Kojima, Peele unveil OD KNOCK teaser with Xbox support

Hideo Kojima used his Kojima Productions 10th anniversary livestream, Beyond the Strand, on September 23 in Tokyo to unveil a new teaser trailer for OD, the studio's long-awaited horror collaboration with filmmaker Jordan Peele. The event, held at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills and streamed worldwide, featured Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer joining Kojima on stage as the team revealed the KNOCK trailer and discussed the project's development status and technical support.

The KNOCK clip, presented largely in first person and described by Kojima as in-engine footage, opens with a sliding card and a procession of redacted text that hints the story takes place ten years after a prior horror. The sequence follows a character who appears to be played by Sophia Lillis as she enters a candlelit room and begins lighting candles, only for a crying baby and increasing knocking to culminate in a creature placing its hands on her face before the scene cuts to black. The trailer also credits Udo Kier and Hunter Schafer among the cast, and ends with a message reading "For all players and screamers."

Kojima told viewers the moment featuring Lillis is not a cutscene, underscoring the studio's...