It’s been a busy month for Physint, Hideo Kojima’s potential long-awaited successor to Steel Gear Strong. After an ungainly breakup that noticed the Sony-backed venture transferred to PlayStation rival Xbox, an replace for the espionage thriller was shared at Tokyo Recreation Present 2026. Now actor Invoice Skarsgård has shared a video to reaffirm his private pleasure for the venture.
Skarsgård is finest identified for his position because the evil clown Pennywise in the newest variations of Stephen King’s It, and his involvement in Physint was revealed through the Xbox showcase at TGS. Whereas we nonetheless don’t have any actual concept what the sport shall be about, or what sort of gameplay it’s going to function, Skarsgård shared his belief in Kojima in a short new video clip shared on-line on September 18.
We’ve acquired a video message from Invoice Skarsgård, who stars because the lead in “PHYSINT.”🙏🙇🏻😍🫶🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/C3BMFHkb4p
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) September 19, 2026
“I shall be showing in Physint, a brand-new, authentic online game created and developed by the nice Hideo Kojima,” Skarsgård mentioned whereas undoubtedly not studying off of a script supplied to him by Kojima Productions. “I’m an enormous fan of Hideo’s and I’ve been ever since I used to be a toddler, so I’m very excited to embark on this inventive journey along with him. He’s a real pioneer and an auteuer within the online game subject, and somebody who actually blends cinema and online game, so I’m very enthusiastic about this.”
Skarsgård was born the identical yr Steel Gear 2: Strong Snake got here out, and his age makes it seemingly that Steel Gear Strong 2: Sons of Liberty would have been his first actual expertise with a newly launched entry within the well-liked franchise. He was first photographed showing at Kojima’s sport studio over a yr in the past. Skarsgård stars in Physint alongside Charlee Fraser, Ma Dong-seok, and Minami Hamabe. The sport’s tagline is “The Subsequent Chilly Struggle Begins.”
