Sherlene Persse

Not only is there a vastness to the map size in Elden Ring , but there is no real motive or direction other than what the player makes of it. The enemies can be extremely hard to fight , and quests are obscured. As such, players need to figure out their own jour The Game Awards 2022 featured plenty of surprises and a myriad of announcements that prove that the gaming scene will be quite exciting in the upcoming year. One of the reveals came from Hideo Kojima, who gave gamers a glimpse of Death Stranding 2 . While a few past characters are making a return, the game also seems to be embracing new environme For example, following Reedus’ comment in an interview with men’s lifestyle site Leo Edit in May 2022, Kojima's humorous tweet addressed Death Stranding 2 News Stranding 2 by telling Reedus to go to his " private room ," a reference to Death Stranding ’s __ safe rooms. The playfulness of Kojima’s response (which included a photo of himself threatening Reedus with a Negan-esque, wire-wrapped baseball bat à la The Walking Dead ) suggested to some observers that rather than an accidental slip, Reedus’s leak might have been a coordinated effort on the part of the game’s creator. Kojima added fuel to the fire of speculation surrounding Death Stranding 2 at the Tokyo Game Show in September 2022, where a QR code at the Kojima Productions booth linked to a poster containing several Death Stranding symbolic references and a woman’s silhouette overwritten by the words " Who am In reality, Kim Jong Il would pass away in mid-December of 2011, paving the way for his son to take on the mantle of the supreme leader. Homefront’s lore also shows that in 2022, the United States is severely weakened due to the collapse of the global financial system and the emergence of an Asian bird flu epidemic that kills over 6 million people. Not too far-fetched, In late September 2022, a private document from Sony Interactive Entertainment was leaked on ResetEra by user Arubedo . A spreadsheet appearing to list forthcoming PlayStation titles, the document is dated 2021 and includes a game called Ocean, which was attributed to Kojima Productions. Leaker Dusk Golem on ResetEra claimed that Ocean is, in fact, a codename for Death Stranding 2, Kojima's next game . According to Insider Gaming , Dusk Golem has a track record for reliable leaks in the horror genre, so while some have questioned the authenticity of the leaked document, there are reasons to believe in its accur Hideo Kojima, creator of cinematic games like Death Stranding and the Metal Gear series, among other titles, is often described as an auteur of video games, because of his enigmatic style and the artistic vision he brings to creating playable worlds. Judging from the leaks surrounding his latest project, Kojima might also be described as an auteur of hype, for the masterful way he has built interest around and enthusiasm for his games without actually confirming anything. This is clear from his handling of the Reedus "leaks," which may not even have been leaks so much as carefully scripted reveals orchestrated by Kojima hims What makes Cyberpunk 2077 somewhat stressful is the bountiful content, occasional glitch, and the fact that every district has an enemy determined to kill the player . This does not stop Cyberpunk 2077 from being a great experience, as it heightens the sense of survival in this cyberpunk dysto The team was very surprised when NASA announced its discovery of the Trappist-1 system as the algorithm they created had produced an almost identical system (with all 7 Earth-like planets) within the game that was somewhat close to the coordinates of the actual system. The team had to rename their system of couDeath Stranding was an unproven experiment at the time and also one of the most ambitious triple-A titles operating within the traditional system we’d ever seen. Sony gave Kojima a blank cheque and allowed him to create whatever he wanted purely because his exclusivity was more than enough of a draw. I can’t think of many games where the finished product matches up to its reveal trailer so perfectly, making it clear that whatever he had in mind for the game was clear from the very beginning, and its relatively short development cycle was spent iterating upon the initial pitch until it became the game we know today. In the statement on ResetEra, Dusk Golem stated definitively that Death Stranding 2 is in development and that its internal codename is Ocean . They went on to assert that the game is part of a standing deal between Kojima and Sony and that any reports suggesting otherwise or mentioning other parties should be rejected. This comment is apparently a reference to another rumor claiming Death Stranding 2 is the game Kojima is making for Xbox , which is suspected to be codenamed or titled Overdose . However, given that Sony owns the trademarks on Death Stranding (this again per Insider Gaming), it is highly unlikely it would have ever allowed Kojima to make a sequel exclusively for Micros