Hideo Kojima has revealed that his growth studio canned an unannounced superhero recreation that may have starred Mads Mikkelsen as its lead character.
The explanation why? Kojima claims the venture was too just like The Boys, which follows an underground group of misfits who vow to kill Earth’s elite group of superhero protectors. After seeing the Amazon tv sequence, Kojima determined to place a maintain on no matter he was engaged on.
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“THE BOYS,” which I stop after 3 episodes of season 1. I believed I would watch the remainder of the present. Really, I watched a couple of episodes that have been delivered on the time after I was about to start out a venture that I had been warming up for a very long time, pic.twitter.com/UpI00pUIHQ— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 26, 2022
We are able to solely think about what Kojima Productions would have accomplished with this idea. That stated, there are undoubtedly similarities to the Steel Gear Stable sequence which often options boss villains with otherworldly powers.
In fact, there’s the chance that this will likely haven’t been a recreation. Kojima particularly refers to this as a cancelled venture, which means it could have been a movie of tv manufacturing of KojiPro’s personal making. The studio continues to broaden and has beforehand said its intention to discover different mediums past video games.
The final recreation labored on by Hideo Kojima was Demise Stranding, the primary title he directed after parting with Konami. Since then, a Director’s Reduce version of Demise Stranding has been launched, filled with new content material and options.
What’s subsequent for the visionary developer? Kojima appeared on the Microsoft and Bethesda Video games showcase earlier this month, saying his first ever Xbox unique. We all know subsequent to nothing in regards to the title aside from its concentrate on cloud know-how.
There are reportedly different video games within the works on the studio. If the leaks are to be believed, the studio is engaged on a Silent Hill reboot with Sony, presumably for the PS5. There’s additionally speak of one other recreation titled Overdose that can star Margaret Qualley who additionally appeared as Mama in Demise Stranding.
Naturally, there are rumours that Demise Stranding 2 can also be in manufacturing, stoked by a nonchalant remark from Norman Reedus that he’s engaged on the subsequent one.