{"id":35053,"date":"2024-08-05T14:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T05:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=35053"},"modified":"2024-08-23T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T08:05:11","slug":"death-stranding-2-kojima-productions-holds-special-party-ahead-of-2025-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/death-stranding-2-kojima-productions-holds-special-party-ahead-of-2025-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Stranding 2: Kojima Productions holds special party ahead of 2025 launch\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kojima Productions recently held what they have termed a unity ceremony for their upcoming game <strong>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach<\/strong>. As reported by Kojima Productions\u2019 official X account and the related accounts of staff members, the party had an interesting, traditional Japanese twist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Announced back in 2022, the sequel to Death Stranding is set to be released on PS5 sometime in 2025. The Hideo Kojima game will see Sam and his companions set out on a new journey to save humankind from extinction. In was announced back in May that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/death-stranding-2-filming-completed-according-to-hideo-kojima\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the filming for the game had been completed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH \u2013 State of Play Announce Trailer | [ESRB]4K\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6cs-A1rNvEE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The unity ceremony held at Kojima Productions\u2019 Tokyo HQ on August 2, featured a large custom-made black daruma with DS2 written on it in gold. Daruma are round traditional Japanese dolls, which are regarded as a symbol of good luck and perseverance. At first, both of the daruma\u2019s eyes are plain white. The owner paints the left eye in black while thinking about a goal or wish. When the goal has been achieved, the right eye is filled in.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Hideo Kojima Death Stranding 2 daruma party\" class=\"wp-image-35067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-001.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-001-380x253.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-001-768x512.jpeg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em> Hideo Kojima paints the left eye of the daruma at Kojima Production\u2019s Death Stranding 2 unity ceremony (Image credit: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KojiPro2015\/status\/1819335660328964327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Kojima Productions on X<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"647\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-003.jpg\" alt=\"Death Stranding 2 daruma Kojima Productions\" class=\"wp-image-35065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-003.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-003-380x273.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-003-768x552.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Kojima Production\u2019s Unity Party, all the staff members took turns to paint the left eye of the daruma, with Hideo Kojima adding the finishing touches to the left eye. The right eye is likely to be painted when Death Stranding 2 has been successfully completed. It seems that the aim of the party was to help the team feel united and motivated to achieve a common goal- to make Death Stranding 2 the best game it can be. The company also gave special badges featuring the daruma to staff members. Although commenters on X mentioned that they wanted one of these Death Stranding 2 daruma badges, it is not clear whether they will be made commercially available at the time of writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"602\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-002.jpeg\" alt=\"Death Stranding 2 badges\" class=\"wp-image-35066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-002.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-002-380x254.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240805-35053-002-768x514.jpeg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Death Stranding 2 daruma badges (Image credit: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kojima_Hideo\/status\/1819333292606607649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Hideo Kojima on X<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is scheduled to be released on PS5 in 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hideo Kojima adds the finishing touches to Death Stranding 2 developers&#8217; party at Kojima Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":35071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-35053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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