Death Stranding latest news: release date & trailers

Death Stranding is as weird and fascinating as the name suggests. Here, we discuss the potential release date, along with what to expect from the game.

Death Stranding is the first game produced by Kojima Productions with ex-Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima, and it’s as weird and fascinating as the name suggests. It's one of the most anticipated new games of the year.  Here, we discuss the potential release date for Death Stranding, along with what to expect in terms of gameplay and storyline.

When is Death Stranding coming out in the UK?

Death Stranding UK release date: 2018 (TBC)

Of course, the biggest question right now is “When is Death Stranding coming out?” and sadly, it might not be for a while. There was no official release date window mentioned during its’ reveal at Sony’s E3 2016 press conference, and talking to Digital Spy after the event, Hideo Kojima admitted that the game isn’t yet in full production, and that the teaser trailer we saw at the show was made in just over two months. Why? Due to the game engine.

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“We are getting to a very good point about how we are feeling about the visuals so we are very close to making a decision on the game engine” Kojima said, speaking to Digital Spy. “and once that is decided we will be in full production”. Well we think we speak on the behalf of gamers everywhere when we say “Decide sooner rather than later!”.

More recently, Kojima told fans at Tokyo Games Show that it would be out before the 2020 Olympics. He later added: "To go a little further, there is a movie called Akira, and it will be out before the year in which Akira is set." Akira is set in 2019, which means we could see the new game in 2018.

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That mention of Geoff Keighley refers to the fact that Keighley is hosting E3 Coliseum, a series of panels and talks. Kojima will appear alongside Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts to discuss the intersection of videogames and cinema - we're sure Death Stranding will come up, but don't expect any major new reveals from the game just yet. here you can check our list of new most upcoming games.

What can we expect from Death Stranding?

We were treated to a rather cryptic announcement trailer (shown above) during Sony’s E3 2016 press conference featuring The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus, a disappearing baby and a fairly bleak, almost post-apocalyptic setting, but not much else.

Another trailer (shown at the top of this page) aired during the Game Awards in December, and reveals that Mads Mikkelsen will also star. This came alongside the release of two new posters:

Death Stranding Poster

Death Stranding was unveiled during Sony’s E3 2016 press conference with one of the most cryptic announcement trailers we’ve ever seen. So, what do we know? The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus is the main character in the upcoming game set in a mysterious, fairly bleak setting but beyond that, we don’t know too much.

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That was until Hideo Kojima sat down with Digital Spy and shed some light on the game, and the behind-the-scenes action. “It will be an action game if you really want to put a genre on it” Kojima explained, but it won’t be your typical action game – and coming from the man behind Metal Gear Solid, we’re not surprised.

"The player will be controlling Norman Reedus' character and it will be an action game if you really want to put a genre on it. For example, when I made Metal Gear, it was an action game but it was different because the main thing was about hiding. People eventually ended up calling that 'stealth action'. In this game the player will be controlling Norman but by playing it they will find something different, something that won't fit in established terms."

But what about the name of the game? Kojima offers a bit of an explanation for that, too. "A strand in psychology is often used to refer to ties or chains," he explained. "So how all the crabs [in the trailer] have this weird umbilical cord and how the baby is tied to Norman [Reedus' character] is a representation of this."

Whatever Death Stranding is, we’re really excited for the future of this game, and we’ll be keeping our eyes open for the latest announcements and rumours as they appear.

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