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Hideo Kojima announces collaboration with Jordan Peele for cinematic horror game OD

First teaser trailer from Hideo Kojima's OD game

Academy Award winning filmmaker Jordan Peele is partnering with Kojima Productions for OD, a new psychological horror game exclusive to Xbox, it was announced at the Game Awards 2023.

The cinematic shocker is the latest project from auteur game director Hideo Kojima, and will star Hunter Schaffer (Euphoria), Sophia Lillis (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) and Udo Kier (Flesh for Frankenstein).

Xbox Game Studios is promising ‘a chilling dive into the depths of the human psyche, OD will push the boundaries of fear.’

Xbox Game Studios is promising ‘a chilling dive into the depths of the human psyche…

OD teaser trailer

Peele, the director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, who will be one of several storytellers involved in the project. OD is expected to blur the boundaries between gaming and film.  

“We are working with Xbox Game Studios and their cloud gaming technology to take on the challenge of creating a very unique, immersive, and totally new style of game – or rather, a new form of media,” said Hideo Kojima, Game Creator and Founder of Kojima Productions.   

Colour us excited – and just a little bit terrified!

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