
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 translated by Gematsu, he added: “There are various factors that could affect the timing of the release. We’ve said 2025, so it will come out next year. The release date will be announced sometime next year.”
Original Article: Legendary developer Hideo Kojima brought the craziness to Tokyo Game Show today, as part of his widely anticipated Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Special Stage livestream. With an extended 90-minute runtime, he debuted various previously unseen scenes from the game, including footage of Elle Fanning’s character Tomorrow and Shioli Kutsuna’s Rainy.
A subtitled version of the livestream is expected to be released in the future, but a large part of the broadcast appeared to focus on the game’s Japanese voice actors, who are obviously dubbing the English cast. As previously announced, Mad Max director George Miller will cameo as a character in the game, named Tarman.

One particularly mind-blowing sequence showed off the game’s Photo Mode, where Lea Seydoux and the aforementioned Fanning and Kutsuna will pose for you. It looks as absurd as you’d expect.
Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, who plays Heartman in the Death Stranding games, came on stage to declare his love for Kojima – and noted the pair often talk about politics, philosophy, family, and love.
Elsewhere, clothing brand Acronym announced a line of real-life jackets, which will also appear in the game. These have a pretty neat feature, allowing you to strap the clothing over your shoulder when you’re too warm to wear it. No more tying the coat around your waist.
Elsewhere, singer Daichi Miura – who’s written a lot of music for a variety of animes, including Dragon Ball Super: Broly – performed a song from the game, called Horizon Dreamer. You’ll be able to stream that on Spotify and other music streaming platforms from 30th September.
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DS2 GOTY 2025!
Kojima-man, to the rescue!
This photo mode has to be one of the most graphically intense things we have seen this gen - the game is going to look absolutely incredible imho.
Kojima reiterated a lot of times that this was an event especially for Japan and that while the game release date has already been decided for next year, it will be revealed at a later date.
The animations on the Photo Mode are absolutely insane.
Kojima single-handedly justifying the pro purchase you love to see it.
@get2sammyb I had an honest “are these the actresses messing around in front of the cameras or is this the game?” moment.
It's nice to see Heartman making a comeback. But i wonder if Deadman, Die-Hardman, and Mama also return.
And that photo mode, dang, Kojima doesn't mess around.
I just wanted a release date man 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@PuppetMaster loved deadman and mama hope they are back in some capacity.
Can’t wait for this! It’s going to be absolutely coo-coo bananas and…
SO GOOD
Thats one hell of a photo mode.😅👌
Best looking game ever made.
@get2sammyb We need this photo mode in Stellar Blade amiright?
This is the most insane photo mode I have ever seen. If DS2 drops next year I already have my GOTY no matter what. Lol.
That is absolutely insane lmao. Where else do you see this anymore!?
Why does it feel like Kojima is the only one left who still tries to make absolutely unique AAA experiences. So much effort goes into this, along with getting all these big actors to go along with it all! Insane!
Even writing "AAA" feels so cursed. The likes of Ubisoft and such have ruined the goddamn term so much, you almost want to avoid it lol.
KCD2 and DS2. The saviours of this miserable generation? AM I FINALLY FEELING SOME FORM OF HYPE!? I THINK I AM
Typical Kojima. All about that 4th wall. First DS was way more than I ever thought it was going to be. This is day 1 for me
This is mind-blowing, why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Such a good idea, Trust Kojima.
Good lord look at those grafix , didn't Miller say a while back he wanted kojima to direct a mad max film and everyone went...eh, kind of makes sense now.
So a reminder in 2025 we are getting Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei maybe Wolverine but seems to up in The air at The moment And The Last of Us Season 2
Edit : Maybe Twisted Metal Season 2
Not a Bad Year For Sony Fans IMO
Swore Rainy irl pic looked so familiar and then went to find out she's from the Sanctuary Netflix series that I watched. An ah moment.
The photo mode looks to me just model animations on loop in limited functionality.
I hope all the cast have very unique ones that can be used everywhere in the world with context sensitive animations 🤞✨
He'll announce the release date at the game awards.
@somnambulance I don't think anything is going to beat GTA 6.
@Americansamurai1 Assuming it releases. That is very much up in the air right now.
Hard pass. Gameplay > graphics for me. Will definitely look into the convoluted story down the road, it’ll probably be interesting. I can do without the 70 dollar, 50 hour walking sim though.
SPIDER-MAN MENTIONED 🗣️🔥 🦅
Will def be getting this
@Americansamurai1 There’s a couple games more interesting to me than GTA6 currently slated next year, Death Stranding 2 chief among them. Ghost of Yotei and Metroid Prime 4 top it for me too. If Judas ends up launching in 2025, that’s a bigger game for me as well.
I dunno. I’m sort of nervous GTA6 will disrupt the industry in the wrong ways by increasing the pricing of games as well. Way back when GTA5 launched, Bioshock Infinite beat it for my personal GotY that year too. But paring down to just DS2 vs GTA6, I know that DS2 will be more unique and feature things that appeal to me more from a narrative and setting aspect. DS1 is my favorite game of all time, after all. My taste has changed a lot since GTA5. I don’t really play violence simulators as often now.
I'm not watching this I'm not watching this I'm not watching this I'm not watching this I'm not watching this I'm not watching this I'm not....
Raaaah Kojima-san, please stop playing with my nerves ^^
@Notzdarva Good thing the gameplay in Death Stranding is mostly excellent and very innovative, then.
Imagine making out like Kojima doesn’t design great gameplay with his resume.
@get2sammyb innovative doesn't always translate to fun depending on your gaming preferences.
The entire time I was playing Death Stranding my main thought was I hope it becomes fun soon.
For me it never did and the latter part of the game I was literally forcing myself to play for the completion having invested so many hours looking for something fun.
Not making that mistake again but I hope you all get something out of the second one, hopefully some fun.
What are the chances that this one will actually be fun to play?
@RiverGenie Yes, but that's subjective isn't it. You're of course entitled to your opinion, but to act like Kojima's games don't have gameplay is just not true.
@RatmCky I think you can find enjoyment in many different gameplay styles — walking sim, action-combat, first and third person shooting, turn base RPG, puzzle solving, and so forth. It’s all about whether or not you’re willing to give something different a chance and expand your horizons. I never thought I’d like Death Stranding because the gameplay appeared boring to me. I was pleasantly surprised when it surpassed my expectations, and introduced new mechanics that I haven’t seen produced in a game before, and made them addicting.
Kojima’s attention to detail is what sets his games apart from others. DS2 looks like it will be amazing, as was the original.
Just wow. I did play the first game for a little while but something stop me.kind of felt tedious walking all along the bumpy road carrying a tons of box.Maybe im judging and give up too early. I should re play the game from start again.
That's a very inventive photo mode. The animation is quality.
@Frmknst
These cutscenes are almost certainly being run in real time and are not pre-rendered. I.e. they are 100% being produced by the PS5.
@Notzdarva "50 hour walking sims"
I got 80 hours with the 1st game where i ride a lot of reverse trike, a truck, a power skeleton, and even don't need to walk at all with zip-lines across the map.
And there's enough activities to do outside deliveries; from evading or fights BT's / Mules / Higgs group, building roads and structures that can be used by other players, racing, or just enjoying the beautiful musics by Low Roar (i wish they're back in the sequel).
So i found it weird to see someone who still say the only thing you do in this game is walking, considering the first game already out for 5 years with many videos showed plenty of gameplay mechanics outside walking.
@RiverGenie I had a lot of fun with the 1st game. Heck, i didn't know someone can make simple thing like traversing feels fun and also challenging. But it seems Death Stranding isn't for you.
@get2sammyb I'm having flashbacks to making Norman Reedus dance during the 'not really the end' credits on DS1 by using his various left and right grip, balance and crouch animations in time with the music 😂
Also, are we thinking it's a 100% chance there's going to be some photomode psychological scares in this. As you take a photo and it flashes and something else is hidden in the background on the final image 😁
@IamJT Yeah hopefully they make a comeback and talk about comeback, i hope Kojima collabs with Low Roar again. I know their vocalist / lead already passed away (RIP 😭) but their musics really fit with Death Stranding vibe.
@Notzdarva I despise walking sims. I played Death Stranding for over 100 hours. It's absolutely not a walking sim.
@get2sammyb yes it's subjective and I make no apologies for that. At no point was I speaking for anyone but myself nor was I trying to.
I do not have to look at this objectively and I am not trying to change anyone's mind. I am just putting across my view on the first game & why I wont look at this follow up.
As I said above and my only point was I didn't find Death Stranding "innovative gameplay" (your words) fun in the slightest & innovative isn't always a good thing depending on your preferences in gaming.
I'm so excited for this. It took me like 4 tries to get into the first one, but by the time I did I was very grateful I stuck with it. Such an incredible experience.
That photo mode is something else. I'm honestly kinda blown away.
@LifeGirl very true, but if it does come out I hope other publishers are smart enough to not to release their games in its release window lol
@somnambulance yeah understandable
I never played the first one so I guess I need to try it sometime at the beginning of next year.
@Frmknst I didn’t say that. You assumed that’s what I thought for some reason though. Likely because you are a constant source of negativity on the site and spend most of your time being condescending and judgmental of others. This game will look and perform better on the Pro, where I will play it.
@ChrisDeku Yeah but he means the animations are simply motion capture. The PS1 could have those animations if the motion capture tech was there at the time. The graphics are amazing, but I think the other poster was simply saying applying motion capture data to a model is not linked to the power of the hardware. However, for the visuals (models , textures, lighting etc) to be so good and running smoothly is of course down to the hardware.
Edit: Like, look at this. This is a Mario model from SSB on the Wii. It's being rendered terribly and looks awful but it has 1:1 motion capture with a real person.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=COcq__eXTsQ
The main thing here is Kojima has the desire and budget to capture so many unique animations from the actors just for a photo mode.
@Kraven you’re writing this from the perspective that I didn’t try it. I did try it, and try different kinds of games all the time. I think 20 hours in DS was enough for me to properly determine I didn’t like it. If you did, great.
I loved the first one but I cant remember a damn thing about the story.
That photo mode stuff better be optional, because no thanks.
Haven't been following DS2 too closely. Is it still Decima or is this Unreal 5?
I can’t wait to watch this broadcast. I’m so excited for this sequel! I have about 150 hours I think in the first. It really got me into electric vehicles and storage/carrying gear. I already loved bags but now I shop for them differently. I have a Bridges sticker on my OneWheel
As long as this has road building and ziplines, a very rare day one purchase for me
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