Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (PS5) News Articles
Wednesday26th Nov 2025
News Sony Poised to Publish PS5 Hit Death Stranding 2 on PC
Bridging the gap
Sony will publish Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for PC in the relatively near future, if an ESRB rating is to be believed. The original game was ported to other platforms by 505 Games, but this preceded the platform holder’s strategy of bringing more first-party titles to storefronts such as Steam. It took roughly eight months...
Thursday13th Nov 2025
News Death Stranding Isolations Is a Disney+ Anime Series That Tells an Original Story
Out in 2027
Kojima Productions is throwing everything at Death Stranding right now. There are not only two movie adaptations in the works, one live action and the other animated, but now an original anime series has also been revealed. Death Stranding Isolations is its working title, and it'll be streaming exclusively on Disney+ when it arrives in...
Monday10th Nov 2025
News You Can Live the Death Stranding Experience with This Awesome Real Life Exoskeleton
Lift with your legs
One of the most useful bits of equipment in Death Stranding 1 and 2 is the exoskeleton, a set of fancy leg braces that allow Sam to hike faster and for longer, as well as carry much more cargo. If you've ever wanted to experience what it feels like to wear this bit of gear, well, they're real — and one company has collaborated...
Monday3rd Nov 2025
Public voting now open
Public voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2025's most talked-about prize is now open. The annual awards show takes place later this month, on the 20th November, and features public voting across a wide range of categories. But as alluded, 'Ultimate Game of the Year' is the big one. 12 titles have been nominated, and...
Wednesday22nd Oct 2025
News You Could Now Play Death Stranding 1, 2 with Worse Graphics on PS5
Both games get the Power Saver mode update
Death Stranding Director's Cut, the enhanced PS5 version of the original game, has been updated to take advantage of the console's new Power Saver mode. When played in this mode, the game's overall performance (graphics, frame rate, and potentially more) will be reduced, but it'll consume less power. In...
Tuesday23rd Sep 2025
News Death Stranding's Anime Movie Has One of the Most Striking Art Styles We've Seen in Some Time
Mosquito
We’ve known about Death Stranding’s anime adaptation for a little while now, but this first look at the film is genuinely jaw-dropping. With animation from Japanese outfit ABC Animation Studio, the movie is adopting a very bold, comic book-style look. The pencil-like shading gives it a very different appearance to most modern anime,...
Wednesday13th Aug 2025
News Death Stranding 2 Delivers Five Hour PS Plus Trial Next Week
Premium package
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be the next PS5 game to get a fully playable trial through PS Plus Premium. Kojima Productions' latest only released a couple of months back — exclusively on Sony's current-gen system — so this is a somewhat timely follow-up. If you're yet to be sold on the story-driven, traversal-heavy...
Thursday7th Aug 2025
News Simple Death Stranding 2 PS5 Patch 1.08 Fixes Camera Issues
925.1MB in size
Kojima Productions has pushed a new Death Stranding 2 patch on PS5 live today, updating the game to version number 1.08. You can download the update now, with it weighing in at 925.1MB. The Sony XDEV Twitter account has the patch notes, and it says to expect "an issue where the camera / environment would appear to stutter when in...
Sunday27th Jul 2025
News UK Citizens Using the Photorealistic Death Stranding 2 on PS5 to Bypass Porn Blocks
Thank you, Kojima
Those of you living in the UK will be aware of the introduction of a set of “safety measures” which will require you to disclose your identity in order to access adult content. This obviously includes porn sites, but has also rolled out on services like Discord and Reddit. Not every site implements the security measures in the...
Thursday3rd Jul 2025
News Digital Sales Make Death Stranding 2 PS5 Estimates Much Stronger
Said to have sold 1.4 million copies
Physical UK video game sales are almost dead in the water, but that does not stop early conclusions from being drawn from them. At the start of this week, Death Stranding 2 opened to a 66% drop in physical sales in the region compared to the first game. Now, via data firm Ampere, it's estimated the PS5 exclusive...
Random Kojima Hyped to See Fan Playing Death Stranding 2 on PS Portal at London Launch Event
In the crowd, no less
During a launch event for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach in London this week, auteur Hideo Kojima was hyped to see a fan in the audience playing on his PS Portal. “You’re playing right now – that’s cool,” he shouted, spotting the fan holding up their Remote Play handheld in the crowd. “Wow, he really is...
Wednesday2nd Jul 2025
News Sony Still Does Physical Gaming Properly, Death Stranding 2 Fully Playable from Disc
You never need to go online
Is Sony the only company still doing physical gaming properly? Nintendo first-party’s certainly still in the conversation, but the abundance of Switch 2 Game Key Cards has understandably attracted criticism when it comes to third-party releases. In a world where Microsoft is effectively shipping blank discs on the...
Tuesday1st Jul 2025
News Kojima U-Turns on Death Stranding 2 Review Scores, 'Happy' with Them
After making changes when it was "too good" pre-release
Hideo Kojima tried his absolute best to make a more divisive game after it turned out Death Stranding 2 was "too good", but his efforts weren't enough: the PS5 game is critically acclaimed with a flat 90 on Metacritic. The overwhelming praise appears to be something he's now proud of, though,...
Monday30th Jun 2025
News Asian Skin Is Too Beautiful to Accurately Portray in Games, Kojima Implies
"It ends up looking like CG"
Asian actors and actresses may look too good for Hideo Kojima’s games, as the Death Stranding 2: On the Beach director has cited skin texture as one of the reasons he prefers to capture Western stars in his games. Speaking with IGN Japan as part of an extended interview, the auteur was asked why he chooses to work...
Context matters, though
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach sold 66% fewer physical copies than its predecessor in the UK at launch, but the market has dramatically changed over the past five years or so. Earlier this year, we reported that in 2024 boxed games sales accounted for just 4% of all video game spending in the UK. It’s actually difficult...
Sunday29th Jun 2025
News Death Stranding 2 Is Causing Some PS5s to Overheat
Hot in here
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is an absolutely outstanding game, and we’re sure many of you are spending your weekend exploring Australia – perhaps with our handy Death Stranding 2 guide by your side. But not everyone’s having a great first weekend with the game. A number of players have complained that the release’s map...
Thursday26th Jun 2025
News Death Stranding 2's Launch Celebrated with Brilliant Artwork from PS Studios
Plus a bonus third party
It's one of our favourite traditions — whenever a PS Studios game reaches launch day, every other team under Sony's umbrella celebrates with bespoke artwork, sharing them on social media. This time, it's the turn of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach to get some love, with several of Sony's studios spreading the cheer for...
News Don't Watch Death Stranding 2's PS5 Launch Trailer
Steer clear of spoilers
Despite how much time and effort Hideo Kojima will have put into making it, the newly-released launch trailer for Death Stranding 2 is one to avoid if you care about the story. Kojima has a tendency to tease important story moments, surprises, and easter eggs in his trailers, and with the PS5 game now fully available,...
Wednesday25th Jun 2025
News Nintendo Kinda Had a Hand in the Development of PS5 Exclusive Death Stranding 2
Sort of
Nintendo Pictures, a subsidiary of the Japanese platform holder, is in the credits for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. The company, which focuses on animation and other "visual content", is credited with regards to motion capture for Kojima Productions' acclaimed sequel. You can see the Nintendo Pictures segment in the credits via this...
News Death Stranding 2's Unbelievable PS5 Load Times Are Practically Instant
What load times?
One thing the PS5 ushered in (that we perhaps now take for granted) is vastly improved loading speeds, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach may just be the best example yet. The console's SSD enables much quicker loading that can have some seriously impressive results, but we've not seen a game go from main menu to full in-game...
Monday23rd Jun 2025
News Tech Experts Call Death Stranding 2 'One of the Best Looking Games of This Generation'
Turns out current-gen is good
The tech wizards at Digital Foundry have once again put the latest game through its paces, and this time it's PS5's big console exclusive, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. It may come as no surprise, but DF's John Linneman is super impressed with Kojima Productions' latest, labelling it "one of the best looking games...
Friday20th Jun 2025
News Death Stranding 2 PS5 Trophy List Is Live, But Beware of Spoilers
Plan your route to the Platinum
Ahead of both its early access and full release next week, Trophy-tracking site Exophase has pulled the Death Stranding 2 Trophy list and posted it online. Due to the game's story-focused nature, there's potential for big spoilers in the Trophy names and descriptions. If you wish to view the list ahead of time, click...
News Even Death Stranding 2's Luca Marinelli Was Fooled by His Solid Snake Appearance
"I'm so happy to be Snake"
You may remember, back when this trailer for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach dropped, that fans noted the resemblance between performer Luca Marinelli and Metal Gear Solid's main character. Well, his appearance was so convincing that even h
Tuesday17th Jun 2025
News This Death Stranding Story Recap Is Essential Viewing Before PS5 Sequel
Get caught up in six minutes
The original Death Stranding is a very story-heavy game, and since it has been five and a half years since it released, it's possible you're fuzzy on some of the details going into the sequel next week. As such, Kojima Productions has stepped in to provide an official story recap video. The studio has summed the first...
Monday16th Jun 2025
News Death Stranding 2 Feedback Was 'Too Good', So Hideo Kojima Made Big Changes
Afraid of the game being "mainstream"
During testing, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was proving to be too good, spurring on director Hideo Kojima to make some changes to the game. That's according to musician Yoann Lemoine (Woodkid), who has collaborated with Kojima Productions on the upcoming sequel's soundtrack, in a recent interview with...
Wednesday11th Jun 2025
News PS5's Death Stranding 2 Gets Another New Trailer, But It's Not Like the Others
As in, it's normal
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is right around the corner, and you may have noticed it's been getting a lot of exposure, especially in the lead up to launch. That makes perfect sense, of course, but one could argue we're reaching a point of over-saturation with all these confounding and brilliant trailers, interviews, panels,...
Monday9th Jun 2025
News Kick Back with More Mind Blowing Death Stranding 2 PS5 Gameplay
Hope you're not on a media blackout
You probably feel like you’ve seen more than enough at this stage, but if you’re still curious about how Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is shaping up weeks prior to its 26th June release date, there’s a lot more to enjoy in this game premiere, hosted by Hideo Kojima and Geoff Keighley. With guest...
Friday30th May 2025
News Death Stranding 2 Premiere Event Showcases the Game One More Time Before PS5 Launch
Hosted by Kojima's best friend
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has had a lot of publicity in the last few weeks or so, but it's not enough for Hideo Kojima. With the game due out in less than a month, Kojima Productions has announced a special "live game premiere" event, taking place on 8th June during the Summer Game Fest period. Hosted by Geoff...
Thursday29th May 2025
News Japanese VTuber Usada Pekora Is in Death Stranding 2, and We Don't Know Why
"Should we have connected, Peko-chan?"
The original Death Stranding had some fun cameos, like Geoff Keighley and Conan O’Brien. While a little strange, these worked because they were based on real people. If you knew who they were, then it was an enjoyable Easter egg; if you didn’t, then it didn’t really feel out of place. We can’t say the...
Thursday22nd May 2025
News Death Stranding 2's PS5 Controller Up for Pre-Order Now
Priced at £74.99, out on 26th June
Sony has now opened up pre-orders for the Death Stranding 2 limited edition PS5 controller it has to offer alongside the game. The special pad launches on the same day as the game, 26th June 2025, and costs £74.99. Pre-orders are live in the UK and across Europe on Sony's official PlayStation Direct website,...
