- Title: Hideo Kojima presents "Death Stranding" in Moscow, compares games to films
- Date: 5th October 2019
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 5, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** JAPANESE GAME DESIGNER HIDEO KOJIMA WALKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE, PEOPLE APPLAUDING AUDIENCE VARIOUS OF KOJIMA LISTENING TO TRANSLATION VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING "DEATH STRANDING" GAMEPLAY SCREEN SHOWING DEATH STRANDING LOGO AND PRE ORDER DETAILS / PEOPLE APPLAUDING ORGANISERS PEOPLE LOOKING, FILMING WITH MOBILE PHONES ORGANISERS NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) GAME DESIGNER, HIDEO KOJIMA, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): "I hope you like our game mechanics when the game, despite being single player, where you play alone, connects you to other gamers across the world anyway. Roughly mid-game you will start to understand that you are not alone there, there are other players who play Sam just as you, despite the fact that you do not directly interact." KOJIMA ON MOBILE PHONE SCREEN (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) GAME DESIGNER, HIDEO KOJIMA, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): "It (developing "Death Stranding") was not easy, the process of making a game differs from shooting a film. There is no fixed schedule, the actors that take part in the production have flexibility, so we asked them to trust us, give us more time and work together, so we were able to make this game." NEWS CONFERENCE ENDING, PEOPLE APPLAUDING
- Embargoed: 19th October 2019 16:37
- Keywords: Death Stranding gaming Kojima Hideo Kojima Metal Gear gameplay
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Video Games
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZTLLCP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima presented his latest work "Death Stranding" at a Comic Con festival in Moscow on Saturday (October 5).
Kojima said the process of film production greatly differs from the game designing when it comes to the actors' work.
Kojima is best known as the creator of the hugely successful Metal Gear Solid games.
The series made him a celebrity in the video gaming world and he is considered by many as one of the most influential and innovative designers in the history of the industry.
Death Stranding is expected to be released in November. The development team, which included actors such as Mads Mikkelsen and Norman Reedus and who provided voices and motion capture for the characters worked on the game for three years.
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