In an earlier live online show conducted by Sony Interactive Entertainment on State of Play,Kojima Studios announced more details about the story and gameplay of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and confirmed that the game will be released in 2025. In addition, Hideo Kojima also confirmed that he will cooperate with Sony Interactive Entertainment in the next time, and it is expected to create a new spy action game, and will break the barrier between movies and games, and create a new interactive gameplay experience.
Expected to be released in 2025, "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach" will continue the story setting of the previous game, and once again play the role of Sam Porter Bridges, the protagonist of the game's story, and will look for humans outside of UCA, and will join the civil organization Drawbridge (Drawbridge), and re-establish human connections to avoid human extinction.
The content of the video announced this time further presents the new game graphics and gameplay forms, and is expected to be launched on the PlayStation 5 platform in 2025. However, it is not yet possible to confirm whether Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be released on PC and Mac in a row compared to its predecessor.
In addition, Hideo Kojima and Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, announced that they will work together to create a new spy action game, which will be a completely original work and is expected to start production after the completion of Death Stranding 2.
At present, it can be confirmed that this new work will not be a sequel to the "Metal Solid" series, but a completely new creation. At the same time, Hideo Kojima revealed on his personal X page that the new work is called Physint, emphasizing the many challenges in the fields of graphics, story, theme, actors, performance, design, and sound.