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‘Demise Stranding 2’ is Hideo Kojima’s subsequent recreation

Written by Jeff Lampkin

Hideo Kojima’s subsequent undertaking is Demise Stranding 2. The reveal trailer for the sequel exhibits Fragile, performed by Léa Seydoux, and Sam, performed by Norman Reedus, in a world nonetheless infested with deadly BTs. There is no phrase on a launch date, however in accordance with the trailer’s YouTube description, it is heading to PlayStation 5. 

Kojima took the stage throughout The Sport Awards to introduce Demise Stranding 2. Its forged is simply as star-studded as the unique, that includes Elle Fanning, Shioli Kutsuna and Troy Baker alongside Reedus and Seydoux.

Demise Stranding got here out in 2019 and it steadily grew to become the trade’s favourite strolling simulator (although it might have been a greater film than a online game). By the top of 2023, greater than 10 million folks had performed Demise Stranding. Its main gameplay innovation was an internet system that allowed gamers to speak with one another, although it was a single-player expertise. Demise Stranding was the primary title out of Kojima Productions, the studio Kojima himself based after parting methods together with his longtime employer, Konami. 

Forward of The Sport Awards on December eighth, Kojima tweeted some teases for the present, together with a picture that seemed to be Fragile from Demise Stranding. The tweet included the textual content, “How come?” and Kojima added, “‘WHO’ ‘WHERE’ ‘HOW’ and now ‘WHY’.”

We now know what Kojima was speaking about — not that he requested.

Footage of what gave the impression to be Kojima’s subsequent undertaking leaked on-line in early November within the type of a brilliant unusual video. It confirmed a personality resembling Mama from Demise Stranding traversing creepy corridors with a darkish presence at her again, and ended with a title display studying, “Overdose.” It additionally included the reflection of a lounging shirtless man recording the footage off-screen, however that is possible unrelated to any gameplay mechanics. Immediately at The Sport Awards, Kojima stated his studio can be engaged on a second, fully new undertaking with an experimental edge, so there’s nonetheless some hope for no matter this was.

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Jeff Lampkin

Jeff Lampkin was the first writer to have joined gamepolar.com. He has since then inculcated very effective writing and reviewing culture at GamePolar which rivals have found impossible to imitate. His approach has been to work on the basics while the whole world was focusing on the superstructures.