Though the studio remains forever secretive, Kojima Productions has been gracious enough to provide fans a sneak peek into two upcoming projects: theDeath Strandingsequel andOD. On Twitter, Hideo Kojima recently gave an update onDeath Stranding 2‘s development.
He explains that 2024 entails another year of development for the game which is being produced at the same time asOD.Death Stranding 2still “has some ADR left” and after that, the studio will focus on doing Japanese voice-overs. There’s still no official release date forDeath Stranding 2, but with Kojima discussing “another year of development,” a 2025 launch wouldn’t be out of the question.
A busy year for Kojima Productions
During The Game Awards 2023,Kojima spoke a bit aboutODwhich is described as a title that will defy expectations and expand the medium. He’s enlisted the help of movie-maker Jordan Peele, and we’ve received a cryptic teaser trailer, though we’re still stuck without a release date.
Although Kojima intends to limit his business trips this year, he’s still busy turningDeath Strandinginto a movie, collaborating on theAvengers, and working onODin addition to other video projects. He also mentions a writing project along with the possible revival of Hide Radio and “a special program on ‘HideTube’.”
Happy New Year, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, so I asked Yoji and RYU to design a “Ryu (dragon) Dense (LUDENS)” for us.This year will be another year of simultaneous production of “DS2” and “OD”. DS2 still has some ADR left, and we will start recording Japanese voice overs. I…pic.twitter.com/CZEu00QVRC
It appears it’s a busy year ahead for Kojima Productions, but we may see the fruits of the studio’s labor soon. Plenty of the upcoming projects intrigue me, but I’m particularly interested to see howDeath Stranding‘s movie adaptation will be handled. Although the game is teeming with lengthy cutscenes, it’ll be a tall task to capture the unique atmosphere established by the gameplay.
