Death Stranding 2 in development, Norman Reedus says

Norman Reedus, the actor who plays Sam Bridges in Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding, says he’s currently making a follow-up to that game in a new interview. Speaking with Leo, a men’s style publication, Reedus said, “We just started the second one,” when discussing his work on the original Death Stranding.

Speaking about landing the role as a post-apocalyptic delivery man in Hideo Kojima’s game, Reedus said in the interview, “It took me maybe two or three years to finish all the MoCap sessions and everything. This takes much work. And then the game came out, and it just won all these awards, and it was a huge thing, so we just started part two of that.”

The latest news about a Death Stranding II sounds familiar, that’s because Reedus has talked about it before. Last August, Reedus told Brazilian outlet Adorocinema that he was “in negotiations” for a second Death Stranding — though it was unclear at the time if Reedus was referring to work on Death Stranding: Director’s CutIt launched on September 20, 2021. It appears now that he did indeed refer to a sequel.

Polygon has reached out to Kojima Productions for clarification on Reedus’ statement and whether Death Stranding IIIt is currently in development.

Kojima Productions is yet to announce a sequel. Death StrandingThe original release of ‘, was on PlayStation 4 in 2019 and then brought to PlayStation 5 (and later Windows PC) by Kojima. Kojima has teased several projects, including one that he himself had cryptically described. a new AAA video game, but with Kojima Productions also operating a new film and TV studio, it’s not clear what medium those new projects will take.