Hideo Kojima had to start rejecting Death Stranding 2 cameos after featuring everyone from Conan O'Brien to Junji Ito in the first game

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Kojima Productions scanned so many people that the studio ran out of space for more

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I never thought I'd see the day, but Hideo Kojima apparently refused to scan more people into open-world delivery sequel Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

In case you don't remember, the first Death Stranding featured near-perfect replicas of many, many famous faces. Everyone from comedian Conan O'Brien, horror manga icon Junji Ito, former PlayStation boss Herman Hulst, Alan Wake mastermind Sam Lake, and film director Edgar Wright showed up as Preppers - holographic NPCs who give main man Sam Porter Bridges missions.

It's pretty major news since the internet loves to make jokes about Kojima scanning every single person he comes into contact with. Considering how seemingly random the cameos in the first game were, you can expect the unexpected in Death Stranding 2. S.S. Rajamouli? Phil Spencer? Timothee Chalamet? Lorde? No one's out of the question.

But we'll find out what celebrities made the cut when Death Stranding 2 properly comes out on June 26.

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Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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