NASA and Hideo Kojima team up for Ludens-inspired watch

NASA and Hideo Kojima have teamed up on a project, and it's not the partnership itself that's unusual. Kojima Productions' mascot, after all, is a character called Ludens, who wears an extravehicular activity spacesuit and is meant to be an astronaut exploring digital space. No, it's the fact that they collaborated on a watch. It's not even a smartwatch, it's an actual wristwatch called Space Ludens, based on the game developer's mascot.

The watch was designed and will be sold by design studio and watchmaker Anicorn, which previously worked with NASA on other watches and merchandise. As IGN notes, it's based on the visual style of Ludens' spacesuit, with its grey/silver coloring and gold screws and accents. The NASA logo adorns its dial, along with the words "Extra-Vehicular Creative Activity Suit". Below, the Kojima Productions logo is stamped on the transparent case showing the gears of the watch.

While a watch probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you hear that Kojima has partnered up with NASA, it does look pretty cool and might appeal to fans of both sides . The Space Ludens watch will be released in limited quantities on September 27. Only 600 pieces will be available for purchase, and 100 of them will come with a skull mask based on the one featured prominently in the Kojima Productions logo. Anicorn has yet to reveal how much it will cost, but its previous NASA watches aren't cheap and will set you back over $1,000.

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