{"id":1043779,"date":"2026-06-22T23:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1043779\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:08:19","slug":"they-said-im-crazy-kojimas-new-single-player-horror-like-nothing-seen-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1043779\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They Said I’m Crazy’: Kojima’s New Single Player Horror Like Nothing Seen Before"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'They<\/a> Image: Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s still not clear whether Hideo Kojima\u2019s upcoming horror OD<\/a>, starring Hunter Schafer among others, will release on the PS5 \u2013 it\u2019s published by Xbox Game Studios at a time when the firm is once again revisiting console exclusivity, of course.<\/p>\n

But if it does, we can expect something truly groundbreaking, according to an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the Death Stranding<\/a> maker stopped short of sharing any specific details, he described it as \u201csomething no one has ever seen before\u201d.<\/p>\n

Intriguingly, he implied the single player horror game will be scarier than any title that has come before it \u2013 but also hinted those who get too frightened will be able to continue playing.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wanted to go beyond the limit of the \u2018scariness\u2019 that other games had reached. It\u2019s a single player game, and I wanted to make it as scary as possible. But for those that might stop playing when it gets too scary, I have thought of a system that will allow them to keep going. I can\u2019t say much more, because it\u2019ll give too much of a hint on the system, and I could get in trouble for saying too much!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m intrigued by how something like this could possibly work; wouldn\u2019t it change the very nature of the game if it dialled down the horror for those who are finding it too scary?<\/p>\n

Kojima says publishers thought he was \u201ccrazy\u201d when he was pitching the game, but I also find it difficult to believe anyone would pass up on a new title from one of the industry\u2019s most imaginative minds.<\/p>\n

Either way, work is underway in earnest on this title right now, although it\u2019s still unclear when it\u2019ll come out \u2013 and, as mentioned above, if it\u2019ll even be available on PlayStation at all.<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Entertainment Weekly It\u2019s still not clear whether Hideo Kojima\u2019s upcoming horror OD, starring Hunter Schafer among others,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1043780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[806,135479,53,16,15,54],"class_list":["post-1043779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-industry","tag-kojima-productions","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xbox-game-studios"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}