Hideo Kojima continues to tease Loss of life Stranding 2 by posting one other actor’s silhouette teaser on X.
Anime and Loss of life Stranding followers shortly identified that the silhouette matched up with the Japanese actor Kenjiro Tsuda.
Identified for his voice performing in lots of common animes, like JoJo’s Bizzare Journey, Chainsaw Man, and My Hero Academia, Tsuda additionally voiced Sam Porter’s Japanese dub within the first Loss of life Stranding.
It is unclear whether or not Tsuda can be Sam’s Japanese dub once more or have a larger position to play within the sport’s narrative as a brand new character.
Kojima’s announcement is paying homage to the earlier one the place the silhouette turned out to be Elle Fanning; Fanning’s position is reportedly so essential to the sequel’s narrative that if she had rejected the position, he would have needed to rewrite the story.
With Gamescom beginning this Wednesday, Aug. 21, Kojima’s cryptic submit is perhaps hinting at an look with a trailer or some announcement.
That mentioned, Kojima is the thoughts behind the Metallic Gear sequence; his actions, like his storylines, are up for interpretation, so nothing is concrete till he is up on stage. Ought to he not present up, this can seemingly construct much more anticipation for his confirmed Tokyo Recreation Present look.
Formally Loss of life Stranding 2: On The Seaside, the sport is slated for an unspecified 2025 PS5 launch.
What We Know About Loss of life Stranding 2 Do Far
With Kojima, understanding and understanding are worlds aside. In the intervening time, the fanbase can agree solely on two issues, roughly, the title and the unspecified launch date.
The sport’s first trailer was launched again in 2022 with narrative and gameplay particulars scarce and hypothesis aplenty.
In it, Norman Reedus is again as Sam Porter, the one well-known mailman in gaming, alongside the now grown-up bizarre pod-baby and Fragile from the primary sport. The sequel will see Sam in a brand-new location with freezing snowcapped mountains to expansive deserts to traverse and ship packages.
The remainder of the trailer is stuffed with bizarre cults, creepy processions, large constructions, souls-like bosses, unsettling enemy designs, and, in fact, tentacles. We’ll go away the tying of all these dots collectively to somebody a lot smarter than us.
When you’re nonetheless ready on a shock Mads Mikkelsen look throughout Gamescom or a subsequent trailer, you are out of luck. Sadly for Mikkelson’s followers, Kojima has formally said that he won’t be coming to Loss of life Stranding 2.
“It’s as a result of we care concerning the character of Cliff that he won’t seem in DS2.”
It is unclear whether or not Kojima is planning on gracing the Gamescom stage with an announcement of any type. Nonetheless, posting a teaser days earlier than one of many greatest gaming occasions of the yr raises some hopeful eyebrows.
