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Saturday19th Oct 2019
News Did Hideo Kojima Actually Have the Idea for Death Stranding More Than Seven Years Ago?
"A game that connects people"
Much has been made of how quickly Death Stranding has come together. Announced at E3 2016, it wasn't until December of that same year that the game was even running on a PlayStation 4 engine - Horizon: Zero Dawn's Decima engine. Clearly, a lot of work has gone into the
Friday18th Oct 2019
News Death Stranding Gets a Fresh Japanese Trailer with Glimpses of New Footage
Tomorrow is in your hands
We've certainly had our fair share of Death Stranding trailers -- but how about one more for the road? A brand new promo has found its way onto PlayStation Japan's YouTube channel, showing off the Hideo Kojima oddity one more time before next month's launch. While most of it is made up of previously released material, there...
Thursday17th Oct 2019
News When Is the Death Stranding Review Embargo?
When will Death Stranding reviews arrive?
Death Stranding is very nearly here. Kojima Productions has wrapped up development and review copies are out there -- it almost doesn't seem possible. Hideo Kojima's crazy game about Norman Reedus and a baby escaping black blob monsters is real? And it's coming out in about two weeks? Yes, it's all very...
Monday14th Oct 2019
News Death Stranding's File Size Will Eat Up a Fair Amount of Room on Your PS4
As expected
File size is something people are becoming increasingly concerned with, as modern games take up more and more precious storage space on our consoles. Red Dead Redemption 2 famously eats up more or less 100GB of space just on its own, and some other AAA games are trending that way too. What about Death Stranding, then? How much room will...
Friday11th Oct 2019
News Death Stranding PS4 Pre-Orders in the UK Can Get a Cool Alternative Cover
Higgs variant available now
We kinda like the standard Death Stranding box art, but a fair amount of fans have made it clear it's not what they want. The strange PlayStation 4 game from Kojima Productions is looking utterly bizarre, but by comparison, the key artwork adorning the box is pretty tame. However, did you know that there's an alternate...
Thursday10th Oct 2019
News Death Stranding to Connect on a Global Scale with Upcoming World Tour
Road trip
We're now less than a month away from the arrival of the mysterious Death Stranding. One of Sony's tentpole releases for 2019, this PlayStation 4 title is very nearly here, and it seems Hideo Kojima has big plans. In the lead up to launch day on 8th November, Kojima Productions has announced it will be taking the game on a 'World Strand...
Wednesday9th Oct 2019
And it's going to make you cry
Look, we all know that Death Stranding's story is going to be bonkers. And we all know it's going to be stuffed with elaborate cutscenes where weird characters do weird things and talk at length about concepts that you barely understand. It's going to be a Hideo Kojima game -- of that you can be certain. But here's an...
News Death Stranding's Main Character Will Act Like Norman Reedus to Make Him More Relatable
Two-faced
In Death Stranding, you'll play as Sam Porter Bridges as you deliver goods across a ruined world. However, it seems that Hideo Kojima is keen for players to relate as much to Norman Reedus, the actor who brings Sam to life, as they do the character. If you've been paying attention to how the famed designer speaks about Sam, this won't come...
Monday7th Oct 2019
News Some NPCs Could Die if You Don't Maintain a Connection with Them in Death Stranding
Anti-social
Initially, Death Stranding's theme of connection was pretty mysterious, but now that we've seen a bunch of the game in action, it's starting to make sense. Sam Porter Bridges is travelling the length of the fallen United States in order to reconnect the broken civilisation. He'll be doing this by making deliveries and getting everyone...
Random Madrid Games Week Hands Out Hideo Kojima Masks
Bit weird, right?
If you've ever been to a video gaming convention before, you'll know that free swag isn't so hard to come by. Handed out by various publishers in order to promote its games, you'll probably get your hands on posters and copies of weapons made out of foam. They're fun for the most part, but Madrid Games Week has taken things up a...
Friday4th Oct 2019
Round Up All Death Stranding PS4 Trailers Released So Far
The mystery continues
Now we have a firm release date for Death Stranding, we've been thinking about all the trailers released up to this point. The enigmatic new game from Hideo Kojima is a surreal mystery at this stage. With each new video, we're drawn further into the unsettling world as they raise more and more questions. What are the invisible...
Thursday3rd Oct 2019
News Death Stranding Delivers a Cool Cinematic Trailer Ahead of Launch on PS4
The Drop
Can you believe it's now only about a month until Death Stranding is out? It feels like Hideo Kojima's mad PlayStation 4 game has been around for such a long time, it's hard to imagine actually being able to play it. Yet, here we are, and what's more, a brand new trailer has emerged. This minute-long commercial is CG, but it's not a bad...
Tuesday1st Oct 2019
News Artists and Tracks Confirmed for Death Stranding's Companion Album, Timefall
Hear the first song now
From all that we've seen, Death Stranding seems to be leaning in on licensed music, so it's no surprise that an album is in the works. Death Stranding: Timefall was announced a while ago, but in case you aren't aware, it's a standalone collection of original music inspired by Hideo Kojima's latest. Today, Sony has revealed...
Sunday29th Sep 2019
Random Death Stranding x Zelda: Breath of the Wild Is a Crossover for Our Wishlist
Breath of the BB
It's incredibly unlikely to ever happen, but we couldn't help but share this crossover that makes some of our hopes and dreams a bit of a reality. Reddit user Narvikgutten has taken The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's iconic US boxart and given it a bit of a Death Stranding twist. Instead of Link standing atop a rocky mou
Friday27th Sep 2019
News Death Stranding's Baby Can Communicate with You Through Your PS4 Controller
Baby talk
Is it weird that we now don't see anything strange about the Bridge Baby in Death Stranding? We've seen the child almost as much as Sam Porter Bridges himself, and it now almost feels natural for Norman Reedus to be carrying around a baby in an incubator full of golden liquid. Of course! The infant is a big part of the mysterious...
Thursday26th Sep 2019
News Death Stranding Won't Require PS Plus to Access Multiplayer Features on PS4
We are all connected
Death Stranding is a game all about connecting with other people. To that end, if you play online, you can engage in some interesting asynchronous multiplayer elements, such as leaving items for others to discover, or helping each other out in combat. Of course, you'll need to be a member of PlayStation Plus to access this part...
News Death Stranding Goes Gold, Will Be Delivered on Time for November Release
Connection established
If you were at all worried about Hideo Kojima delaying Death Stranding, fret not. The bizarre PlayStation 4 exclusive has gone gold, meaning development is done the game is ready for the next stages of production. Like Sam Porter Bridges making a successful journey, Kojima Productions will make a timely delivery on 8th...
Wednesday25th Sep 2019
News Death Stranding Limited Edition PS4 Pro Now Available for Pre-Order in the UK
It's a GAME exclusive
Revealed just last night during Sony's State of Play livestream, Death Stranding's limited edition PlayStation 4 Pro console is now available for pre-order in the UK. Head through this link to place your order, but be aware that the limited edition system is exclusive to GAME in the
Tuesday24th Sep 2019
News Limited Edition Death Stranding PS4 Bundle Revealed, Comes With a See-Through Yellow Controller
Dead good?
What do we think of this one then? Sony has revealed a limited edition PlayStation 4 console bundle for Death Stranding that comes with the game, a uniquely designed PS4 Pro, and a see-through, yellow tinted controller. We think it looks pretty darn stylish, but these things always seem to be divisive. The bundle launches on the same day...
Sunday22nd Sep 2019
News Comic-Con Africa Attendees Create Gigantic Death Stranding Mural
Placing hands
Death Stranding anticipation levels hit a new high here at Push Square Towers this past week as each of us devoured the near two hours worth of footage released at TGS 2019. It looks like a fascinating experience, and we reckon a lot of Comic-Con Africa attendees agree. So much so that PlayStation fans were given the chance to create a...
Saturday21st Sep 2019
News Make More Sense of Death Stranding's Demos with English Subtitles
Sense at last
The Internet complained that it didn’t know what was going on in Death Stranding, so auteur Hideo Kojima responded with almost 90 minutes of gameplay footage at the Tokyo Game Show last week. The videos went into intricate detail about the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive, outlining the loop and its online features. The problem? They...
Wednesday18th Sep 2019
News Death Stranding's TGS 2019 Gameplay Demos Have Been Translated into English
Lost in translation
Update: The other Death Stranding gameplay video has now also been translated. You can watch it through here. Original Story: Last week during Tokyo Game Show,
Saturday14th Sep 2019
News Second Death Stranding Gameplay Demo Is All About Customisation and Pulling Faces in the Mirror
What does Sam get up to in his down time?
As promised, Kojima Productions has gone ham on Tokyo Game Show 2019. A couple of days ago, Hideo Kojima guided us through nearly an hour of Death Stranding gameplay, finally showing off what we'll be doing while we're out in the open world. However, that's not all -- the designer has just wrapped up a...
Thursday12th Sep 2019
News Death Stranding Already Has Its Own Only On PlayStation Fan-Made Sleeve
Looking good
We're big fans of the new physical Only On PlayStation sleeve initiative from Sony, and it looks like the wider community is taking to the idea as well. So much so that one fan has already made their own sleeve for upcoming PS4 exclusive Death Stranding. Take a look at it below. Whether Sony will actually be able to add the game...
News Death Stranding Looks Strangely Compelling in Extended PS4 Gameplay
Curiouser and curiouser
Death Stranding may just be the strangest AAA title in decades, but in an industry flush with borrowed ideas, that’s no bad thing. Hideo Kojima has, as promised, released a full 50 minute gameplay video outlining the gameplay loop of the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive – and frankly it’s like nothing you’ve ever...
News Check Out This Extremely Cool Death Stranding Movie Style Poster
In before "it's a movie not a game"
Hideo Kojima's love of films is well documented, and it certainly comes through in his games. Notorious for lengthy cutscenes, his passion for movies is clear as day. Just one more example of this is a brand new poster for Death Stranding, which you can see below: The poster is by Japanese artist Pablo Uchida,...
News Death Stranding's 7 Minute 'Briefing Trailer' Gives You the Lowdown on Sam's Mission
Let's reconnect
Death Stranding's 'Briefing Trailer' is officially here. It actually leaked last month, when someone managed to record the whole thing behind closed doors at Gamescom 2019 -- but at least now you don't have to worry about crappy quality. As the name suggests, the trailer spotlights a cutscene in which main character Sam is briefed...
News Hideo Kojima Suggests You Shouldn't Watch Death Stranding's TGS 2019 Gameplay
Not if you trust him, anyway
Hideo Kojima has heard your criticism it seems, and he’s responding to the Death Stranding gameplay complaints with a whopping 50 minutes of footage at the Tokyo Game Show this week. The problem is that he doesn’t really want you to watch it. Writing on Twitter, the auteur admitted that he’d “like you to play...
Tuesday10th Sep 2019
News Sounds Like We're About to See a Whole Lot of Death Stranding at Tokyo Game Show
Nearly an hour of footage incoming
Sony's got a pretty robust lineup of titles being displayed at Tokyo Game Show 2019. Of course, it includes PlayStation 4 exclusive Death Stranding, the enigmatic new game from Hideo Kojima. With the release date fast approaching, it makes sense to show off a little more of how the title operates. By the sound of...
Monday9th Sep 2019
Random This Fan-Made Death Stranding PS4 Retail Box Is a Stroke of Genius
BBlu-Ray
Death Stranding is fast approaching; we're just a couple of months away from Hideo Kojima's latest on PlayStation 4. The game has been a real enigma since the first teaser, and while the mystery remains largely intact, we can't wait to dive in and uncover all its secrets. One aspect of the title that has people less excited is its cover...
