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Death Stranding gets a surprise launch on Xbox

A screenshot from the video game Death Stranding.
Image: Kojima Productions

It took a few years, but Sam Porter Bridges has finally trekked his way to Xbox. Kojima Productions announced today that the director’s cut of Death Stranding is now available on the Xbox Series X / S. At launch, for “a limited time,” the port will be available for 50 percent off.

Death Stranding first launched in 2019, as Hideo Kojima’s first release after going independent, following a messy split with Konami. The director’s cut — which isn’t really a director’s cut — launched two years later on the PS5, and the game has also been ported to PC, Mac, and iOS. As part of today’s announcement, the studio also launched the game on Luna, Amazon’s fledgling game streaming service.

The news comes as Kojima Productions is expanding quite a bit…

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