Tokyo Sport Present (TGS) is hardly the place for style, but by the point the four-day gaming showcase wrapped up on Sept. 29, the one factor on everybody’s lips had been “J91-WSDB” — the $1,700 (about ¥250,000) jacket worn by Hideo Kojima throughout his stage look to advertise Dying Stranding 2: On The Seashore.
Designed in collaboration with luxurious outerwear model Acronym, the jacket bought out inside minutes of its announcement. Luckily, this wasn’t the one motive why the sport business celeb made his return to Japan’s largest gaming conference. For the remainder of his stage present, Kojima unveiled a few of Dying Stranding’s solid members, and it was akin to a movie director introducing his actors. Hollywood royalty comparable to George Miller and Elle Fanning will probably be taking over the portrayal of characters Tarman and Tomorrow, whereas Shioli Kutsuna (“Deadpool & Wolverine”) will each painting and voice the character Wet. Kojima additionally shared round eight minutes of cutscene footage plus an in-game occasion the place Japanese singer Daichi Miura carried out “Horizon Dreamer,” a track and dance created only for the sport.