Death Stranding, the next game from Metal Gear maker Hideo Kojima, is already playable on the PlayStation 4, according to PlayStation America boss Shawn Layden. Touching upon the title’s absence from E3 2017, the amiable executive admitted that he has played the game, and that it’s everything the auteur has promised – and more.
“It’s up and running,” Layden revealed in an interview with the Telegraph. “It’s been aided tremendously after Kojima-san decided to co-opt the Decima Engine from Guerrilla Games. And, gosh, that really gave him a leg up to get up and running and test it and have some prototype levels running. I have actually played some of it. It actually exists.”
Asked whether it lives up to Kojima’s own lofty hype, Layden responded: “All that and more!” Of course, it’s still clearly early days for the project, with work only beginning in earnest this year. With the Horizon: Zero Dawn engine already established, though, we shouldn’t have to wait too long to get our first tease of the title in action.
[source telegraph.co.uk]
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Hopefully we get some details on this presumably excellent game.
Does that mean he can tell us more concretely what genre of game it is?
*Insert Ron Burgundy "I don't believe you" pic.
Kojima take your time and take my money!
Click bait...
Made it sound like a stealth release!
Please, fix the title!
@Gold_Ranger Not really...
Can't wait for this game, kojima always deliver
Who thought guerilla games will be such an important asset for sony, from the maker of an "good" franchise (killzone) to one of the best games developer around, with killer game/franchise (horizon) and killer engine.
@Mega-Gazz I believe kojima said death stranding will be an 3D action game like uncharted/assassin creed.
I'd prefer it if they kept tight lipped about about any major details right up until release. Games nowadays have so much coverage on development, plots, characters and mechanics that they don't much leave room for surprises when finally playing them.
@ApostateMage Shouldn't expect that to be the case as far as Kojimas game is concerned. After all they edited Snake into Raidens place for the pre-release material to keep that one covered up.
Well, he's not going to tell us it's rubbish, is he?
I've no doubt it'll be a good game, but come on... is the corporate suit gonna say "meh, it's decent, nothing spectacular"? Layden's got the charisma of a paper bag and the transparency of mud.
A pleasant surprise. I thought they'd still be doing the build. Of course, only one part could be running, but still.
@Gold_Ranger huh?
Hype hype show me, just don't tell me Mr Layden 😀
Bring the hype! I'm really excited about how this progresses. It looks brilliantly bonkers from what we've seen already. Looking forward to more!
@wiiware It hasn't hurt that Decima has had a reasonable amount of dev time itself. KZSF, Until Dawn, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, RIGS... all on Decima so you get some idea of how far even it has come since 2013.
Can't wait for Metal Gear Run.
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