{"id":2022844,"date":"2026-07-02T09:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2022844"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:03:28","slug":"hideo-kojimas-experimental-xbox-exclusive-od-is-reportedly-safe-from-microsoft-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2022844","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima&#8217;s experimental Xbox exclusive, OD, is reportedly safe from Microsoft cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/od\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      OD: Knock<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Hideo Kojima&#8217;s experimental Xbox exclusive, OD, is reportedly safe from Microsoft cuts<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">A Big Boss decision.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/A-female-looking-distressd-in-a-still-from-OD&apos;s-reveal-trailer.webp?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Sophia Lillis screams in horror - an opening door which looks suspiciously like the door in P.T. is reflected in her eyes\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"A-female-looking-distressd-in-a-still-from-OD&apos;s-reveal-trailer.webp\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Kojima Productions<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-02T09:03:28+00:00\">July 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-od-knock-xbox-exclusive-safe-from-cuts?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          7 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5bf1b27f-4c70-4964-86e2-b52499a5f8df\" data-name=\"OD: Knock\" data-follow-text=\"Follow OD: Knock\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following OD: Knock\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow OD: Knock\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following OD: Knock\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow OD: Knock\" title=\"Follow OD: Knock\"><br \/>\n  Follow OD: Knock<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Xbox will continue to publish OD, the upcoming horror title from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a>. The experimental project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-teases-xbox-horror-od-with-enigmatic-first-trailer\">which was announced in late 2023<\/a>, will survive the cuts and cancellations currently being made at Xbox as the division charts a path towards profitability.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/me.ign.com\/en\/hideo-kojima-xbox-project\/246218\/hideo-kojimas-xbox-horror-game-od-is-safe-from-microsofts-reset-plan-but-other-games-are-on-the-chop\">IGN<\/a>, citing sources familiar with Microsoft&#8217;s plans. If true, OD would be among a select group of games currently in the works that Xbox will continue to invest in.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-io-interactive-hitman-layoffs-project-fantasy\">Microsoft  pulled funding from IO Interactive&#8217;s new online fantasy RPG<\/a>, causing the Hitman and 007 studio to initiate what sounded like a round of layoffs. IO&#8217;s statement made it sound like the studio was still determined to release the game, but it will need another publisher if that&#8217;s to happen.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trailer still from OD&apos;s reveal showing an older gentleman with his mouth open as he speaks\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Trailer-still-from-OD&apos;s-reveal-showing-an-older-gentleman-with-his-mouth-open-in-a-scream.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.778523489932886\" width=\"1060\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Trailer still from OD&apos;s reveal showing an older gentleman with his mouth open as he speaks\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Trailer-still-from-OD&apos;s-reveal-showing-an-older-gentleman-with-his-mouth-open-in-a-scream.jpg\" height=\"596\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.778523489932886\" width=\"1060\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Kojima Productions<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/arkane-may-be-shuttered-blade-cancelled-xbox-layoffs\">CEO Asha Sharma&#8217;s &#8220;reset&#8221; plan for the Xbox business<\/a>, the company is reevaluating its priorities, Microsoft said in a statement. &#8220;We&#8217;re not reducing our overall investment in games,&#8221; the company clarified. &#8220;We expect to invest about the same in content as we did last year. What&#8217;s changing is where we&#8217;re investing and the kinds of projects we&#8217;re backing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>OD is an unusual type of project from Kojima, who called it &#8220;a game and at the same time a movie and at the same time a new form of media&#8221; when it was initially announced. Nope and Get Out director Jordan Peele is involved but it&#8217;s unclear how.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious horror project is so different, apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/od-is-completely-different-from-a-standard-horror-game-and-kojima-doesnt-even-know-if-it-will-work-out\">Kojima himself doesn&#8217;t even know if it&#8217;s going to work<\/a>. But it sounds like Xbox has been fully behind the idea, even when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-od-xbox-crazy\">no one else apparently wanted to publish it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The last we saw of OD was in the summer of 2025, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kojima-and-xbox-team-up-to-show-off-more-od-knock\">Kojima Productions showed new footage running on the Unreal Engine<\/a>. This is when the game got its subtitle, Knock. We&#8217;ve heard precious little since.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Xbox will continue to publish OD, the upcoming horror title from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a>. The experimental project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-teases-xbox-horror-od-with-enigmatic-first-trailer\">which was announced in late 2023<\/a>, will survive the cuts and cancellations currently being made at Xbox as the division charts a path towards profitability.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/me.ign.com\/en\/hideo-kojima-xbox-project\/246218\/hideo-kojimas-xbox-horror-game-od-is-safe-from-microsofts-reset-plan-but-other-games-are-on-the-chop\">IGN<\/a>, citing sources familiar with Microsoft&#8217;s plans. If true, OD would be among a select group of games currently in the works that Xbox will continue to invest in.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-io-interactive-hitman-layoffs-project-fantasy\">Microsoft  pulled funding from IO Interactive&#8217;s new online fantasy RPG<\/a>, causing the Hitman and 007 studio to initiate what sounded like a round of layoffs. IO&#8217;s statement made it sound like the studio was still determined to release the game, but it will need another publisher if that&#8217;s to happen.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trailer still from OD&apos;s reveal showing an older gentleman with his mouth open as he speaks\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Trailer-still-from-OD&apos;s-reveal-showing-an-older-gentleman-with-his-mouth-open-in-a-scream.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.778523489932886\" width=\"1060\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Trailer still from OD&apos;s reveal showing an older gentleman with his mouth open as he speaks\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Trailer-still-from-OD&apos;s-reveal-showing-an-older-gentleman-with-his-mouth-open-in-a-scream.jpg\" height=\"596\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.778523489932886\" width=\"1060\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Kojima Productions<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/arkane-may-be-shuttered-blade-cancelled-xbox-layoffs\">CEO Asha Sharma&#8217;s &#8220;reset&#8221; plan for the Xbox business<\/a>, the company is reevaluating its priorities, Microsoft said in a statement. &#8220;We&#8217;re not reducing our overall investment in games,&#8221; the company clarified. &#8220;We expect to invest about the same in content as we did last year. What&#8217;s changing is where we&#8217;re investing and the kinds of projects we&#8217;re backing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>OD is an unusual type of project from Kojima, who called it &#8220;a game and at the same time a movie and at the same time a new form of media&#8221; when it was initially announced. Nope and Get Out director Jordan Peele is involved but it&#8217;s unclear how.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious horror project is so different, apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/od-is-completely-different-from-a-standard-horror-game-and-kojima-doesnt-even-know-if-it-will-work-out\">Kojima himself doesn&#8217;t even know if it&#8217;s going to work<\/a>. But it sounds like Xbox has been fully behind the idea, even when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-od-xbox-crazy\">no one else apparently wanted to publish it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The last we saw of OD was in the summer of 2025, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kojima-and-xbox-team-up-to-show-off-more-od-knock\">Kojima Productions showed new footage running on the Unreal Engine<\/a>. This is when the game got its subtitle, Knock. We&#8217;ve heard precious little since.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News OD: Knock Hideo Kojima&#8217;s experimental Xbox exclusive, OD, is reportedly safe from Microsoft cuts A Big Boss decision. Image credit: Kojima Productions News by Sherif Saed Senior Contributor Published on July 2, 2026 7 comments Follow OD: Knock Xbox will continue to publish OD, the upcoming horror title from Hideo Kojima. 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