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Hideo Kojima 'Already Wrote the Concept' for Death Stranding 3, But Isn't Making It Right Now
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 68335" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/07/03/ds-2-accolades-blog-1751561040228.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, the sequel to Hideo Kojima's 2019 hit Death Stranding, was well-received at launch. It's "incredibly exciting and original," and "bold work that deserves to be encouraged," at least, according to our <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-review" target="_blank">review</a>. As a result, fans might be hoping for an eventual third game in the series. But for right now, Kojima isn't planning to make Death Stranding 3...even though he already has a concept written.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Kojima said this in an interview in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, as a part of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/AwQDoD9TK6w" target="_blank">Death Stranding 2 World Strand Tour</a>. When asked by the interviewer about Death Stranding 3, he replied with the following:</p><p></p><p>"I'm not planning to do that at the moment, because the ending of Death Stranding 2 was my finale of 1 and 2. But I already wrote the concept of DS3, so I have that in data. I hope that someone would create it for me."</p><p></p><p>This isn't the first time Kojima has suggested that someone else might pick up the mantle of his games after him. <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/metal-gear-creator-hideo-kojima-says-hes-left-his-staff-a-usb-stick-of-ideas-for-after-he-dies-kind-of-like-a-will" target="_blank">Back in May</a>, he said that he'd been thinking more and more about his own death lately, prompting him to create a USB stick "kind of like a will" that lays out the future of his studio, Kojima Productions, if he dies.</p><p></p><p>“I gave a USB stick with all my ideas on it to my personal assistant, kind of like a will,” he said. “Perhaps they could continue to make things after I’m gone 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.”</p><p></p><p>While we won't be getting a Death Stranding 3 anytime soon it sounds like, there's plenty coming from Kojima's mind in the near future. Death Stranding is getting a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-is-getting-an-anime-adaptation-hideo-kojima-says" target="_blank">live-action film adaptation</a> in partnership with A24, and Kojima is busy working on two different games: <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/kojimas-od-still-in-development-despite-xbox-game-cancellations" target="_blank">horror project OD</a>, in collaboration with Xbox, and <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/physint-hideo-kojima-action-espionage-project" target="_blank">Metal Gear successor Physint</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to <a href="mailto:rvalentine@ign.com">rvalentine@ign.com</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/hideo-kojima-already-wrote-the-concept-for-death-stranding-3-but-isnt-making-it-right-now" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 68335, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/07/03/ds-2-accolades-blog-1751561040228.jpg[/IMG] Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, the sequel to Hideo Kojima's 2019 hit Death Stranding, was well-received at launch. It's "incredibly exciting and original," and "bold work that deserves to be encouraged," at least, according to our [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-review']review[/URL]. As a result, fans might be hoping for an eventual third game in the series. But for right now, Kojima isn't planning to make Death Stranding 3...even though he already has a concept written. Kojima said this in an interview in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, as a part of the [URL='https://www.youtube.com/live/AwQDoD9TK6w']Death Stranding 2 World Strand Tour[/URL]. When asked by the interviewer about Death Stranding 3, he replied with the following: "I'm not planning to do that at the moment, because the ending of Death Stranding 2 was my finale of 1 and 2. But I already wrote the concept of DS3, so I have that in data. I hope that someone would create it for me." This isn't the first time Kojima has suggested that someone else might pick up the mantle of his games after him. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/metal-gear-creator-hideo-kojima-says-hes-left-his-staff-a-usb-stick-of-ideas-for-after-he-dies-kind-of-like-a-will']Back in May[/URL], he said that he'd been thinking more and more about his own death lately, prompting him to create a USB stick "kind of like a will" that lays out the future of his studio, Kojima Productions, if he dies. “I gave a USB stick with all my ideas on it to my personal assistant, kind of like a will,” he said. “Perhaps they could continue to make things after I’m gone 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.” While we won't be getting a Death Stranding 3 anytime soon it sounds like, there's plenty coming from Kojima's mind in the near future. Death Stranding is getting a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-is-getting-an-anime-adaptation-hideo-kojima-says']live-action film adaptation[/URL] in partnership with A24, and Kojima is busy working on two different games: [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/kojimas-od-still-in-development-despite-xbox-game-cancellations']horror project OD[/URL], in collaboration with Xbox, and [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/physint-hideo-kojima-action-espionage-project']Metal Gear successor Physint[/URL]. [I]Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email]rvalentine@ign.com[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/hideo-kojima-already-wrote-the-concept-for-death-stranding-3-but-isnt-making-it-right-now"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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