HIdeo Kojima introduced at his SXSW keynote discuss that Kojima Productions’ Loss of life Stranding 2 will debut on June 26, 2025 on Ps.
Sony additionally introduced there can be a collector’s version (at PlayStation.com, and preorders start on March 17). Norman Reedus (who performs the lead character Sam in Loss of life Stranding and Loss of life Stranding 2) joined Kojima on stage.
Kojima additionally confirmed an almost 10-minute trailer of Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seashore, with tons of cinematic scenes. Within the early a part of the panel session, Kojima mentioned he launched Loss of life Stranding after which just a few weeks later the pandemic began. The trailer confirmed a variety of scenes on the seashore, the place Loss of life Stranding ends. There are unusual large black creatures with fingers the place they heads must 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 seashore. The environments are so surreal and artistic. And you may see how a lot work Kojima, who edited the trailer, places into constructing out the world of Loss of life Stranding 2. It’s also possible to 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 common that Kojima mentioned he couldn’t kill him off and needed to carry him again. Baker’s personal face will seem within the sport and he can be singing as properly!
“I felt actually unhealthy,” Kojima mentioned, as humanity is just about worn out by a pandemic within the sport, which debuted November 8, 2019. He famous that the primary sport was all concerning 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 have been unfold far aside.
Baker mentioned he cherished how a lot he loved working with Reedus and mentioned when 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 Loss of life 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 cherished it.
There can even be an orchestral present of the music of Loss of life Stranding beginning on November 8 in Sydney, Australia, and The Strands of Concord tour will go around the globe. There can 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 have been linked with me. I used to be so completely happy. Loss of life Stranding is about isolation after which we had the pandemic. Loss of life Stranding 2 is like publish COVID. I assumed concerning the future.”
Within the trailer, it’s famous that america, which preceded the federal government of Loss of life Stranding, had a gun tradition. There’s additionally much more fight within the sport.
