Even Kojima is abandoning America...
Death Stranding 2 is set in Australia and Mexico, Kojima Productions confirmed overnight.
“With the UCA [United Cities of America] established [in the original Death Stranding], we wanted the sequel to take place in a location that shared a similar geography with the Americas — stretches from east to west and borders the sea in the north and south. Eurasia is too large, and Africa didn’t really fit the bill either,” Hideo Kojima explained to the PlayStation Blog.
“Australia checked all the boxes, but the next issue we faced was how to connect the North American continent with Australia. After a lot of discussion, we decided to implement the ‘plate gate’ to connect the two continents,” he continued.
“Mexico shares a border with the UCA… so the neighboring cities had to be connected,” Kojima added. “As Sam mentions many times in the game, we were extremely mindful that building these ‘connections’ didn’t appear invasive. Sam’s journey of connecting the Americas from east to west was inspired by the American frontier.”
Expect Death Stranding 2 on PS5 from 26 June.
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