Wesley Yin-Poole
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launches later this month, but for those who simply can't wait, Hideo Kojima took the stage at Summer Game Fest today to show a new clip from the game.
The clip shows two new characters: Lucy (played by Alissa Jung) and Neil (Luca Marinelli). Neil is a porter, like our friend Sam Porter Bridges. The two share an emotional moment sparked by a shared branding on their hands, Neil seeming to recall Lucy from somewhere in the past, and Lucy getting extremely upset about something. Kojima reveals that Neil will play a similar role to Mads Mikkelsen's role last game in terms of performance and emotional impact.
Death Stranding 2 is the sequel to Hideo Kojima's open-world delivery adventure game. It features Fragile and Sam Bridges many years after the events of the first title.
In September, Kojima Productions shared a handful of gameplay clips from Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, showing off its super weird photo mode, dancing puppet men, a character played by Mad Max director George Miller, and more oddities from the mind of Hideo Kojima.
We also saw a topless Norman Reedus step through black goo to meet a man called Tarman (played by Miller) and his flying pet cat alongside a creepy talking puppet. Other characters include Tomorrow (played by Elle Fanning) and Rainy (played by Shioli Kutsuna). It's out on June 26, 2025, exclusively on PS5.
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