Overview
- Hideo Kojima, who spoke on Monday, said the game's plot is written but the full script and principal performance filming have not yet been completed.
- Kojima confirmed that Bill Skarsgård, Charlee Fraser and Minami Hamabe have finished actor scans and camera tests while Don Lee has not yet been scanned.
- PHYSINT moved from Sony to Xbox after Sony stopped funding the project in June and Xbox agreed to publish, but the precise financial terms and timeline remain disputed and not publicly detailed.
- Kojima described casting as relationship-driven, saying composer Woodkid introduced Skarsgård and that he privately showed a confidential cast list while more performers are still being pursued and scanned.
- The episode underscores broader industry tensions over large, actor-led single-player games by highlighting opaque publisher terms, reporting disputes over budget figures, and the risks studios face when production uses film-style performance capture.