While Kojima Productions has confirmed that Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be coming to PC on March 19th, the studio has also revealed that it is working on new modes and features for both the PC and PS5 versions of the game. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Kojima Productions’ head of publishing Jay Boor said that these modes and features will offer players brand new rewards and challenges to take on.
“We can also confirm today that new modes and features will be coming to both PC and PS5 at launch that will offer players new challenges and rewards,” he wrote. While he didn’t go into too many details, these new modes and features are unlikely to be of the same scope as the Director’s Cut release of the original Death Stranding, which brought with it a variety of new missions. Rather, the phrasing of “new modes and features” indicates that they might end up being separate from the base game, aside from perhaps additional difficulty options.
Boor also went into more detail about the PC-specific features in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. These include upscaler support for Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPU users, as well as the option to play with Frame Generation to take further advantage of the title’s uncapped frame rates. Ultrawide display support will also be comprehensive, with Boor confirming that it will include resolutions for 21:9 and 32:9 aspect ratios with 4K-quality visuals.
While most mainstream controllers will be supported, DualSense users on PC will have extra treats to look forward to, including adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. The title will also include mouse and keyboard controls, as well as a variety of audio technologies to run 3D Audio, like Dolby Access, DTS Sound Unbound, and Windows Sonic for Headphones.
Pre-orders for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach have already been kicked off across Steam and Epic Games Store. The title will be available in two versions—standard and Digital Deluxe. While both editions will include the custom Quokka Hologram as an early unlock, and all three levels of the Battle, Boost and Bookka Skeletons in silver pre-order bonuses, the Digital Deluxe Edition will feature a few extras.
These are the Machine Gun [MP] (Lv.1) as an early unlock, patches 70, 71 and 72—Quokka, Chiral Cat and Why Me? Respectively—and all three levels of the gold versions of the Battle, Boost and Bokka skeletons.
Boor capped things off by thanking players for having supported Kojima Productions for ten years since its founding. “Kojima Productions recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary, and we couldn’t have come this far without all the support from the many porters who have taken this path with us. On behalf of everyone at the studio, I want to thank each and every one of you for your continued support,” he wrote.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was released on PS5 last year. For more details about its initial version, check out our review, where we gave it a score of 10 out of 10.
