Hideo Kojima has revealed he’s still plugging away at Death Stranding 2 as the game appears to be entering the notoriously tough crunch period, although it’s clear that he’s feeling pretty knackered by this point.
The Metal Gear Solid creator posted an image on X of the night sky and a frowning emoji, accompanied by the word “tired.” He then added:
The most demanding period of game development – both physically and mentally – commonly known as ‘crunch time.’ On top of mixing and Japanese voice recording, there’s an inevitable pile of other tasks: writing comments, explanations, essays, interviews, discussions, and non-game-related work. It’s incredibly tough.
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In a separate post, Kojima-san seemed to question how long he’d be able to keep up this level of creativity at his age, even though he wants to keep doing this for the foreseeable future.
At this age, I can’t help but think about how much longer I’ll be able to stay ‘creative.’ I want to keep going for the rest of my life, but is it 10 more years? 20? Every day feels like I’m racing against the clock.
Death Stranding 2 is currently in development for the PS5 and is slated for release in 2025. Last October, Kojima revealed that the game was about 30-40% complete, although presumably a lot of progress has been made over the past few months.
[Source – Hideo Kojima on X via GamesRadar]