{"id":2109158,"date":"2026-08-24T13:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2109158"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:57:16","slug":"i-want-to-keep-pouring-my-energy-into-game-creation-going-forward-hideo-kojima-still-wants-to-make-games-even-at-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2109158","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I want to keep pouring my energy into game creation going forward&#8221; &#8211; Hideo Kojima still wants to make games even at 63"},"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<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">&#8220;I want to keep pouring my energy into game creation going forward&#8221; &#8211; Hideo Kojima still wants to make games even at 63<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Old snake.<\/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\/Hideo-Kojima-in-Prada&apos;s-space-based-short-film.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Hideo Kojima in Prada&apos;s space-based short film\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Hideo-Kojima-in-Prada&apos;s-space-based-short-film.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Prada<\/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=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\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\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-24T13:57:16+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 24, 2026, 1:57 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-63-years-old-still-wants-to-make-games?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          19 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=\"650645f5-c258-4d98-90c5-6629280e1bb4\" data-name=\"Death Stranding\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Death Stranding\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Death Stranding\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Death Stranding\" title=\"Follow Death Stranding\"><br \/>\n  Follow Death Stranding<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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a> &#8211; known as the director of the Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid series &#8211; celebrated his 63rd birthday recently. Don&#8217;t worry though, he&#8217;s not interested in retiring just yet.<\/p>\n<p>In a big post made to X, Kojima shared his thoughts on his career moving forward alongside a video of the Lumens statue in the Kojima Productions office. He wrote: &#8220;I&#8217;ve turned 63. As the years pile on, the things I &#8216;must do&#8217; and the things I &#8216;want to do&#8217; just keep multiplying. At the same time, the &#8216;time I have available&#8217; keeps shrinking. I need to constantly scrutinize how I spend my time and how I live my life (my way of being).<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Death Stranding - Official Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DliUY55A3lY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DliUY55A3lY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Death Stranding &#8211; Official Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the official trailer for Death Stranding.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DliUY55A3lY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;That said, once I&#8217;ve shouldered a burden, I can&#8217;t just leave it behind. This year marks the 40th anniversary since I first started making games. It&#8217;s also the 10th anniversary of founding Kojipro. From late October through the end of the year, we&#8217;re planning to hold the &#8216;Kojipro Exhibition,&#8217; at the Azabudai Hills Gallery. Even the entrance Ludens has been updated to the &#8217;10th Anniversary Ludens&#8217; version. Amid all sorts of opportunities and offers coming my way, I want to keep pouring my energy into game creation going forward. Looking forward to your continued support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s wild to think of someone like Kojima as being 63, especially if you were familiar with some of his earlier works. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/warren-spector-announces-retirement\">Like Deus Ex lead Warren Spector who announced his retirement last week<\/a>, he&#8217;s been making games for around four decades now, which is certainly a long stretch of time to dedicate to one field. Kojima, who has mused on creating films and exploring other mediums, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/hideo-kojima-may-leave-gaming-to-direct-films-after-finishing-his-next-project-physint\/\">could certainly venture out to other projects if he wanted to<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, he may have his hands full with games for now. Kojima and his staff at Kojima Productions are currently at work on a variety of projects, including the experimental horror game OD (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-od-knock-xbox-exclusive-safe-from-cuts\">which thankfully is safe after widespread Xbox cuts<\/a>), and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-our-first-look-at-the-cast-and-concept-art-for-kojimas-stealth-action-playstation-title-physint\">stealth action game called Physint which we still know precious little about<\/a>. So we <em>shouldn&#8217;t<\/em> have to worry about his absence any time soon.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a> &#8211; known as the director of the Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid series &#8211; celebrated his 63rd birthday recently. Don&#8217;t worry though, he&#8217;s not interested in retiring just yet.<\/p>\n<p>In a big post made to X, Kojima shared his thoughts on his career moving forward alongside a video of the Lumens statue in the Kojima Productions office. He wrote: &#8220;I&#8217;ve turned 63. As the years pile on, the things I &#8216;must do&#8217; and the things I &#8216;want to do&#8217; just keep multiplying. At the same time, the &#8216;time I have available&#8217; keeps shrinking. I need to constantly scrutinize how I spend my time and how I live my life (my way of being).<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Death Stranding - Official Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DliUY55A3lY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DliUY55A3lY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Death Stranding &#8211; Official Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the official trailer for Death Stranding.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DliUY55A3lY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;That said, once I&#8217;ve shouldered a burden, I can&#8217;t just leave it behind. This year marks the 40th anniversary since I first started making games. It&#8217;s also the 10th anniversary of founding Kojipro. From late October through the end of the year, we&#8217;re planning to hold the &#8216;Kojipro Exhibition,&#8217; at the Azabudai Hills Gallery. Even the entrance Ludens has been updated to the &#8217;10th Anniversary Ludens&#8217; version. Amid all sorts of opportunities and offers coming my way, I want to keep pouring my energy into game creation going forward. Looking forward to your continued support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s wild to think of someone like Kojima as being 63, especially if you were familiar with some of his earlier works. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/warren-spector-announces-retirement\">Like Deus Ex lead Warren Spector who announced his retirement last week<\/a>, he&#8217;s been making games for around four decades now, which is certainly a long stretch of time to dedicate to one field. Kojima, who has mused on creating films and exploring other mediums, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/hideo-kojima-may-leave-gaming-to-direct-films-after-finishing-his-next-project-physint\/\">could certainly venture out to other projects if he wanted to<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, he may have his hands full with games for now. Kojima and his staff at Kojima Productions are currently at work on a variety of projects, including the experimental horror game OD (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-od-knock-xbox-exclusive-safe-from-cuts\">which thankfully is safe after widespread Xbox cuts<\/a>), and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-our-first-look-at-the-cast-and-concept-art-for-kojimas-stealth-action-playstation-title-physint\">stealth action game called Physint which we still know precious little about<\/a>. So we <em>shouldn&#8217;t<\/em> have to worry about his absence any time soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News &#8220;I want to keep pouring my energy into game creation going forward&#8221; &#8211; Hideo Kojima still wants to make games even at 63 Old snake. 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