After Gamescom 2019’s bizarre Death Stranding showing, a proper Death Stranding gameplay reveal is slated for Tokyo Game Show 2019 (TGS 2019). Creator Hideo Kojima took to Twitter to announce that it won’t be a live demo for the game. Instead it would be a 49 minute video in which map and items have been edited out to prevent any spoilers. The reason for Death Stranding’s gameplay reveal to be pre-recorded rather than live has to do with the usual issues you’d expect an event like TGS 2019 — namely the fear of failing a live demo and possible network issues. Hopefully the latter doesn’t imply that Death Stranding is an always-online game.
Death Stranding TGS 2019 gameplay reveal date and time
The Death Stranding TGS 2019 gameplay reveal date is September 12 and will take place from 3:30pm JST (noon IST).
Tomorrow I’ll show you the 1st 1/3 of the game mission for everyone to understand the basic flow of DS. Since we can’t fail the demonstration and it’s hard to keep the online network st the stage will show you the 49 min long footage. To avoid spoiler I’ve edited the map & items. pic.twitter.com/XUjvfrJ9Ij
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) September 11, 2019
Tomorrow I’ll show you the 1st 1/3 of the game mission for everyone to understand the basic flow of DS. Since we can’t fail the demonstration and it’s hard to keep the online network st the stage will show you the 49 min long footage. To avoid spoiler I’ve edited the map & items. pic.twitter.com/XUjvfrJ9Ij
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) September 11, 2019
Previously, Kojima announced Death Stranding would ship with a very easy mode. Death Stranding is a PS4-exclusive game with a November 8 release date and it seems that even non-gamers shouldn’t have a problem playing it. Kojima claimed that those who weren’t able to finish the first level of Pac-Man would be able to finish Death Stranding.
When games and game developers pride themselves on being exceptionally tough and challenging, its heartening to see Kojima go in a direction that’s a lot more accepting and accessible. Perhaps the only challenge in Death Stranding would be understanding what exactly is going on in the game?
Death Stranding is out on November 8 for PS4.
