Death Stranding 2 gets even more of Hideo Kojima's band back together as Metal Gear Solid 5 dev signs on as action director alongside other veterans

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Death Stranding 2 has quietly recruited an action veteran from th𓄧e likes of Metal Gear Solid 5 and Devil Ma𒆙y Cry 5 to helm its cutscenes. 

At yesterday's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:PlayStation State of Play showcase, the big nine-minute trailer for Death St🐲randing 2 below dropped, showcasing a cyborg ninja fighting glam rocker Higgs with a laser guitar. That's all🅠 well and good, but at the seven minute, 20 second mark during the sequence in the trailer, Yoji Shimomura's name appears under the title of 'Action Director.'

It's easy to let this moment slip by, not just because it's in the middle of an intense fight, but because Shimomura isn't commonly known among international audiences. However, he's worked as an action director, or movie director, on over 16 games, including multiple entries in the Devil May Cry series, the Bayonetta series, and with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hideo Kojima previously on Metal Gear Solid 5.

'Actioꩵn Director' is a bit of a loose title, and it's easy to assume Shimomura would be involved in the literal action of Death Stranding 2 and the act of playing it. Given his history with movie direction though, and where his name pops up in the cinematic fight during the Death Stranding 2 trailer, it's far more likely that he's instead choreographing the cutsce🌞ne action. 

Hours after the new trailer dropped, Kojima himself acknowledged Shimomura's involvement with Death Stranding 2 in the tweet below. It turns out a lot of long-time Kojima collaborators are coming together to work on the new ga🎀me: there's Kyle Cooper, who's been around since Metal Gear Solid 2, and Ludvig Forssell and Shimomura, both of whom Kojima first worked with on Metal Gear Solid 5.

Taking a look at Shimomura's history, it looks like the director didn't initially join Hideo Kojima and many other ex-Konami staff at Kojima Productions after they left in 2015. He apparently went to work for Capcom on Devil May Cry 5, helming the cutscenes in the s🎉equel, and has now returned to Kojima Productions to collaborate with Kojima once again.

Aside from this, we finally know that yes, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:D𝓀eath Stranding 2's subtitle is 'On the Beach,' and it's coming out next year in 2025. There's also a very impressive ship t🍎hat somehow reminds me of Metal Gear Rex, and the sequel also stars a very weird dummy that's🔯 a dead ringer for Alan Wake. The more you know.

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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After 📖earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.