Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launches June 26, Collector’s Edition revealed
All the news from today’s SXSW 2025 Special Panel.
Hideo Kojima took to the stage at SXSW today and – joined by some special guests – discussed new details about Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Those details included the reveal of the game’s release date: June 26, 2025. To mark the announcement – and pre-orders going live March 17* – attendees enjoyed a first look at a special Kojima-directed Pre-Order trailer, which you can watch in full below.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will launch in a range of different versions. This includes a Collector’s Edition, which will be available to pre-order directly from PlayStation and select retailers worldwide.
Details on the different versions you can find below.
If you pre-order the Collectors Edition, you’ll also receive:
If you pre-order the Digital Deluxe Edition, you’ll also receive:
If you pre-order the Standard Edition, you’ll also receive:
Also announced today was a special concert tour to celebrate the music of Death Stranding. This tour, featuring a full orchestra performing music from the series, will commence November 8, 2025, beginning with a performance at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, followed by dates around the world. You’ll find more information on the tour here.
To mark the SXSW 2025 Special Panel, Kojima Productions also released all-new screenshots for the game, which you can look through below.
*Death Stranding 2: On the Beach pre-orders go live March 17 at 10am local time.
**Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Collector’s Edition includes a voucher code to redeem Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and digital bonuses. Account for PlayStation Network, and internet connection required for code redemption.
**direct.playstation.com purchase information: starting March 17 at 10am ET in the U.S., and 10am local time in the U.K., France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, players will be able to pre-order the Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Collector’s Edition exclusively through direct.playstation.com in limited quantities. When ordering directly from PlayStation, enjoy free launch day delivery on pre-orders. Visit direct.playstation.com for more details.
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Collector’s Edition** | 229.99 USD, 249.99 Euro, 31,980 JPY
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Digital Deluxe Edition | 79.99 USD, 89.99 Euro, 9,980 JPY
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Digital Standard Edition | 69.99 USD, 79.99 Euro, 8,980 JPY
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Epic Death Stranding 2 Trailer Reveals Release Date, New Gameplay, and Some Serious Metal Gear Vibes
Hideo Kojima took to the stage at SXSW 2025 in Austin, TX this evening to reveal an epic new trailer for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, as well as confirm a release date.
Death Stranding 2 launches on June 26, 2025 exclusively on PlayStation 5. However, those who buy the Digital Deluxe Edition or the Collector’s Edition get two days of early access from June 24.
The 10-minute long video, below, includes various cinematics, gameplay clips, and, perhaps most notably, a close look at a character who many are already saying looks a lot like Snake from Kojima’s world famous Metal Gear franchise.
The character, Neil, played by Italian actor Luca Marinelli, is seen putting on a bandanna, as Snake does, before leading a team of creepy looking soldiers. The similarity to Solid Snake is remarkable.
Perhaps Marinelli’s Snake-like role in Death Stranding 2 shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. In a 2020 Instagram post, Kojima heaped praise on the actor, saying that if he wore a bandanna he’d be a “spitting image” of Solid Snake.
“There are many actors that I follow,” Kojima said at the time. “Luca Marinelli recently caught my eye after watching The Old Guard and Martin Eden. He played an impressive villain in They Call Me Jeeg Robot, but I think that he will break out soon, and his popularity will increase. Also, I think if he donned a bandanna, he’d be a spitting image of Solid Snake!”
The trailer continues the Metal Gear vibes with the Magellan Man, a huge tar-like creature fused with the DHV Magellan that looks a bit like Metal Gear Rex (a 15″ statue of the Magellan Man is included in the Collector’s Edition). The Magellan Man appears to be operated like a Pacific Rim-style mech, and faces off against enormous and very creepy tar monsters.
The standard edition of Death Stranding 2 costs $69.99, as expected. The Collector’s Edition, meanwhile, costs $229.99. The Digital Deluxe Edition costs $79.99. Pre-orders begin on March 17.
Continuing the story of Death Stranding, which has had over 19 million players worldwide since its release on November 8, 2019, Death Stranding 2 carries the tagline, ‘Should We Have connected?’ Here’s the official blurb:
Meanwhile, Kojima announced the Death Stranding global concert tour, dubbed The Strands of Harmony World Tour. Set for 19 cities across the globe, the concerts will feature an orchestra and singers performing selections from Ludvig Forssell’s critically acclaimed scores alongside music from other artists featured in the games. Synchronised HD video projections will accompany the performances, showing moments from both Death Stranding and its sequel. The premiere is on November 8, 2025, the sixth anniversary of Death Stranding’s release, at the Sydney Opera House.
It’s a hugely busy time for Kojima and his studio, Kojima Productions. As well as Death Stranding 2, Kojima is working on a live-action Death Stranding film with A24, the studio behind Academy Award winning films such as Everything Everywhere All At Once. He’s also working on OD for Xbox Game Studios, and video game and movie hybrid Physint for Sony.
There are no release dates for OD or Physint. Indeed, in January, Kojima revealed the ongoing video game actors strike had affected production on both titles, so it may be some time before we hear or see more.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will cost £70/$70/€80 for the standard edition and $230 for the collector’s edition, according to a new leak, with “several physical editions” also teased.
What, exactly, that collector’s edition includes has yet to be detailed, but noted leaker billbil-kun believes it’ll be available in the US and Europe, even though no European/UK pricing is available just yet.
The leak comes just hours ahead of Death Stranding 2’s creator Hideo Kojima’s SXSW livestream, at which the release date is expected, with Billbil-kun hinting pre-orders will open “imminently”.
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