Legendary game designer Hideo Kojima’s documentary is coming to Disney Plus in 2024

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds will be exclusive to Disney Plus when it debuts in early 2024

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Hideo Kojima is one of the most important and influential video game designers of all time, with a resume that ranges from theMetal Gearseries toDeath Strandingand thenewly announced but still mysteriousOD.

If you’d like unprecedented access to his gaming studio so you can see his creative process in action,Disney Plushas just the film for you.Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, will be streaming exclusively on thebest streaming servicefor families in spring 2024.

The documentary was made during the development ofDeath Strandingand positions Kojima very much as an auteur, something that’s said explicitly by Guillermo Del Toro in the trailer below.

Will Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds be worth watching?

Now there’s a good question. If you’re not interested inDeath Stranding, the answer might be no. Gaming siteKotaku, for instance, says no, claiming that it’s “the worst kind of fan service”. It goes on to say that it’s “too in awe of its subject to see him clearly… [it] inflates Kojima’s mythology as an untouchable auteur until it totally obscures him, like a cloud”.Escapist, which you can usually rely on to give media a good kicking, agrees, saying it’s “an hour-long advertisement for his 2019 game,Death Stranding”.

Vultureis more generous, but points out that “for nearly half ofConnecting Worlds, there isn’t a woman onscreen” and suggests that “the film falls flat because it’s exploring a game that’s very difficult to understand, that’s already three years out from launch (a lifetime in gaming) and that has sparse details about Kojima’s personal life”. While we do get a glimpse of Kojima’s personality – “he’s quirky and meticulous… he works a lot of overtime and is obsessed with films” – it all seems to be rather superficial, and doesn’t really provide any insight into what makes Kojima’s work both unusual and successful.

It does seem to come down to how much interest you have inDeath Stranding,especially looking at a review fromGamesradarthat found plenty of interesting things in the documentary. You might want to read their roundup before deciding whether this is one to stream or to skip – suffice to say, it’s not yet clear whether it will make the cut for one of thebest documentaries on Disney Plusyet.

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

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