Hideo Kojima says next week's anniversary event for the Death Stranding maker is actually a "Strand" gathering to celebrate all the "connections" we’ve built together with all the “Sam-ones”

Hideo Kojima waving near a Sam Porter Bridges statue.

Hideo Kojima is hyping up next week's Kojima Productions 10th anniversary event Beyond The Strand for all the "Sam-ones."

The new iteration of Kojima Productions turns 10 years old this year. Following the last game Hideo Kojima made for Konami, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, The studio behind Death Stranding was announced to the world on December 16, 2015, and its first game Death Stranding releasing a little under 4 years later in 2019. To celebrate the anniversary, Kojima Productions announced the Beyond The Strand event.