For a director who commanded so much attention last year with Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, 2026 has been rather low-key for director Hideo Kojima. There’s still plenty buzzing at Kojima Productions, however, including the fact that filming has begun on his horror game, OD.
As revealed to Entertainment Weekly in a larger story about Xbox’s new direction, all the actors are in play with one exception: Udo Kier, who passed away last year. Though his scan had been completed, Kojima revealed that a shoot with him wasn’t possible. Whether he’s still involved and to what degree remains unknown.
Of course, the question remains: What is OD? We know it’s a horror game and that Kojima is working with Oscar-winning Jordan Peele, but the premise (aside from “overdosing on fear”) and how it plays is a mystery. However, it seems the concept has existed since he began with the first Death Stranding.
“I wanted to do something new. I wanted to do something different. I had this OD concept since I was working on DS1, and I was working on it just by myself. I can’t reveal much detail, but it’s something that no one has ever seen before. A new game system.”
Does that have something to do with the trademarked Social Scream and Social Stealth systems? We’ll have to wait and find out, but it’s worth noting the new screenshot included in EW’s story. It shows a woman in red (possibly played by Hunter Schafer), standing in a shrouded doorway with a blank expression. On the left is Sophia Lillis’s character on a TV screen, but the right is more interesting. You can spot a slightly ajar door with a door chain…which is a literal chain.
A subtle callback to P.T., perhaps? It would certainly fit with earlier speculation that the title features references to the cancelled Silent Hills, which Kojima was meant to direct.
