Hideo Kojima shows off more Death Stranding screenshots, and things are getting chilly

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Chill out with these Death Stranding screenshots

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Hideo Kojima is at it again with yet more pictures of Death Stranding, only this time everything’s on the cold side. The series of shots once again show protagonist Sam - aka Norman Reedus - sitting down, but he’s doing so in a cold environment with snowy mountains in the background. You could say Sam is chilling out (I'm sorry).  As always, the shots don’t really shed much light on what’s going on, but at least we get another glimpse at a new environment in the game. 

Sam is looking mighty cold right there. The poor fellow is practically frozen solid. At least he was sensible enough to wear some goggles to help him through what appears to be a snow storm. In another shot, you make out the peaks of a snowy mountain in the background, but Sam himself is looking a little bit more defrosted. 

The command you can see on screen reads "get up" in Japanese, which can seen in many of the screenshots Kojima has posted in previous weeks and months. Sitting and standing confirmed, people. Okay, but really the screenshots look great, and you can't help but enjoy the head-scratching mystery of it all.

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If you look in the corner there, the mountains covered by mist can be spotted again, but it looks considerably further away this time (which might explain why Sam doesn't look so cold). We also get a good look at the overcast sky above. It's all very scenic. One things for sure, there will be lot of screenshot worthy moments in what Kojima describes as a "Strand" game – an new entirely new genre in the gaming world. 

In the previous wave of shots, which we thought were oddly relaxing to look at, Sam was sitting and standing around various different landscapes, but the weather in those shots looked a lot more serene and considerably less snowy.  

Read about how making Death Stranding is apparently turning Hideo Kojima into a tired, lonely insect. 

Heather Wald
Heather Wald
Evergreen Editor, Games

Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor, Games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.