Hideo Kojima reveals he did most of the Death Stranding concept work on his phone as he confirms that he's the hand behind the game's logo
Nov. 11, 2024Someone give him a hand
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Some of Death Stranding’s earliest ideas came together onHideo Kojima’s phone.
Over the weekend, Kojima took toTwitterto reminisce about his studio and, by extension, Death Stranding’s humble beginnings on the game’s 5th anniversary. At first, Kojima Productions was only a studio in name, as the Metal Gear creator’s office space was more of a closet that could barely fit a handful of desks. “Since it was so tiny, I was the only one coming in,” Kojima says.
Kojima goes on to say that all he had around that time was a computer, a PS4 to watch Blu-rays, headphones, a smartphone, and a few other bits and pieces. As such, most of Death Stranding’s concepts were done on Kojima’s phone – in between scrolling Twitter andposting film takes, surely.
That’s not the only tidbit Kojima hasrevealed, either. If you remember the hand that forms part of Death Stranding’s logo, that belongs to none other than Kojima himself. Quite a hands-on approach, then.
Speaking of teasers,Hideo Kojima showed nine seconds of Death Stranding 2 title screen footage and warned that it’s “very much temporary.”
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