Thursday, November 7, 2024

PlayStation just lost a key console exclusive to Xbox Series X|S out of nowhere, and it has Xbox Play Anywhere with Windows 11 too

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What you need to know

  • This morning and without warning, Hideo Kojima’s weird and wonderful Death Stranding Director’s Cut just landed on Xbox Series X|S and Windows 11 with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
  • The game was previously fully exclusive on console to PlayStation 4 and 5, but since launched on PC Game Pass and Steam.
  • This morning, Kojima Production’s publishing partner 505 Games revealed the port to Xbox, alongside a deep sale to celebrate the game’s arrival on Xbox.
  • Hideo Kojima also confirmed that Kojima Productions now has the full rights to Death Stranding as a franchise across from PlayStation, significantly raising the prospect of Death Stranding 2 hitting Xbox in the future as well.

Well I sure as heck didn’t have this on my bingo card for 2024. Hideo Kojima’s wild and wonderful Death Stranding is now available on Xbox Series X|S consoles, complete with Xbox Play Anywhere support with Windows 11 and the Microsoft Store.

Death Stranding is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the rules of life and death have been utterly upended. Remains of the U.S. government are trying to rebuild, using high-tech couriers and strange devices to connect the remaining pockets of civilization. The game was previously exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation 4 and 5 on console, but it previously launched on PC Game Pass as well as Steam to widespread acclaim.

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