'Death Stranding' Release Date, News & Update: Norman Reedus Led Game Set To Create New Genre?

"Death Stranding" by Kojima Productions set the E3 2016 buzzing long after Sony unveiled the Norman Reedus starred and left a vastly confused audience. Hideo Kojima promises that there's more to "Death Stranding" than meets the eye and will define a new video game genre much as the "Metal Gear" franchise did.

According to IGN, Hideo Kojima hopes for "Death Stranding" to develop into a new genre of an action game. Citing how "Metal Gear" brought on the stealth action game, Hideo Kojima said "Death Stranding" will do the same.

On the matter of theme, IGN cites Hideo Kojima's use of a short story by Japanese playwright Kobo Abe to explain the motif for "Death Stranding." In Kobo Abe's story mankind developed the stick as his first tool of defense and protection, while he developed the rope as his tool of security and connection.

"Most of your tools in action games are 'sticks:' you punch or you shoot or you kick," Hideo Kojima then pointed out. "The communication is always through these 'sticks.' "

In contrast, "Death Stranding" will rely heavily on the translation of Kobo Abe's ropes to connect people. Hideo Kojima, however, assures that "Death Stranding" will still allow players to use "sticks."

Hideo Kojima also stated that the E3 2016 trailer of "Death Stranding" is full of small hidden details and meanings. This is true and fans started scavenging for "Death Stranding" clues as soon as the trailer screen went dark on Norman Reedus.

GQ cites findings by Redditor Tuomas146, who says the accessory hanging around Norman Reedus' neck in the "Death Stranding" trailer aren't ordinary dog tags. Instead, Norman Reedus appears to be wearing engravings of the formula for The Schwarzschild Radius, which is related to General Relativity, and The Dirac Equation, which is related to Quantum Mechanics.

Given comments by Hideo Kojima on small and hidden details in the "Death Stranding" trailer, Norman Reedus is likely not wearing these engravings by chance. Fans have thrown in theories on Norman Reedus being a "Death Stranding" time traveler of sorts.

 

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While "Death Stranding" is in too early a phase to talk release dates, buzz on the Kojima Productions game is not going down anytime soon, especially after Norman Reedus' threw a shade at Konami. For now, the firm details are "Death Stranding" fulfills the disrupted "Silent Hills" collaboration between Hideo Kojima and Norman Reedus and is being developed for Playstation 4 and PC.