Cat’s out of the bag.

Death Stranding star Norman Reedus has confirmed on digital publication Leo Edit that Death Stranding 2 is early in development. While the sequel has yet to be officially announcement, work on the game has started.

“We just started the second one”.

He also talked about how he got involved with the game and its creators Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions.

“Guillermo Del Toro, who gave me my first movie, called me up and said, “Hey, there’s a guy named Hideo Kojima, he’s gonna call you, just say yes.” And I go, “What do you mean just say yes?” He goes, “Stop being an asshole, just say yes.” Then I was in San Diego and Hideo came with a big group of people, he’s from Tokyo, and he showed me what he was working on on a game called Silent Hill. I was blown away by what he was showing me, and I was like, “Yes, let’s do this.” It’s not Ms. Pacman; it’s so realistic, it’s so futuristic, it’s so complicated and beautiful, and I was completely blown away.

It took me maybe two or three years to finish all the MoCap sessions and everything. It takes a lot of work. And then the game came out, and it just won all these awards, and it was a huge thing, so we just started part two of that.”

You know you’re out of touch when you mention a line that’s basically “we’ve come a long way since Pac-Man”. As for Death Stranding 2, that’ll be announced sometime in 2022 or next month.