After a tease yesterday from Hideo Kojima, we finally have a new Death Stranding 2 trailer featuring a host of story details. We also have a subtitle, On the Beach, and a release window: 2025.
As part of the first State of Play of 2024, Kojima Productions debuted a brand-new trailer for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Norman Reedus appears in the trailer, where we get a glimpse at this armory as he gets a tour of a ship.
His character, Sam Bridges, is working for a civilian outfit called Drawbridge who has a "generous patron." Sam is once again setting out to unite the world and bringing new areas into the network, and he's carrying a strange little puppet who hangs at his side (and seems to move at a lower frame-rate than the rest of the game.
The trailer features numerous environments, suggesting that it will be considerably more ambitious than the previous game.
"You helped bring America together, helped it become the UCA, but I'm afraid the Death Stranding is far from over. Humanity is still on danger, still on the brink of extinction," the narrator says.
As part of the gameplay, we also get a glimpse of Higgs as a robo-samurai character who looks like Sting and wields an arc welder-like electric guitar. Yep, it's a Hideo Kojima game. We also get a hint of BB-28's fate, and numerous other characters make a return as well.
Here's the official description.
Embark on an inspiring mission of human connection beyond the UCA. Sam—with companions by his side—sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected? Step by step, legendary game creator Hideo Kojima changes the world once again.
Before today's trailer, with little information on Death Stranding 2, we only knew when the game was announced at the 2022 Game Awards. Kojima would later reveal that he had to rewrite the script for Death Stranding 2 because he "didn't want to predict any more future."
This week has been exciting for Death Stranding fans. Aside from today's news about Death Stranding 2, yesterday, Kojima Productions released Death Stranding: Director's Cut on Apple devices, including the iPhone 15 Pro. The developer also collaborated with Backbone to release a limited-edition Backbone One controller to coincide with the port's release date.
Yet Death Stranding is expanding beyond just gaming. In December 2022, it was revealed that a film based on the first Death Stranding game was in the works. Last December, it was revealed that A24, in collaboration with Kojima Productions, is working to adapt the game for the big screens.
In addition to Death Stranding 2, Hideo Kojima and his studio are working on a new project known as OD. The announcement was made at the 2023 Game Awards and is a project in collaboration with Xbox Game Studios. The first trailer revealed that Jordan Peele and actress Hunter Schafer are involved in the project. He also announced a brand-new action espionage game that will begin development after Death Stranding 2.
Death Stranding 2 was part of PlayStation's State of Play stream, which also included looks at Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, and more. For more, check out our roundup of everything announced during today's stream.
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