Global publisher 505 Games in partnership with Kojima Productions have announced the upcoming arrival of Death Stranding on PC Game Pass for PC. The original version of Hideo Kojima’s critically-acclaimed and genre-defying epic lands on the Microsoft ecosystem for the first time, available to audiences who are subscribed to the PC version of Xbox Game Pass.

Death Stranding will be available on Xbox PC Game Pass at 8am GMT+8 on 23 August 2022.

According to 505 Games, the reason for this is “to provide players with greater access to Hideo Kojima’s genre-defying title, in which they’ll reconnect a fractured America, one step at a time”.

Starring renowned actor Norman Reedus as Sam “Porter” Bridges, traverse the remnants of a devastated America plagued by a series of supernatural phenomena known as the Death Stranding. Journey westward to connect those remaining after humanity’s near-extinction. Death Stranding tells a groundbreaking story of perseverance through an emotional adventure that those in the Microsoft community can now experience for the first time.

Connect with people around the world via the unique Social Strand System. Contribute hard-earned resources to improve your surroundings as well as the worlds of other players. Strategically place highways, zip-lines, safehouses and other structures to make the terrain more easily traversable and earn Likes from the community. Promote unity by Liking player-created structures appearing in your own world.

Death Stranding is currently available on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PS4 and PS5.