Exciting News: Death Stranding 2 Release Date Set for June 26

Japanese video game legend Hideo Kojima will release Death Stranding 2: On The Beach on June 26, a star-studded PlayStation sequel inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kojima, 61, has said the follow-up to the meditative 2019 game, in which The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus played post-apocalyptic deliveryman Sam Porter Bridges, is about connection.

Death Stranding 2 reflects his hope that people will rediscover analogue ways of being together following the years of isolation, he said.

The first Death Stranding was a hybrid between a hiking simulator and classic action game. It was set in a gloomy, fantastical universe, where characters are aged by the rain and carry foetuses that warn them of dangerous ghostly creatures nearby.

This time, Bridges’ adventures will take him to Mexico and Australia.

The story was completely rewritten in the light of Covid-19, said Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear stealth action saga.

French actress Lea Seydoux returns in 3D form, alongside Reedus. New big-name talent is also along for the ride, including American actor Elle Fanning and the likeness of Mad Max director George Miller. French singer Woodkid composed the score for the new episode.

Kojima Productions, the eponymous studio the developer founded in 2015 after leaving Japanese giant Konami, said in March that the first Death Stranding had more than 20 million players.

Kojima is already turning his energy to other projects, including a horror game, OD, co-written with American director Jordan Peele, and developed in partnership with Microsoft. He is also returning to the world of spy games in the vein of Metal Gear with a new espionage title, PHYSINT.

According to the source: The Straits Times.