Death Stranding 2: On the beach, the continuation of Hideo Kojima’s hit in 2019 was well received during the premiere. It is “extremely exciting and original” and “bold work that deserves to be encouraged”, at least, according to our review. As a result, fans can hope for the final third game in the series. But at the moment Kojima is not planning to make death to 3 … even though he has already written a concept.
Kojima said this in an interview in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within Death Stranding 2 World Strand Tour. Asked by the interviewer about the death of Stranding 3, he answered with the following:
“At the moment I am not planning to do this because the ending Death Stranding 2 was my finals 1 and 2. But I have already written the DS3 concept, so I have it in data. I hope someone will create it for me.”
This is not the first time Kojima suggested that someone else could take a coat of his games behind him. In May he said that he recently thought about his death, which prompted him to create a USB stick “like a will”, which defines the future of his studio, Kojima Productions, if he dies.
“I gave a USB stick with all my ideas to my personal assistant, a bit like will,” he said. “Maybe they could continue to do things after leaving Kojima Productions … This is fear for me: what happens to Kojima Productions after their departure? I don’t want them to just manage our existing IP address.”
Although in the near future we will not get death 3 in the near future, many of the Kojima’s mind come in the near future. Death Stranding receives a live film adaptation in cooperation with A24, and Kojima is busy working on two different games: Horror Project from, in cooperation with Xbox and the successor of Metal Gear Physint.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior Ign reporter. You can find her post on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.skyla. Do you have a hint with history? Send it to ralentine@ign.com.
