

The online mechanic in Phantom Pain consisted of building up your Mother Base, a base of operations for your playable character’s private military company. The team persisted in producing something beautiful that fans could hold onto.īefore “Death Stranding,” Kojima created one of the most acclaimed franchises in gaming, “Metal Gear.” In the series’ fifth installment, “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” Kojima gave players a way to collectively achieve something that can have a worldwide effect in the form of immersive gameplay and we see this same innovation in “Death Stranding” too. Nonetheless, the relationships between Kojima, Reedus, and Del Toro remained persistent, despite the cancellation of Silent Hills. However, following Kojima’s falling out with Konami, his project got the plug pulled after his association with the corporation was tumultuously terminated. Moving forward, Kojima continued developing videogames in conjunction with actor Norman Reedus, most notably recognized for his recurring role as Daryl Dixon on AMC’s “The Walking Dead” and director Guillermo del Toro known especially for his films “The Shape of Water” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” to name a few. The reason for the cancellation still remains unclear. A year later, Japanese video game publisher and conglomerate Konami called for its cancelation and removed it from the PlayStation network. The demo was released as a free download in the PlayStation Store back in 2014, immediately receiving glowing review by gamers. Immediately after being introduced to the world, “Death Stranding” became one of Kojima’s highly anticipated projects after fans were disheartened over the cancellation of “Silent Hills,” a horror game introduced as a playable teaser, or P.T.



Japanese video game mogul Hideo Kojima’s PlayStation exclusive “Death Stranding” received the most nominations at The Game Awards 2019 for a total of 10 categories, winning three of them – meriting every bit of recognition it deserved.ĭeath Stranding took the win for Best Game Direction, Best Score/Music and Best Performance for Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen’s performance as Cliff.
