Death Stranding is a game developed by Kojima Productions and published by 505 Games for the PC. It is the first game Hideo Kojima developed after leaving Konami in 2015 and the first fully non-Metal Gear game he’s directed since 1994’s Policenauts. The game was released for the PS4 on November 8, 2019, with a PC release following on July 14, 2020.

The game stars Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, a courier in a post-apocalyptic United States following “the Death Stranding,” a cataclysmic event that altered the rules of life and death. Cynical and jaded from years of criss-crossing the dangerous wilderness of the east coast, Sam is contacted by his estranged mother, Bridget Strand, the President of the United Cities of America.

On her deathbed after years battling cancer, she asks Sam to help fulfill her dream of reuniting the nation through the Chiral Network, a massive digital system that, when completed, will allow instantaneous communication between the isolated city-states of America. While initially reluctant, an impassioned plea from his sister Amelie (and some prodding from the government) changes his mind. And so, Sam sets out on a journey across the continent, working to win the trust of America’s disillusioned populace and bring hope to a nation that’s lost its way.

Mads Mikkelsen and Troy Baker star as the game’s main antagonists, Cliff and Higgs. Léa Seydoux, Lindsay Wagner, Tommie Earl Jenkins, and Margaret Qualley also star, with special appearances by Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn. Emily O’Brien, Jesse Corti, and Darren Jacobs provide voice work.

The game is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi stealth-action-horror-sandbox-simulator title with online co-op elements, running on Guerrilla Games’ Decima engine. As a courier, the player must find ways for Sam to carry his cargo—a backpack and floating carriers—through a dangerous environment and retrieve them if they are lost. He faces various environmental hazards both mundane and fantastic; the beautiful wasteland he navigates is full of steep mountains, sheer cliffs, rushing streams, thieving bandits, shadowy eldritch creatures which hunt by sound, and the “Timefall,” a strange rain that induces Rapid Aging.

The game has an official novelization, written by Hitori Nojima (the pen name of one of the game’s co-writers, Kenji Yano), that was released in two parts on February 23, 2021, with the English translation done by Carley Radford. It’s a re-telling of the game’s story that focuses mostly on the characters’ psychology and expands their backstories.

Death Stranding Director’s Cut on PC includes:

  • High frame rate;
  • Photo mode;
  • Ultra-wide monitor support;
  • Cross-over content from Valve Corporation’s Half-Life series and CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077;
  • Stay connected with players around the globe with the Social Strand System.

All copies of the game additionally include:

  • “Selections From ‘The Art of Death Stranding’” Digital Book (by Titan Books);
  • Backpack Patches;
  • Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Gold);
  • BB pod customization (Chiral Gold);
  • Power Gloves (Gold);
  • Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Silver);
  • BB pod customization (Omnireflector);
  • Power Gloves (Silver).

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