505 Games pulled a Control on everyone.

For the duration of their Holiday Sale, Epic Games has been giving away a new free game daily through the Epic Games Store. Today's free game offering is Death Stranding, but it's not the Director's Cut version. It was, for a short period, Death Stranding: Director's Cut but that seems to have been a little whoopsie.

Now, don't get me wrong, the base game of Death Stranding is still really good. Frankly, even if it wasn't spectacular,...

The first strand-type film was just announced.

Death Stranding 2 was just announced earlier this month at The Game Awards. Now, a film based on Death Stranding has just been announced. The film will be based off of the games of the same name but will "introduce new elements and characters within the Death Stranding universe."

Hideo Kojima's Kojima Productions is partnering with Hammerstone Studios to create the Death Stranding movie. Deadline reports that the...

That's a lot of connected strands.

Kojima Productions announced that since its release in November 2019, over 10 million people have picked up and played some amount of Death Stranding. This milestone comes about just as the game is celebrating its third anniversary since it was initially released on the PlayStation 4.

After spending some time as a PS4 exclusive, Death Stranding eventually found its way to the PC in mid-2020. In September 2021 Death Stranding Director's...

Single player games are apparently dead, so believes Phil Harrison.

According to a new report by 9to5Google, Google passed on a Stadia-exclusive follow-up to Death Stranding. It seems as though the main sticking point for the management at Stadia is the fact that this proposed game by Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions would be a strictly single player experience.

This is a slight departure from 2019's Death Stranding. That game is very much an asynchronous multiplayer...

This will be for PC Game Pass users only.

Microsoft announced that Death Stranding will be hitting PC Game Pass on August 23, 2022. The announcement was made via a cheeky little image posted to the official Game Pass Twitter account.

The tweet, seen below, shows what looks to be Sam "Porter" Bridges carrying a metal case across the landscape. On the case is a green sticker providing the name of the game, Death Stranding, the words "PC GAME PASS" and...

Oops.

Norman Reedus is a fairly well-known actor with credits that include The Walking Dead, The Boondock Saints, and even Blade 2. He is also known amongst the gaming community for playing the main character, Sam Bridges, in Death Stranding. While he isn't busy acting, he's busy conducting interviews, and this is where today's story picks up.

In a new interview with Leo Edit, Reedus seemingly confirmed that a sequel to Death Stranding is in development. He flatly says,...

This announcement comes after a rollercoaster of a week for conspiracy theorists.

Yesterday, Sony Interactive Entertainment updated their PlayStation Studios website banner to include a showcase of games that are offered up exclusively from PlayStation. Typically, the banner only displayed characters from Sony's first-party studios, but the most recent change included one particularly interesting character.

On the new banner, on the far left side, is none other than Sam...

Go West, young man, go West.

The PC release of Death Stranding Director's Cut was released just a short time ago today on Steam and the Epic Games Store. You can either purchase a $9.99 (USD) upgrade if you already own the base game, or plunk down $39.99 for the whole shebang if you don't yet already own the game.

This is said to be "Hideo Kojima's definitive vision of his critically-acclaimed and genre-defying epic." The game was developed by Kojima Productions...

There will be an upgrade path for those that own the original game already.

Kojima Productions and 505 Games will bring Death Stranding Director's Cut to PC markets on March 30. The full release will go for just $39.99 (USD). However, if you already own the original Death Stranding, you will be able to upgrade to the Director's Cut for just $9.99.

Apparently, in order to upgrade you will need to install the standard edition of the game and then purchase the Director's...

This release will be one of the first to utilize Intel's XeSS technology.

As many had hoped back when it was first announced for the PlayStation 5, Death Stranding Director's Cut is indeed coming out soon for the PC. The PS5 release happened on September 24, 2021 and the PC release is said to be coming out Spring 2022. I'm going to guess it will be a late March 2022 release as that will place it almost exactly six months out from the original PlayStation 5 release.

The...

Man, what?

Recently, Sony and Kojima Productions announced Death Stranding Director's Cut for the PlayStation 5. This was already rather confusing since the game is the brainchild of Hideo Kojima, so how could this new release be a Director's Cut of any sort? Well, it gets even more confusing after Kojima expressed his annoyance with adding Director's Cut to something that isn't actually cut.

That seems to make sense seeing as how Death Stranding Director's Cut is actually...

There's a lot of new content that they're adding.

Despite its goofy name, Death Stranding Director's Cut looks kind of amazing. A new trailer for the game was released today during the PlayStation State of Play stream. With the new trailer comes the announcement of a September 24 release date on the PlayStation 5.

I admit that I was skeptical of this Director's Cut at first, but after seeing the new trailer (seen below), I came away pretty damn impressed. This trailer...

Norman Reedus is still working out how to do the box thing.

Hideo Kojima made a special appearance on Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live event today. I mean, is that really a surprise to anybody? During a brief interview with Keighley, Kojima briefly talked about how things were going in Japan (they have a State of Emergency), and his future projects (he didn't say much but referenced 9/11?). He also showed off a new trailer.

What is that trailer? Well, it's...

Go exploring.

Valve just passed along word that they have a new sale underway through Steam. This sale is focused on open world titles and is aptly named the Steam Open World Sale.

This sale runs from now through Monday, May 31 at 10AM (PT). This event obviously features savings on a number of open world titles. You can find all of the sale items right here on Steam.

Just to whet your appetite, some of the games I'm seeing on sale include Sea of Thieves at...

I mean... I guess?

2020 is the year that just won't let up. This time, we're being told that the 2020 Game of the Year at The Steam Awards was none other than Red Dead Redemption 2. That is surprising, to say the least, when its competition for the year included games like Hades, Death Stranding, Fall Guys, and even DOOM Eternal. But it is what it is and it is a GOTY winner when all is said and done.

Do keep in mind that this game was voted on by Steam users to be their...