Hideo Kojima debuts new Death Stranding 2 footage of the most detailed photo mode ever, more famous faces, and an Alan Wake 2-style musical number

Hideo Kojima and Death Stranding 2's Japanese cast debuted tons of new footage from the upcoming open-world game, though it's all more lowkey than you might expect.

During Tokyo Game Show 2024, Kojima and Co sat down to share more about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach in a series of clips (re)introducing us to both new and old characters, giving us a brief glimpse of what looks like the most bonkers photo mode in existence, and debuting a strange music video that echoes Alan Wake 2's Herald of Darkness musical number.

#TGS2024PlayStation Presents “DEATH STRANDING 2” Special Stage!First public release of game footage.Part1: Dollman & Tarman Member Introductions.#DeathStranding2 pic.twitter.com/ci2QP57CbRSeptember 29, 2024

'Part 1' has a very colorless Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus) getting accompanied by Lea Seydoux's Fragile to meet an all-new character called Tarman, who's actually being portrayed by none other than Mad Max director George Miller. (We should've seen this coming from the way Kojima gushed about Furiosa.) And, remember that lil' puppet guy that everyone fell in love with in the last trailer? He was actually a spirit medium before he got stuck in his current adorable for - oh, and he really doesn't like being called a puppet.

#TGS2024PlayStation Presents “DEATH STRANDING 2” Special Stage!First public release of game footage.Part 2: Tomorrow & Rainy Member Introductions.#DeathStranding2 pic.twitter.com/ElGZ62zSEQSeptember 29, 2024

#TGS2024PlayStation Presents “DEATH STRANDING 2” Special Stage!First public release of game footage.Part 3: Heartman TGS2024 Special Video.#DeathStranding2 pic.twitter.com/F0QlEPC6DgSeptember 29, 2024

'Part 2' delves more into Elle Fanning's Tomorrow and Shioli Kutsuna's Rainy, who's carrying a child. Not carrying a child in those classic Death Stranding baby incubators - she's literally pregnant, which is a rare sight in this broken world.  'Part 3' then has Heartman, using the face of Danish film director Nicolas