HIdeo Kojima introduced at his SXSW keynote speak that Kojima Productions’ Demise Stranding 2 will debut on June 26, 2025 on Ps.
Sony additionally introduced there might 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 Seaside, with tons of cinematic scenes. Within the early a part of the panel session, Kojima mentioned he launched Demise Stranding after which a number of weeks later the pandemic began. The trailer confirmed a whole lot of scenes on the seaside, the place Demise Stranding ends. There are unusual large black creatures with fingers the place they heads ought to be. There’s a kiss between Sam and Fragile (performed by Lea Seydoux), and discuss how loss of life can’t separate them.
The little child who is a continuing companion for Sam within the first sport is Lou. Lou is a toddler now and needs to be protected by Fragile as troopers assault her on the seaside. The environments are so surreal and inventive. And you may see how a lot work Kojima, who edited the trailer, places into constructing out the world of Demise Stranding 2. You may also simply see how loopy the thoughts of Hideo Kojima is.
Higgs, performed by Troy Baker, is returning as a villain within the sport. He was so widespread that Kojima mentioned he couldn’t kill him off and needed to convey him again. Baker’s personal face will seem within the sport and he might be singing as properly!
“I felt actually dangerous,” Kojima mentioned, as humanity is nearly worn out by a pandemic within the sport, which debuted November 8, 2019. He famous that the primary sport was all in regards to the want for people to be linked, because the pandemic had separated them. Sam was one of many necessary 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 screen and you then received’t have magic on the display screen. Reedus known as Kojima a genius and thanked him for placing him within the sport.
However after the pandemic, Kojima needed to rethink this because the pandemic unfold germs from individual to individual and he needed to suppose extra about connection. The result’s Demise Stranding 2.
Kojima mentioned Higgs will behave so surprisingly that you simply’ll attain the ending and possibly throw the controller. Woodkid additionally got here out on stage. His track was within the trailer. He mentioned Kojima known as him 2.5 years in the past and requested him to return to Japan and write a track. 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 all over the world. 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 in regards to the future.”
Within the trailer, it’s famous that america, which preceded the federal government of Demise Stranding, had a gun tradition. There’s additionally much more fight within the sport.
