Death Stranding gets PC Game Pass next week, Xbox confirms

Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding is heading to Xbox’s PC Game Pass subscription service next week, Microsoft505 Games, publisher confirmed Friday. The world’s first “strand game” will be available to subscribers starting on Aug. 23.

Windows PC Version of Death Stranding has been available since July 2020, and the Game Pass release appears to be the original base version of the game — not the 2022 Director’s Cut re-release. But the PC version for Game Pass includes ultrawide monitor support, photo mode, high frame rate, and “cross-over content from some very well-known franchises,” according to 505 Games.

PC Game Pass Version of Death StrandingTrue Achievements claims that Xbox Achievements will now be available.

PC Game Pass costs $9.99 per month, and includes access to “hundreds of high-quality PC games” as part of the subscription service that Microsoft spun out of Xbox Game Pass.

Death Stranding was originally released on PlayStation 4 in November 2019 to critical acclaim — the game was nominated for multiple Game Developers Choice, DICE, and BAFTA awards. A lot of this game is available on PlayStation 4. Death Stranding’s gameplay is centered on Sam Bridges, a deliveryman, as he treks across a destroyed version of the United States to reconnect it via a network, something akin to the internet, all while meeting up with a supporting cast that includes some of creator Hideo Kojima’s favorite famous people.

Kojima, Microsoft and Kojima revealed earlier this year that Kojima Productions is working with Xbox Game Studios on a mysterious project. Kojima described the collaboration as a “completely new game” and one that Kojima himself “has always wanted to make.” Kojima Productions’ new game will utilize Microsoft’s cloud gaming technology.

Kojima Productions also is rumored be working on a sequel Death Stranding.