Death Stranding 2 Release Date And System Requirements

The sequel to one of the best PS4 games ever is on the way. Death Stranding 2 was confirmed to be in development at the Game Awards 2022, with Hideo Kojima himself making the announcement and giving us our first taster of what’s to come. The original Death Stranding was complex enough, so it stands to reason that we already have a lot of questions for Kojima on what could come next.

Death Stranding 2 System Requirements

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Death Stranding 2 Release Date

Kojima Productions is yet to confirm a Death Stranding 2 release date. The Game Awards 2022 teaser trailer set the tone for this new action-adventure game but also made note that the name ‘Death Stranding 2’ is just a working title – so expect this game to be a little while off yet. That assumption is further supported by actor Norman Reedus, who spoke off-hand about Death Stranding 2 back in May of 2022, where he confirmed in an interview that “we just started the second one.” All we’re saying is, don’t expect to see Death Stranding 2 before 2024, at the earliest.

Death Stranding 2 Platforms

Death Stranding 2 has been confirmed for PS5, and Kojima Productions is yet to reveal whether it will arrive on other platforms. When Death Stranding launched in 2019, it did so as a PS4 exclusive. Publisher 505 Games later helped bring Death Stranding to PC in 2020, while Death Stranding: Director’s Cut was later brought to PS5 and PC Game Pass. Were we to speculate for a second: It’s highly likely that Death Stranding 2 is being developed as a PS5 exclusive, given how heavily involved PlayStation Studios is with its production, but there is every chance that it will come to PC eventually – given how heavily Sony continues to invest in the space outside of the core PlayStation ecosystem.

Death Stranding 2 Story

Should we have connected? That’s the prevailing message of the first Death Stranding 2 trailer, and there are so many weird and wonderful things happening throughout its four-minute runtime that you’ll twist your mind in knots trying to figure it all out. We see what appears to be an older Sam Porter, a fully-healed Fragile, and an extinction entity cult whose leader is wearing Amelie’s necklace and haircut, and hiding their face with Higgs' signature death mask. There’s mention of a new private corporation, APAC (Automated Public Assistance Company), more overt nautical themes, and a potential Fragile Express replacement called Drawbridge – which incorporates both a ‘rope’ and ‘stick’ motif. There are also very real indications that we’ll be dealing with multiple alternate realities connected via the beach, with potential variants of Sam Porter, BB, Lou, Fragile, and others to contend with. Let’s be honest, we’ll be unpicking all of this for months (if not years) to come.

But here’s something we do know with 100% certainty: Hideo Kojima scrapped the entire story after the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at The Game Awards 2022, the director and writer said this of the Death Stranding 2 story: “I had the story written before the pandemic. But after experiencing the pandemic, I just rewrote the whole story from scratch.” Kojima then added this comment with a smile, speaking to his uncanny ability to predict events through games like Metal Gear Solid 2 and Death Stranding, “I also didn’t want to predict any more futures, so I rewrote it.

A Glimpse into Death Stranding 2

A vague Death Stranding 2 release window of 2024/25 has been given, but that’s all we have to go on for now. That means that no, we won’t be seeing it on our list of new games in 2023, but it’s one of those upcoming PS5 games we already can’t wait to see more of. Here’s everything we know about PS5 exclusive Death Stranding 2, from a trailer breakdown to any news from the developer.