Death Stranding is lastly on Xbox after Kojima Productions surprise-announced the sport’s launch on Xbox Series X and S.
Hideo Kojima’s first post-Steel Gear sport first launched as a PS4 unique revealed by Sony Interactive Leisure again in 2019, earlier than releasing on PC a yr later.
Right this moment, November 7, 2024, Death Stranding Director’s Minimize is on Xbox Series X and S and Home windows PC courtesy of writer 505 Video games and alongside a 50% launch low cost.
The timing of the launch, which comes precisely 5 years after the PS4 unique launch, suggests Sony’s console exclusivity deal for Death Stranding has now expired.
“Kojima Productions will proceed its focus on bringing their award-winning IP, Death Stranding to extra platforms and audiences,” a be aware to press reads.
In the meantime, Kojima Productions introduced that it now has full possession of the Death Stranding mental property.
Hideo Kojima mentioned: “It’s my pleasure to lastly announce that Death Stranding Director’s Minimize can be delivered to Xbox gamers. I want to thank all the followers who’ve stayed linked with us as properly as everybody in the Xbox neighborhood who’ve been patiently ready. Kojima Productions (Death Stranding) will proceed to attach extra and extra gamers round the world, so please keep tuned.”
Right here’s the official blurb:
Death Stranding Director’s Minimize challenges gamers to reconnect a fractured society after the cataclysmic ‘Death Stranding’ occasion. This has opened a doorway between the dwelling and the useless, resulting in creatures from the afterlife roaming the fallen world marred by a desolate society. Carrying the disconnected remnants of humanity’s future in his fingers, gamers take the function of Sam Bridges as he embarks on a mission to ship hope to humanity by connecting the final survivors of a decimated America.
Director’s Minimize is the definitive expertise which additionally introduces a brand new ‘Ruined Manufacturing facility’ location, a treacherous underground compound full of contemporary risks. Sam additionally now has a wealth of new supply assists, from cargo catapults and ramps, to a stabiliser which options thrusters that help with cargo weight shifts and scale back the affect of touchdown when leaping from excessive areas. Melee fight has been amped up with the addition of extra strikes together with a drop kick, while the new Maser Gun can stun enemies and short-circuit automobiles briefly with electrical energy. Discovering the excellent weapon loadout is now achievable due to the new firing vary location, while the new Racetrack allows gamers to race and compete in time-attack competitions towards different gamers who’re linked on-line. Protagonist Sam Bridges may even experience Buddy Bots to traverse the wastelands with larger ease.
It’s a busy time for Kojima and for Death Stranding. Its sequel, Death Stranding 2: On The Seashore, is due out as a Sony-published PS5 unique in 2025, and a film based mostly on the first sport is in the works. Elsewhere, Kojima is working on OD for Xbox Sport Studios, and Physint for Sony Interactive Leisure. Might Death Stranding’s launch on Xbox sign an eventual Xbox launch for Death Stranding 2 additional down the line?
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