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Kojima Productions Teams With Niantic Spatial on Real-World AR Game Revealed at Anniversary Event

The collaboration uses Niantic Spatial’s “living model of the world” to anchor narrative play in everyday places.

Overview

  • The partnership was announced during Kojima Productions’ Beyond the Strand 10th‑anniversary livestream and introduced with a live‑action teaser titled A New Dawn.
  • The trailer’s “move beyond the screen” tagline points to outdoor, real‑world play centered on a player’s surroundings.
  • Niantic Spatial’s geospatial AI will scan physical objects to make them interactive, with footage indicating support for smartphones and AR glasses.
  • Hideo Kojima framed the concept as freeing games from screens and likened it to a real‑world Death Stranding that connects people and their environment.
  • No title or release window was disclosed, and specifics remain under wraps as Niantic Spatial focuses on geospatial AI following the sale of Niantic’s game division to Scopely.