Remember that time Hideo Kojima hired a Swedish guy in full body bandages to hold an interview with Geoff Keighley? It was part of the viral marketing campaign for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, with some even speculating that the so-called CEO of Moby Dick Studios was in fact being rendered by the Fox Engine, and didn’t really exist. Crazy times.
Well, it looks like Death Stranding is about to take a similar turn. Fans have been analysing the auteur’s recent tweet, in which he shared a screenshot from the game showing a cluster of moss. And they’ve concluded that part of the release may take place in Iceland. See the tweet below, which compares real-life Icelandic lava fields to Kojima’s own screenshot:
Adding fuel to the fire, Kojima retweeted the above side-by-side. This led to a bit of fan digging, and a tweet from the man himself dating all the way back to 2014 being unearthed. In it, the veteran director posted a picture from one of Iceland’s lava fields, captioning it: “Only moss lives here.” It seems that the Metal Gear man has quite an obsession with, y’know, moss.
The plot gets deeper when you consider that Death Stranding has been using licensed music by Low Roar, an Icelandic band he discovered while browsing a record shop in Reykjavík. And if you look at the promotional material for Guerrilla Games’ Decima Engine, which the title is being developed using, you’ll spot a picture of the Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach in Iceland.
So yeah, we think this is pretty irrefutable evidence that Iceland is involved in some way. What does it all ultimately mean, though? We haven’t got a freakin’ clue.
[source twitter.com, via twitter.com, eurogamer.net]
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With Kojima-san, who knows for sure except him?
The more that gets revealed about this game, the less of any clue I have on what the hell exactly it's supposed to be about. I sure am looking forward to it though!
Death Stranding Theories Get Taken to a Whole New Level
Is this game actually a game?
No seriously thats pretty cool but I fail to see what Iceland has to do with internalised Norman Feetus inside Norman Reedus with giant invisible but not invisible ink monsters and water stuff and Mads Mikkelson.
DEath stranding
iceland > dnaleCI
kojiMA
Confirmed.
Sad, because of the clickbait-y title. I wouldn't consider this "a whole new level". You lot read some of the theories out there? This one is pretty much ground level compared to most.
I hope it's a swerve and the whole game is set in Iceland the supermarket.
This is nothing, I've seen theories that DS is actually a new Metal Gear game that's been planned since 2004 with MGS3. Heck Konami still own the Kojima Productions trademark and actually renewed it in 2016 for another ten years.
It does beg the question: was everything that happened over the last few years, Kojima leaving, the Konami hate, MGSV's missing chapter, Silent Hills's cancellation, the Sony partnership all a ruse for the sole purpose of pulling off gaming's greatest marketing stunt? If so then wow!
@Neolit You're "bored" of it but still comment anyway.
@Neolit Worth remembering that MGS5 isn’t even three years old yet. Kojima’s left Konami, opened a new studio, signed a deal with Sony, recruited staff, licensed an engine, designed a new IP, and got the game into shape for an E3 deep dive in that time.
In an era where bog-standard AAA sequels take at least three years to make at established studios, I’d say he’s ahead of schedule right now.
I think the entire game will take place in Florida, inside a future Iceland section at Epcot.
Or maybe it's the old polar bear exhibit at the Bronx Zoo, the entire game could be about finding out why all the polar bears in NYC have died.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx-zoo-beloved-tundra-polar-bear-nyc-dies-26-article-1.3724116
Just b/c the guy likes the look of the place doesn't mean the game has to take place there. It's the future, it could be NY. Ever see the original 1968 Planet of the Apes, that's all in NY.
@Neolit It's been 50 years so the spoiler warning requirement has officially expired. I wonder if there will be a 4k special anniversary ultra blu-ray I'll need to buy, I own about 5 or 6 copies of this movie including VHS off of TV, though I think that tape may have corroded to dust.
@Neolit My point been why do you see fit to let us all know your "bored" of Kojima. It's not exactly adding to the discussion is it.
@Neolit Just seems pointless that's all.
The more cryptic teasers the better, as far as I’m concerned. Gives us plenty of fodder for speculation. We have enough COD, FIFA, Battlefield, RDR, Soul Calibur, Tomb Raider, Spiderman, TLoU and other known properties where we basically know the premise of these — savor the mystery of at least one huge game that we can theorize about!
To be honest it's hard to see what picture is...a picture, and what picture is a videogame
But yeah...Iceland...cool x)
Kojima san most prolly would be thinking this...
Mads Mikkelsen is from Denmark too, so I dunno...
@Neolit I think it's really cool to discuss theories, like what happened with P.T.
It's part of the game.
Everyone stop picking on our friend Neolit. We are ALL allowed a voice here!
MOVING ON... Turns out death stranding is just a playable teaser that when finished teases a full PT release.
(in my dreams)
@Gmork___ I'm not trying to pick a fight though, just sayin. ^^
i love reading about these little treasure hunts by people with so much more free time than me!!!
Eh, there were videos about this last year.
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