Hideo Kojima spends Death Stranding 2's early access release at a pro wrestling event watching a "Fluorescent Lighttubes Glass Board Barbed Wire Death Match"

Hideo Kojima in a screenshot from the Xbox and Bethesda 2022 showcase.
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Death Stranding 2: On the Beach may have been released yesterday (for those of you who shelled out the extra wonga for the Deluxe edition), but while players were exploring Mexico and Australia for the first time, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hideo Kojima was busy watching the graps.

As Death Stranding 2 is getting 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:mass praise from fans, and a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Metacritic score high enough to make it the sixth best game of 2025 (technically fourth since 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:first and second are the Zelda Switch 2 ports). However, Kojima previously said 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:positivity towards the g♕ame could be "a problem," with the game's co-composer Woodkid saying 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the script was changed because 🦂playtesters liked it too much. So in the face of all of tꦛhis praise, Kojima must've needed to chill out, and what better way than to watch a

While fans were connecting the Chiral Network for the first time in almost six years, Kojima posted on Twitter, revealing images of him attending New Japan Pro Wrestling's Death Pain Invitational event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. In the main event El Desperado retained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Pro Wrestling Freedoms' "Crazy Monkey" Jun Kasai – a seasoned hardcore wrestler – in a Deat♋h Match.

Kojima may have been more gutted than he was about Death Stranding 2's praise over Kasai's loss, because earlier this year 2021's "Kyo-en the Documentary of a Man Who Shines in Blo𒁃od," of which Kasai is the subject. He said Ka🌳sai "truly is an entertainment artist who uses his body as his medium." Kojima also took the time to .

In my mind though, now I really want Kojima to make a wrestling game. Considering Suda51's first games were Fire Pro Wrestling releases, with "Super Fire Pro Wrestliꦏng Special" h🅠aving one hell of a storyline, there's nothing to say Kojima couldn't do it. But I'd settle for Kojima casting John Cena in Physint.

Death Stranding 2's loading times are pretty much instant, adding another notch to the best-looking game on PS5.

Scott McCrae
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Scott has been freelancing for over three years across a number of different gaming publications, first appearing on ꦍGamesRadar+ in 2024. He has also written for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, VG247, Play, TechRadar, and others. He's typically rambling about Met♛al Gear Solid, God Hand, or any other PS2-era titles that rarely (if ever) get sequels.

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