deal with it.” [his] That’s why he signed with WME’s “very powerful” team to “work with talented people from around the world and create something new.”
“I created Kojima Productions in the spirit of ‘digital entertainment’, but I don’t think it necessarily has to be a video game,” Kojima said. “We could create a new IP for a game, or an anime, or a movie, or something completely different. Anything is possible.
“I would like to collaborate with talented people from all over the world and create something new, with ‘digital’ being the key word. It could be a movie, a game or something completely different. Until then I can’t die! I want Don’t think I’m trying to do anything out of the ordinary!”
Kojima also emphasized that he considers his studio, Kojima Productions, an “indie.”
“We are Indies! Really! We never know when we will close. We are not supported by anyone. We do everything on our own, from creating concepts to production and even promotion and marketing. I think there are many studios like us.
“We can’t do mass production, so we don’t go public. I’m getting quite old, and that’s not always easy. But I create things because I want to. I run a company so I can keep creating. It’s not because I want to be in business. I didn’t necessarily want to start my own studio. I became independent so I can make what I want to make.”
Hideo Kojima dropped a bomb at the end of January and announced that – in addition to developing Death Stranding 2 – he would also return to the action-spy genre with Physint for PlayStation 5. The designer recently explained how a period of illness and surgery convinced him of “changing his priorities”.
