Highlights

  • Hideo Kojima hints at Death Stranding 2 news coming at Sony's State of Play event on January 31, exciting fans who have been eagerly awaiting more information about the game.
  • The reveal trailer for Death Stranding 2 has raised intriguing questions about the plot and characters, adding to the anticipation surrounding the game.
  • It's likely that a new trailer or gameplay reveal for Death Stranding 2 is imminent.

A recent post from Hideo Kojima suggests that some long-awaited information about Death Stranding 2 is imminent, coming as part of Sony's PlayStation State of Play event on January 31. Fans have been looking forward to learning more about the nebulous title since its reveal in 2022, as information about the game, including its full name (with Death Stranding 2 only being a working title), has been fairly sparse.

Although there have been rumors and leaks swirling around Death Stranding 2, fans have mostly only had its 2022 reveal trailer to go off. Still, the reveal trailer is scintillating and full of details to pick apart, raising major questions about plot details like Sam and Fragile's relationship, Sam's aging and Fragile's apparent reverse aging, and more. Given the mysterious nature of the reveal trailer and Kojima's history of Game Awards reveals, many fans expected Death Stranding 2 to make an appearance at 2023's Game Awards ceremony, but these hopes were dashed by the reveal of OD, a new project from Kojima and Jordan Peele.

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Fresh off the heels of the appropriately bizarre OD reveal, it seems like Kojima might be ramping up for another round of Death Stranding 2 marketing. The basis for this reasoning is a recent post from the Hideo Kojima Instagram account, sharing the broadcast information about PlayStation's upcoming State of Play. The post does not include a caption or any other information about the State of Play event or Kojima's involvement in it, despite rampant speculation from fans in the comments section.

Why Death Stranding 2 New May Come During The January 31 State of Play

Since Death Stranding is a PlayStation-exclusive franchise, it doesn't seem too unlikely for Death Stranding 2 news to come alongside Sony's first State of Play of the year. Even though Kojima Productions is busy with the development of OD, Death Stranding is still the studio's flagship franchise, defining its work following Kojima's split from Konami. All that is to say that, considering a full year has passed since the last bit of concrete Death Stranding 2 news, it seems likely that a new trailer or gameplay reveal is around the corner.

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Of course, it's possible that Kojima could just be extending a professional courtesy to Sony, a company with which he has a close working relationship, by sharing the broadcast information. Still, Death Stranding 2 news should be coming sooner or later, and a State of Play trailer could make up for Death Stranding 2's lack of Game Awards presence.