Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions are celebrating the studio's 10th anniversary with a big Beyond the Strand livestream that promises to "offer a glimpse into future projects" in development at the studio behind the first two Death Stranding titles.
We'll be covering this event live and updating this article with all the big news and reveals!
Hideo Kojima Reveals First Trailer for Xbox Game Studios Title OD
During the Beyond the Strand livestream, Hideo Kojima and Xbox head Phil Spencer helped share the first trailer for OD, Kojima Productions' Xbox Game Studios horror project.
The footage begins with an ominous red door and a red card being used to try to unlock it. We then get some redacted text that reads: Ten years since the [REDACTED] Horror [REDACTED], "[REDACTED]." The Cursed [REDACTED] Have Once Again [REDACTED] Into the Forbidden.
We then see the back of the card, which says, "Light the Fires to Celebrate Their [REDACTED] [REDACTED].
More Text: This Building Was [REDACTED] From a 3D Scan of an [REDACTED] Found in an [REDACTED]. And then, [REDACTED] Were [REDACTED] In a Sinister Ritual.
More gamplay was shown of someone entering a room on a stormy day. There is a shrine of sorts, and the characters pulls out a match from a box that says "missing." They then proceed to light candles, including one that looks like a baby. When they light that last one, a baby starts crying. They then light another candle shaped like another young person's head and it starts bleeding. We then see our character, who is played by Sophia Lillis, and she looks absolutley terrified as something approaches her from behind and then grabs her.
It then cuts to credits and we see OD will star Lillis, Udo Kier, and Hunter Schafer, oh, and that it is for "all players and screamers."
Furthermore, it looks like OD will have a subtitle of Knock and an exploration of the "fear of the knock." Kojima also noted that Jordan Peele will be focusing on another fear for his OD project, but that fear of the knock will be one of Kojima's focuses.
He also said he wants to go all around the world to scary places and even "scan a ghost for the first time and get an awards for that."
Death Stranding: Mosquito Is the Working Title for a New Animation Project, Trailer Revealed
Kojima announced Death Stranding: Mosquito, which is the working title for a new animation project from director Hiroshi Miyamoto (ABC Animation Studio) and writer Aaron Guzikowski.
The team wants to differentiate the look of the animation film project and the games, and we got to see this in action in a teaser trailer you can see above. It was also revealed the main character, who is not Sam Porter Bridges, will have the ability to "suck something really important" that isn't blood, and that's why they went with the working title of Death Stranding: Mosquito.
Kojima and A24 Give a Brief Update on the Death Stranding Movie
Kojima and A24 took the stage to give a few updates on the upcoming Death Stranding film. The movie's director, Michael Sarnoski, also was on hand to share a bit about how they are envisioning this adaptation.
"With this project we really want to capture the soul of the game, capture the themes of the game, but we also want to tell a story that you haven't seen in that world and explore characters you haven't seen before," Sarnoski said. "Also, find all of that scope and all of those incredible real locations, but also find all of those nuanced characters and just do justice to this on a micro and macro scale."
The team wants the film to tell a new story in Death Stranding's world that will be familiar to those who have played the game but also not confusing to those who never have.
Kojima Productions Partnering With Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group On a Credit Card
Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions are collaborating with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on a brand-new credit card that is aiming to be released in the second half of 2026. This card will also have a smartphone app and digital card to make payments, and it will let users accumulate points and exchange them for merch and goods. The team is working on what themed goods and merch can be used alongside game characters and themes for the card itself.
Kojima Discusses the 20-Year Plan for Kojima Productions
Kojima discussed a bit more about the 20-year plan he set out for Kojima Productions, and it is very much reminiscent to the building and launching of a spaceship into the stars.
First Phase (2015-2019)
Goal: "Build a spaceship, assemble a crew, install engines, and head for the outer space creating our own new IP."
Details: This also included Death Stranding, "focusing on connections with fans," merchandising, a fan event, and an anniversary event. The spaceship is the office.
Second Phase (2019-2025 and to 2030)
Goal: "Transfer to the long-range spacecraft and head into space."
Details: This includes Death Stranding: Director's Cut and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and the team wants to enhance its own IP, go into "multi-platform, film, anime, comic, novelization, and music," further adventures and challenges | beyond the universe," create new IP and transcend the "boundries between film and games," and expand the connections with fans.
Celebrating 10 Years of Kojima Productions
Beyond the Strand began with a look back at Kojima Productions, including a timeline of the studio, which you can see below;
December 12, 2016: Kojima Productions Established
2016: Official Mascot "Ludens" Revealed
2016: New Office Established in Shinagawa
2016: Death Stranding Revealed
2019: Death Stranding Special Stage at Tokyo Game Show 2019
2019: Launch of Death Stranding
2020: Fellowship Award at the BAFTA Games Awards
2021: Launch of Death Stranding Director's Cut
2022: Partnership with Xbox Game Studios
2022: New Office Completed
2022: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Announced
2023: Praying For a Safe Production With Microsoft at Kanada Myojin
2023: OD Announced
2024: Physint Announced
2025: Launch of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
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