Game Rant

This Death Stranding 2 Feature Makes It a Game of Moments Rather Than Movement

From the launch of the first game, Death Stranding has always been about movement. In fact, it is so much about movement that the first game has long been defined by many as a walking simulator due to ...
Game Rant

Interview: Death Stranding 2 Composer Talks Connecting Music to Story, Gameplay, and the Player's Journey

Josh Cotts is a Senior Contributor at Game Rant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been commended since ...
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‘Death Stranding 2: On the Beach’ Composer Had Free Rein to Make a Headbanging Soundtrack

Longtime Kojima Productions composer Ludvig Forssell expanded on the sequel's sonic identity with Hideo Kojima's blessing to interpret its story. Reading time 9 minutes Hideo Kojima‘s long-anticipated ...
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How Death Stranding 2 Improves On The Original Explained By Composer: "A Lot More Fan Service"

ScreenRant’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review–which gave the game 10 out of 10 stars–pointed out poignant musical cues as a highlight of the player experience. This is in large part to Ludvig ...
GamesIndustry

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Critical Consensus

Halfway through the development of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, creator Hideo Kojima reportedly made significant changes to the game after playtesting results were deemed "too good". According to ...
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I'm Reviewing Death Stranding 2, Here's What I Thought of the Original

Hello. I’m Simon, and I’ll be reviewing Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for IGN. As you probably know, the response to the original Death Stranding was varied to say the least, so I thought it would ...
Video Games Chronicle

VGC’s Game of the Year 2025 is Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

10 years later, Kojima’s latest, and one of his most imperious, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, is VGC’s Game of the Year.

Death Stranding 2 is the purest expression of "a Hideo Kojima game" yet, and it's got nothing to do with the long cutscenes or esoteric plot

"A Hideo Kojima game" has become an memetic ode to the excesses of one of the industry's most celebrated directors. Long ...
Yahoo

Death Stranding movie aims to capture the "soul" of the games, but will be its own original story – and even Hideo Kojima won't be involved "too much"

The upcoming live-action Death Stranding movie will be an original story set in the same world as the game universe created by Hideo Kojima. "We really want to capture the soul of the game, capture ...
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Death Stranding 2 is a surprisingly great starting place for new players — here's how it hooked me after I dropped the original

Ahead of starting Death Stranding 2: On the Beach on PS5 Pro, I was a little nervous. I had a slightly strange experience playing the original, and eventually dropped it after around 15 hours of play.
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Hideo Kojima reveals secret Death Stranding 2 cutscene was only half of the motion capture shoot, which ended with him surprising Elle Fanning with a cake on her actual birthday

Death Stranding 2 has a hidden cutscene that triggers on the player's real birthday, and according to studio head Hideo Kojima even its production was rich with secrets and sugar. In a Twitter post, ...