Hideo Kojima would be in for a horror game called Overdose and first details have been leaked. So is it the famous cloud gaming project for Xbox or an exclusive launch for PS VR 2?
After Silent Hills’ cancellation, will Hideo Kojima finally get a chance to work on a horror game? It seems so and the project would not be from yesterday if we cross the rumors.
Hideo Kojima on the horror game Overdose.
In an article for Try hard guides
From the first images he could hold his hands on, there would be a young woman in a blue dress… who would be imperson ated Margaret Qualley
Henderson describes a character walking down dark hallways with a flashlight in hand. The game would have a view in third person, but it could also be played in subjective point of view
The video would end with a “GAMEOVER” warning message, followed by “A Hideo Kojima Game” and “Overdose”.
A first leaked logo?
The image below appears to be a capture from the video in question.
Nothing interesting ? Yes, Tom Henderson quoted a Twitter member The Snitch, who tweeted Overdose using the same symbol. Note that the account has been recreated with a questionable banner, that of Abandoned, which is not a Kojima Productions production. A secondary Tom Henderson account to distill information unnoticed?
An exclusive Xbox cloud gaming or PS5 / PS VR 2?
Is this Kojima Productions’ smallest “edgy” project? Rumored Xbox cloud gaming exclusivity? That’s one of the possibilities, especially since Hideo Kojima has been denied a horror game by Stadia in the past. It’s also a technology that the creator has been interested in for some time.
On the other hand, the mixture of first-person and third-person perspectives suggests that it could be a PS VR 2 horror title, in collaboration with director Celine Tricart. What do the two have in common? She was recognized for her work in VR…
Death Stranding 2 spin-off or not, Overdose could premiere at Summer Game Fest 2022.