Hideo Kojima announced that Death Stranding 2 will release on June 26 for PlayStation, emphasizing that Covid-19 significantly influenced its development. The game reflects evolving themes of connection and isolation, mirroring societal changes during the pandemic. Kojima compares modern human connections to the game's Chiral Network, noting that the internet allowed survival and connection in a locked-down world, in contrast to past pandemics. As society shifted to online interaction, discussions of the metaverse flourished, further impacting the game's narrative and mechanics.
In the real world, in the 21st century, we have something similar to the Chiral Network -the internet. It was different than, for example, the Spanish flu pandemic a century earlier.
I released Death Stranding before the pandemic, and I was surprised how closely it mirrored real-life events that unfolded just after its launch.
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