HIdeo Kojima introduced at his SXSW keynote discuss that Kojima Productions’ Dying Stranding 2 will debut on June 26, 2025 on Ps.
Sony additionally introduced there might be a collector’s version (at PlayStation.com, and preorders start on March 17). Norman Reedus (who performs the lead character Sam in Dying Stranding and Dying Stranding 2) joined Kojima on stage.
Kojima additionally confirmed an almost 10-minute trailer of Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore, with tons of cinematic scenes. Within the early a part of the panel session, Kojima stated he launched Dying Stranding after which just a few weeks later the pandemic began. The trailer confirmed plenty of scenes on the seashore, the place Dying Stranding ends. There are unusual big black creatures with fingers the place they heads needs to be. There’s a kiss between Sam and Fragile (performed by Lea Seydoux), and discuss how demise can’t separate them.
The little child who is a continuing companion for Sam within the first recreation is Lou. Lou is a toddler now and must be protected by Fragile as troopers assault her on the seashore. The environments are so surreal and artistic. And you’ll see how a lot work Kojima, who edited the trailer, places into constructing out the world of Dying Stranding 2. You can too simply see how loopy the thoughts of Hideo Kojima is.
Higgs, performed by Troy Baker, is returning as a villain within the recreation. He was so common that Kojima stated he couldn’t kill him off and needed to carry him again. Baker’s personal face will seem within the recreation and he might be singing as nicely!
Hideo Kojima and Kristen Zitani of PlayStation at SXSW
“I felt really bad,” Kojima stated, as humanity is just about worn out by a pandemic within the recreation, which debuted November 8, 2019. He famous that the primary recreation was all concerning the want for people to be linked, because the pandemic had separated them. Sam was one of many essential supply individuals who took packages to individuals who had been unfold far aside.
Baker stated he beloved how a lot he loved working with Reedus and stated when you don’t get alongside off the display and then you definitely received’t have magic on the display. Reedus referred to as Kojima a genius and thanked him for placing him within the recreation.
Hideo Kojima and Norman Reedus at SXSW 2025. Kristen Zitani of PlayStation is on the left.
However after the pandemic, Kojima needed to rethink this because the pandemic unfold germs from individual to individual and he needed to suppose extra about connection. The result’s Dying Stranding 2.
Kojima stated Higgs will behave so unusually that you just’ll attain the ending and doubtless throw the controller. Woodkid additionally got here out on stage. His music was within the trailer. He stated Kojima referred to as him 2.5 years in the past and requested him to return to Japan and write a music. He stayed for a few weeks, impressed by the lore of the sport and the attractive performances. Kojima beloved it.
Troy Baker joins the Dying Stranding 2 group at SXSW.
There can even be an orchestral present of the music of Dying Stranding beginning on November 8 in Sydney, Australia, and The Strands of Concord tour will go all over the world. There can even be a particular black watch from the character The Hamilton on sale as the sport comes out.
“It’s all about connection,” Kojima stated. “And also the fans. They were connected with me. I was so happy. Death Stranding is about isolation and then we had the pandemic. Death Stranding 2 is like post COVID. I thought about the future.”
Within the trailer, it’s famous that the US, which preceded the federal government of Dying Stranding, had a gun tradition. There’s additionally much more fight within the recreation.
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