Hideo Kojima introduced at his SXSW keynote speak that Kojima Productions’ Demise Stranding 2 will debut on June 26, 2025 on PlayStation.
Sony additionally introduced there will probably be a collector’s version (at PlayStation.com, and preorders start on March 17). Norman Reedus (who performs the lead character Sam in Demise Stranding and Demise Stranding 2) joined Kojima on stage.
Kojima additionally confirmed a virtually 10-minute trailer of Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore, with tons of cinematic scenes. Within the early a part of the panel session, Kojima mentioned he launched Demise Stranding after which just a few weeks later the pandemic began. The trailer confirmed quite a lot of scenes on the seaside, the place Demise Stranding ends. There are unusual big black creatures with palms the place they heads ought to be. There’s a kiss between Sam and Fragile (performed by Lea Seydoux), and speak about how loss of life can’t separate them.
The little child who is a continuing companion for Sam within the first recreation is Lou. Lou is a toddler now and needs to be protected by Fragile as troopers assault her on the seaside. And so Lou appears to be a pawn in a bigger battle. The environments are so surreal and artistic. And you’ll see how a lot work Kojima, who edited the trailer, places into constructing out the world of Demise Stranding 2. You can too simply see how loopy the thoughts of Hideo Kojima is.
Higgs, performed by Troy Baker, is returning as a villain within the recreation. He was so in style that Kojima mentioned he couldn’t kill him off and needed to deliver him again. Baker’s personal face will seem within the recreation and he will probably be singing as effectively!
“I felt actually unhealthy,” Kojima mentioned, as humanity is nearly worn out by a pandemic within the recreation, which debuted November 8, 2019. He famous that the primary recreation was all concerning the want for people to be linked, because the pandemic had separated them. Sam was one of many essential supply individuals who took packages to individuals who had been unfold far aside.
Baker mentioned he beloved how a lot he loved working with Reedus and mentioned in the event you don’t get alongside off the display and then you definately gained’t have magic on the display. Reedus known as Kojima a genius and thanked him for placing him within the recreation.
However after the pandemic, Kojima needed to rethink this because the pandemic unfold germs from individual to individual and he needed to assume extra about connection. The result’s Demise Stranding 2.
Kojima mentioned Higgs will behave so unusually that you just’ll attain the ending and possibly throw the controller. Woodkid additionally got here out on stage. His music was within the trailer. He mentioned Kojima known as him 2.5 years in the past and requested him to come back to Japan and write a music. He stayed for a few weeks, impressed by the lore of the sport and the gorgeous performances. Kojima beloved it.
There may even be an orchestral present of the music of Demise Stranding beginning on November 8 in Sydney, Australia, and The Strands of Concord tour will go world wide. There may even be a particular black watch from the character The Hamilton on sale as the sport comes out.
“It’s all about connection,” Kojima mentioned. “And likewise the followers. They had been linked with me. I used to be so completely happy. Demise Stranding is about isolation after which we had the pandemic. Demise Stranding 2 is like submit COVID. I assumed concerning the future.”
Within the trailer, it’s famous that the US, which preceded the federal government of Demise Stranding, had a gun tradition that unfold to “this continent.” There’s additionally much more fight within the recreation. There are such a lot of taking pictures scenes that it looks as if the sport is rather more of a fight shooter. However there are nonetheless some loopy “solely Kojima” moments like somewhat shoulder dummy character.
