In a shock announcement, Kojima Productions has revealed that Death Stranding is now out there on Xbox Series X|S. The primary sport produced by Hideo Kojima and his studio after he left Konami, Death Stranding was launched 5 years in the past on PS4 and can be adopted by PC and iOS ports in 202 and 2023, respectively. As a launch particular, writer 505 Video games is providing Death Stranding at a 50% low cost on Xbox.
That is the director’s minimize version, which added enhanced graphical choices, gameplay modifications, and new content material on high of the unique sport. Set in a world the place humanity had barely survived an extinction-level occasion, Death Stranding follows Sam Porter Bridges on a post-apocalyptic trek as he explores the USA and works to reconnect its numerous cities.
The sport additionally featured a star-studded forged, with most of the characters not solely being voiced by well-known faces but in addition adopting their likenesses for Death Stranding. Bridges was performed by Norman Reedus, and different roles had been crammed by Lea Seydoux, Mads Mikkelsen, Troy Baker, Guillermo del Toro, and extra.
“Within the face of all of Death Stranding’s violence, its lifeless issues, its surreal horror, and the bleakest, salted-earth portrayal of the post-apocalypse, there has at all times been this robust mote of hope and love and bonding and connection that is by no means been extra mandatory,” Justin Clark wrote in GameSpot’s Death Stranding: Director’s Minimize assessment. “If nothing else, Death Stranding: Director’s Minimize is the very best excuse to return to the valley of the shadow of demise, and discover the grim magnificence ready there. What the brand new options and content material deliver to the desk is solely making that return simpler and extra welcoming than ever.”
A sequel was formally revealed in 2022 after months of teases, and whereas Death Stranding 2: On the Seaside would not have a precise launch date but, it does appear to be it’s going to be a wild follow-up to the unique. Movie and tv firm A24 additionally introduced final yr that it will be working with Kojima Productions to supply a live-action adaptation of Death Stranding, and Kojima is hoping it’s going to decide up just a few prestigious awards on the movie circuit.
On high of that Death Stranding work, Kojima has additionally teamed up with Get Out director Jordan Peele on OD for Xbox Recreation Studios and he is additionally creating on a Metallic Gear-like sport underneath the working title of Physint.