Rumor: deal between Microsoft and Kojima for Xbox game is near

Microsoft and game developer Hideo Kojima would have signed a letter of intent to make further agreements about an Xbox game to be developed. The two parties have been in talks for months.

In the letter of intent according to VentureBeat that the two parties will be working out legal details about creating and releasing a new Xbox game. According to journalist Jeff Grubb, who has good sources in the games industry, it is a milestone in the negotiations between Microsoft and Kojima.

Kojima’s team has been in talks with Microsoft for months about a possible collaboration, and according to Grubb, Kojima would be particularly interested because of Microsoft’s cloud technology. He argues that Kim Swift’s recent appointment as senior director of cloud gaming is also related to this. She should assist Kojima in making a game.

It is not known what kind of game Kojima would like to make for Xbox and how cloud technology will be used for this. Microsoft uses cloud servers to stream games to mobile devices and browsers, as well as the vast game world of Flight Simulator.

If Microsoft and Kojima come to a deal, it will probably be years before a game actually comes out. At the end of last year, Kojima Productions announced that it was working on a new project, without giving further details.

Kojima is the creator of the Metal Gear Solid series and worked for Konami for many years. In 2015 he left and went to work for himself. He made Death Stranding in collaboration with Sony, but that game later also appeared for the PC. During E3, Sony showed a teaser of a director’s cut of that game. However, that video is also full of references to Metal Gear Solid.