It’s been a busy month for Physint, Hideo Kojima’s potential long-awaited successor to Metallic Gear Stable. After an ungainly breakup that noticed the Sony-backed challenge transferred to PlayStation rival Xbox, an replace for the espionage thriller was shared at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Now actor Invoice Skarsgård has shared a video to reaffirm his private pleasure for the challenge.
Skarsgård is greatest identified for his function because the evil clown Pennywise in the newest diversifications of Stephen King’s It, and his involvement in Physint was revealed throughout the Xbox showcase at TGS. Whereas we nonetheless don’t have any actual concept what the sport will likely be about, or what sort of gameplay it would function, Skarsgård shared his belief in Kojima in a quick 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 will likely be showing in Physint, a brand-new, unique online game created and developed by the good Hideo Kojima,” Skarsgård stated whereas undoubtedly not studying off of a script offered 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 artistic 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 12 months Metallic Gear 2: Stable Snake got here out, and his age makes it possible that Metallic Gear Stable 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 recreation studio over a year ago. Skarsgård stars in Physint alongside Charlee Fraser, Ma Dong-seok, and Minami Hamabe. The sport’s tagline is “The Subsequent Chilly Warfare Begins.”