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Friday14th Mar 2025
News Death Stranding 2 PS5 Collector's Edition So Impressive It Gets Its Own Trailer
Pre-orders open on 17th March
Everything that Hideo Kojima does conveys a "go big or go home" mantra, so it's really no surprise the Collector's Edition for Death Stranding 2 is a standout. It's so impressive, in fact, that Kojima Productions has deemed it suitable to give the special physical version its own trailer to detail everything the $230...
Wednesday12th Mar 2025
News Don't Want to Play Death Stranding 2 on PS5? You Can Read It Instead
BBook worm
Much like its predecessor, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be getting an official novelisation, scheduled to release one day before the game in Japan, on 25th June. There’s no word on an English translation just yet, but it’s worth noting that the original game was also converted into a book, and it was released across two...
Random Dark Souls 2 Fans Unwilling to Relinquish Established Acronym to Death Stranding 2
Kojima can prise it from our cold, Hollowed hands
Dark Souls II, admittedly the black sheep of the FromSoftware family, having not received the personal, sadistic attentions of Hidetaka Miyazaka, still has legions of fanatical defenders. These Hollow beings have risen in response to Hideo Kojima's alleged hubris, after that auteur creator casually...
Tuesday11th Mar 2025
That's commitment
If you’ve watched the new Death Stranding 2 trailer, you’ll know that Italian actor Luca Marinelli puts on a bandana and looks directly into the camera like Metal Gear Solid protagonist Solid Snake. It’s one of the best Easter eggs in the epic 10-minute trailer, but did you know auteur Hideo Kojima foresha
News Woodkid's To the Wilder Headlines Death Stranding 2's Haunting OST
Low Roar is a hard act to follow
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is currently the hottest topic in hardcore video game circles, with Hideo Kojima proving he can still put together a stunning trailer even all these decades later. As was the case with the first Death Stranding, music will play an essential part in immersing players in his...
Monday10th Mar 2025
News Death Stranding Music Will Tour the World Later This Year
19 dates confirmed so far
Kojima Productions has confirmed a worldwide Death Stranding tour will bring the franchise's music to 19 cities across the globe, beginning at the end of this year in November. Titled the Strands of Harmony world tour, a live orchestra and singers will perform songs from the two titles, synchronized to videos on-screen...
News Death Stranding 2 Puts Early Access Incentives Under the Microscope All Over Again
Are you really paying to play early?
Death Stranding 2 will release for PS5 on 26th June 2025, except it actually doesn't — if you wait until the official launch date, you'll already be two days late. Publishers are increasingly offering "early access" to titles in the pricier versions of their games, and now Sony has joined the trend with the...
News Death Stranding 2 PS5 Release Date Set for 26th June
Revealed in epic 10-minute trailer
Sony and Kojima Productions have today announced Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will launch for PS5 on 26th June 2025. The release date was confirmed as part of an SXSW panel hosted by Hideo Kojima with a new 10-minute trailer to match, which you can watch above. Pre-orders will go live on 17th March, and a...
Friday7th Mar 2025
News Death Stranding 2 PS5 Release Date, Pre-Order Info Appears Imminent
All eyes on SXSW panel this Sunday
Sony and Kojima Productions are planning a Death Stranding 2 blowout this weekend, as with an SXSW livestream set for Sunday, reliable Dealabs leaker Billbil-Kun has hinted at what details we should expect from the show. They say the announcement of the PS5 game's release date and pre-order information are...
Thursday27th Feb 2025
News 'Expect the Unexpected' in Anticipated PS5 Exclusive Death Stranding 2
New details emerge ahead of SXSW showing
Sony’s updated its official PlayStation.com page for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach days before Hideo Kojima’s panel at SXSW. While it’s all very vague, the descriptions do give us some firmer details about what we can expect from the PS5 exclusive when it launches later this year. “Sam – with...
Thursday13th Feb 2025
News Death Stranding 2 Edges Closer to PS5 Release with More Age Ratings
Tune in to SXSW next month for more
If there really is to be a State of Play livestream taking place next week, then Death Stranding 2 looks increasingly likely to be the headline act. A new age rating for the PS5 title has been published by the South Korean board GRAC. While an age rating doesn't always indicate a release date is near —
Tuesday11th Feb 2025
News New Death Stranding 2 Updates and Details Coming Next Month
On 9th March at SXSW
Kojima Productions has announced it's hosting a panel at next month's SXSW (South by Southwest), where it will reveal new details and updates concerning Death Stranding 2. The panel will take place on 9th March 2025 and will see Hideo Kojima "discuss and share new details about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach". As mentioned in...
Monday13th Jan 2025
"It's incredibly tough."
With Death Stranding 2: On the Beach slated to release at some point this year, Hideo Kojima has confirmed he and his team are now crunching on the PS5 project to get it completed on time. Calling it the "most demanding period of game development", Kojima posted to his Twitter: "On top of mixing and Japanese voice recording,...
Thursday9th Jan 2025
News Hideo Kojima Is Still 'Building' Death Stranding 2
The final stretch?
Hideo Kojima has revealed another of his trademark development updates on Twitter, confirming that he is still "building the game". That game just so happens to be Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, slated to launch for PS5 this year. There are no sneaky shots of the screen or any potential PS5 Pro dev kits this time around; it's...
Monday30th Sep 2024
News Death Stranding 2's Next-Gen PS5 Photo Mode Will Somehow Affect the Story
You should take good pictures
To be fair to Hideo Kojima, he’s been dabbling with photography in his games for quite some time. Do you remember Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot’s cool (but controversial) Beauty and the Beast photoshoots? Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will take things to an entirely new stratosphere, however, as new...
Sunday29th Sep 2024
News Death Stranding 2 PS5 Will 'Come Out Next Year', Crazy Photo Mode Revealed
Tokyo Game Show showcases new scenes from the game
Update: In the aftermath of his Tokyo Game Show presentation, Hideo Kojima has released the English language cinematics debuted during the show. You can watch all three below: Kojima also confirmed that his team has a release date set and “production is progressing towards that goal”. As...
Monday2nd Sep 2024
News PlayStation Fans Think Hideo Kojima's Teasing PS5 Pro, But It's One Hell of a Reach
Death Stranding 2: On the Reach
There's a rumour doing the rounds online that says Hideo Kojima himself is teasing the PS5 Pro — the upgraded console that Sony is supposedly set to launch later this year. With additional September State of Play rumours swirling, it's easy to understand why this latest bout of speculation seems to have caught on...
Friday23rd Aug 2024
News Hideo Kojima to Host Special Death Stranding 2 Presentation at TGS 2024
With numerous guest appearances
As part of Sony's plans for Tokyo Game Show 2024, it's playing host to a presentation all about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. The highly anticipated sequel from Kojima Productions is getting the spotlight on Sony's stage at the Japanese expo, featuring Hideo Kojima and a number of guests. The show will be led by...
Monday19th Aug 2024
News Death Stranding 2 Seems Like a Lock for Gamescom Opening Night Live
Kojima teasing DS2 once again
Gamescom Opening Night Live is the big kick-off event for Germany's huge gaming exhibition, with the one and only Geoff Keighley producing and presenting it each year. 2024's ONL is no different, and is very close indeed, being broadcast live in less than 48 hours. While we know a handful of the games that'll be making...
Tuesday21st May 2024
News Death Stranding 2 Enters 'Adjustment Phase', Filming and Recording Complete
Unlikely to launch until the back half of 2025
We inch ever closer to the release of Death Stranding 2, with production on the eagerly anticipated sequel reportedly clearing a vital milestone: motion capture filming and recording are now complete, and the project will now enter an "adjustment phase", which we presume is the part where auteur creator...
Monday5th Feb 2024
News Kojima Confirms Mads Mikkelsen Won't Be Returning for Death Stranding 2
Stranded on the Beach
Iconic actor Mads Mikkelson will not be returning for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, creator Hideo Kojima has confirmed, with the tragic tale of his character, Cliff Unger, having been resolved in the original Death Stranding.Kojima confirmed the news on Twitter in response to fan inquiries about the star returning...
Friday2nd Feb 2024
News Kojima's Bizarre PS5 Death Stranding 2 Trailer Gets the Meme Treatment
Another weird little guy to obsess over
At yesterday's State of Play showcase, Hideo Kojima unveiled new gameplay for and officially confirmed the title of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. As was the case with the original Death Stranding, it watches like a fever dream, dredged from the deepest recesses of Kojima's imagination. According to the...
Thursday1st Feb 2024
Gallery Death Stranding 2: On the Beach's PS5 Movie Posters Reveal Elle Fanning, More
Meet the cast
We all know Hideo Kojima loves movies, and often he’ll try to present his games in the same way as his favourite flicks. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is no different, as evidenced by this selection of movie posters featuring stars Norman Reedus, Leah Seydoux, and Elle Fanning. Of note, director Fatih Akin has lent his likeness as...
Wednesday31st Jan 2024
News Death Stranding 2 Subtitle On the Beach Confirmed, Out in 2025
10-minute trailer to digest
As was rumoured, PS5 exclusive Death Stranding 2 will sport the subtitle On the Beach. The game will be out next year in 2025, and we've got a new trailer clocking in at nearly 10 minutes long to digest. Check it out above. "Embark on an inspiring mission of human connection beyond the UCA. Sam—with companions by his...
Tuesday30th Jan 2024
News Death Stranding 2 Practically Confirmed for State of Play as Hideo Kojima Hypes Stream
On the beach
It’s been strongly rumoured in the past few days, but it looks like Death Stranding 2 will feature during this week’s State of Play livestream. While not explicitly mentioned in Sony’s announcement post, Hideo Kojima has taken to Instagram to hype up the event, which suggests the hotly anticipated sequel will appea
Wednesday24th Jan 2024
News Death Stranding 2 Reportedly Subtitled 'On the Beach', Re-Reveal Expected at State of Play
Life's a beach, and then you die
The reliable tipster billbil-kun, now working as an investigative reporter for French outlet Dealabs, reports that a re-reveal of Death Stranding 2 will take place in the next 15 days, during an as-yet-unannounced State of Play broadcast, no less. If that doesn't sound confident enough, they suggest that Kojima...
Tuesday5th Dec 2023
News PS Studios Bigwig Pops Up at Kojima Productions Ahead of Rumoured Death Stranding 2 Re-Reveal
A crucial encounter?
Hermen Hulst, the exec currently in charge of Sony’s network of PS Studios, spent his week in Tokyo – and visited veteran developer Hideo Kojima while he was there. A photograph of the auteur standing side-by-side with the ex-Guerrilla managing director in Kojima Productions’ now infamous office corridor was shared on...
Wednesday27th Sep 2023
Rumour State of Play Incoming? Death Stranding 2 Dev Photo Seems to Suggest Showcase
The state of it
Sony will host a new State of Play in the relatively near future — or so fresh findings on Reddit would have you believe. Eagle-eyed users are referencing a photo from Hideo Kojima's personal assistant (posted today, the 27th September), which shows the director sat at a desk, editing footage of some kind. Now, here's where it...
Wednesday28th Jun 2023
News PlayStation Boss Meets with Hideo Kojima as We Await More Details on Death Stranding 2
Nice jackets
It's pretty common to see PlayStation's top execs jetting around the globe, checking in on their first-party teams to see how things are progressing. While Kojima Productions isn't technically first-party, its upcoming game Death Stranding 2 will be published by Sony, so it makes sense to see Jim Ryan paying a visit to the Japanese...
Tuesday16th May 2023
News Elle Fanning: People Say Death Stranding 2 Is The Coolest Thing I've Ever Done
"OK, now you cry"
Death Stranding 2 remains a fairly unknown quantity. But, if the first game taught us anything, it's going to be super weird, a visual and stylistic tour de force, and chances are it will end up being pretty darn good, too. In an interview with Josh Horowitz, Elle Fanning, who portrays a mysteriou
