Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 has forged Metallic Gear Stable creator Hideo Kojima in a job that can see him reprise his half from Cyberpunk 2077.
Collection sport developer CD Projekt Purple confirmed the information in a social media publish on X/Twitter. The message teased that it is greater than a throwaway half, too, as Kojima will probably be seen taking part in “the well-known braindance director who was at Konpeki Plaza in Cyberpunk 2077” (through X’s machine translation).
The actual-life sport director was fast to reply and share his pleasure, in addition to a couple of photos from his time recording his traces. His full assertion, minus a couple of enjoyable emojis, is as follows: “I make a cameo look within the anime collection Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 as Hideyoshi Oshima, the character who appeared within the earlier sport.”
I make a cameo look within the anime collection “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2” as Hideyoshi Oshima, the character who appeared within the earlier sport. 🙏🙇🏻😅🫶👍 https://t.co/OuUaazFfR4
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) October 19, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 gamers had been handled to an surprising go to from the Kojima Productions lead after they first traveled to Evening Metropolis again in 2020. It is a second that wasn’t truly immediately tied to V’s mainline quest and surprisingly straightforward to miss, however sure, if gamers search Arasaka’s Konpeki Plaza laborious sufficient, they’ll discover Kojima sitting close to a bar.
In case you’re conversant in Kojima’s work on video games like Metallic Gear Stable and Demise Stranding, what he had to say within the Cyberpunk world wasn’t too stunning. He loved chatting concerning the in-universe memory-exploring mechanic, braindances, as he wished his “productions to convey actual, uncooked human emotion.” When stopped by V, he asks the participant if they’ve any pitches to present him.
“The sensation if you mix happiness and melancholy, or being calm with an underlying sense of tension,” he says within the sport. “These advanced, reasonable emotions and feelings are what I aspire to recreate… woven into a lot better tales, after all.”
Kojima’s Oshima will now deliver his love for braindance know-how to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 when it premieres tomorrow, October 20, 2026. All 10 episodes of the second season will drop on the similar time. IGN referred to as this second anime journey into Evening Metropolis “Wonderful” in our 9/10 assessment.
“Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 delivers the gory, action-packed items, even when it doesn’t fairly hit the highs of its predecessor,” we mentioned.
Kojima is tough at work on video games like Physint and OD, however that does not imply he hasn’t had time for one or perhaps a few cameos. We all know now that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 was one of many few anime tasks he teased earlier this month, however we’re nonetheless ready to see the “massive film” he filmed.
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