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Subscribe from just £3 Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£9.99View Edge Subscription Offers New Games for 2024 Recommended reading Action Games Death Stranding 2 isn't weird enough: Hideo Kojima has an idea for a game where your character forgets everything if you stop playing Open World Games Hideo Kojima already has a Death Stranding 3 pitch that could relate to a DS2 plot device, but "I am not going to make it myself" Action Games Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding's themes of connection came about because "I thought I lost everything when I became alone nine years ago" All upcoming Hideo Kojima games: Everything in development at Kojima Productions Action Games Death Stranding 2 devs worried it was "getting a little Metal Gear-ish," but Hideo Kojima himself says you don't have to be sneaky: "I don't even use stealth myself" Action Games Death Stranding 2 will "allow players that want to fight to do so more freely," Hideo Kojima says, like how Metal Gear Solid 2 "made it a little easier to use weapons" Stealth Games Death Stranding movie director has done his research and played the game and Metal Gear Solid, but Hideo Kojima won't let him play the other entries in the series Death Stranding 2 Hideo Kojima once considered he might only "have 10 years" left to create new things, and he's given his assistant "a USB stick with all my ideas" as a kind of "will" Catherine Lewis 16 May 2025 "This is a fear for me – what happens to Kojima Productions after I'm gone" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Kojima Productions) Hideo Kojima wants to make sure the staff at Kojima Productions are all set for the future even if he's no longer alive, and has shared a USB stick with "all my ideas" with his personal assistant, "kind of like a will." Kojima has a lot of unique ideas. Only this week, the Death Stranding 2 director shared a concept for a game where the protagonist would age over time, becoming weaker but wiser, although he asserted that "no-one would buy it!" Clearly though, he must have plenty of other ideas that he thinks people would buy, and he's letting his staff save those for if they ever need them if he's not around. "I gave a USB stick with all my ideas on it to my personal assistant – kind of like a will," he tells Edge in issue 411 of the magazine. "Perhaps they could continue to make things after I'm gone, here at Kojima Productions… This is a fear for me – what happens to Kojima Productions after I'm gone. I don't want them to just manage our existing IP." You may like Death Stranding 2 isn't weird enough: Hideo Kojima has an idea for a game where your character forgets everything if you stop playing Hideo Kojima already has a Death Stranding 3 pitch that could relate to a DS2 plot device, but "I am not going to make it myself" Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding's themes of connection came about because "I thought I lost everything when I became alone nine years ago" He talks to the publication about the experience of turning 60 in 2023, as well as when he "fell seriously ill" during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that "until then, I didn't think I was old, you know? I just didn't feel my age, and I assumed I would be able to create for as long as I live." That experience clearly changed things for him, as he continues: "But then I became sick, and I couldn't create anything. And I saw lots of people around me passing away at that time. I was confronted with death. Of course, I recovered, but now I was thinking, 'Wait, how many years do I have left to make a game or a film?' Perhaps I would have ten years?" One thing is for sure, as he reiterates here, Kojima has made it very clear that he wants to "continue 'creating things' for the rest of my life." Hideo Kojima wanted Death Stranding 2 to have "a clearer focus on combat," giving players a "range of approaches" including Metal Gear Solid-style stealth. Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. 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