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<p>Hideo Kojima expands on Kojima Productions&#8217; next video game</p>
<p>Kojima Productions head Hideo Kojima appeared at Sony&#8217;s pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference to talk to a Japanese audience about his next game, <i><a href="http://ift.tt/1VWdriK">Death Stranding</a></i>, saying the open-world action game aims to connect players.</p>
<p>Kojima described most online competitive and cooperative action games as featuring &quot;sticks&quot; for players to use in combat. Death Stranding, he said, will also feature sticks, but also ropes for tethering and connecting players. &quot;At the end of the day I want to offer an action game where people get connected with different elements, not just clubs,&quot; Kojima said through a translator.</p>
<p>Granted, Kojima has <a href="http://ift.tt/1UQDiWJ">said many of these same things before</a> in describing <i>Death Stranding</i>, which was unveiled just a few months ago at this year&#8217;s E3. Today, however, he showed cartoonish concept art featuring cute illustrations of collaborators Guillermo del Toro and Norman Reedus connected by tethers.</p>
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<p>Kojima did reveal one new detail: Kojima Productions plans to support 4K resolution and HDR color with <i>Death Stranding</i>, new features of the <a href="http://ift.tt/1hfprcn">PlayStation 4</a> and its Pro counterpart revealed last week.</p>
<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2cADWKS">Polygon &#8211;  Full</a></em></div>
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