Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2 has so much tactical espionage action that even his own staff 'worried it was getting a little Metal Gear-ish'

The character Neil in Death Stranding 2, who here is posing like Solid Snake.

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is due for release on PlayStation 5 in June, and let's hope it doesn't take eight months to come across to PC this time. Creator and director Hideo Kojima has just done a big interview with IGN to accompany some preview coverage, within which he just cannot stop with the Metal Gear comparisons.

This has been a notable element of Death Stranding 2's marketing, even. The release of a 10 minute long trailer (yes, really) in March made the Metal Gear links overt, with new character Neil giving us a new version of Snake's bandana-tying, and a mech unmistakably reminiscent of Metal Gear Rex.