Ludography
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Xbox Game Studios · Horror

OD

Xbox exclusive

OD explores the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear – while blurring the boundaries of gaming and film.

Released
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Platforms
Xbox Series X/S
Genres
Horror
Developers
Xbox Game Studios
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
Themes
Horror
Directors
Hideo Kojima

About

OD‍ is an upcoming horror game developed by Kojima Productions and set to be published by Xbox Game Studios. It is set to be directed by Hideo Kojima, who additionally serves as co-writer alongside Jordan Peele. Starring Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer and Udo Kier in a posthumous appearance, the game will "explore the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear".

Keywords

  • 3d
  • cinematic
  • female protagonist
  • supernatural

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

Hideo Kojima conceived OD while working on Death Stranding (2019). He pitched the game to numerous publishers, all of whom rejected it because they found the concept too unconventional and difficult to understand and execute. The only publisher that was interested was Xbox Game Studios. Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios announced their partnership for OD at the Xbox Games Showcase in June 2022. Kojima stated that the studio was working with Xbox and its 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".

In November, approximately two and a half minutes of alleged concept footage leaked online. It depicted a character from a third-person perspective, visually resembling Margaret Qualley as seen in Death Stranding, walking through dark corridors with a flashlight. The scene ended with a "Game over" message, followed by the phrase "A Hideo Kojima game", and the title Overdose. In December 2023, Kojima Productions filed a Japanese trademark for the "Social Scream System", assumed to be an asynchronous multiplayer gameplay mechanic for OD, similar to the "Social Strand System" multiplayer mechanic from Death Stranding.

Reception

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Awards

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox Series X/SUnreleased

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Development status

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