The release date for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is drawing closer, and as you’d expect, the marketing machine behind it is starting to shift into a higher gear. We’ve already seen a few trailers for the game, and over in Japan, employees from Kojima Productions were handing out free Death Stranding 2 tissue packs to help promote the game.
The twist here is that these packs reportedly contain a QR code on them (via Reddit), and scanning it will take you to an unlisted YouTube video on the developer’s channel. The clip here is only 40 seconds long and it contains brand-new footage, but don’t get too hyped up unless you’re a fan of post-apocalyptic environmental ASMR.
In case you can’t click the video above, all you’re missing out on is a brief clip of an open prepper shelter waiting for a brave deliveryman to come pick up some cargo. At the very least, it’s a nice look at the more arid terrain that you’ll be able to explore in Death Stranding 2.
Beyond that tissue-pack marketing, fans of Death Stranding can also preorder a special DualSense controller. This model features a sleek black finish and insignia based on the fictional Drawbridge company in the sequel, and it’s priced at $85. Death Stranding 2 releases for PS5 on June 26, and several previews for the game recently went live.
While feedback has been mostly positive so far, game director Hideo Kojima isn’t satisfied and he wants to see a few “controversial” opinions about the sequel.
“I played 30 hours of Death Stranding 2 before writing this preview. I can confidently say that it’s excellent, and I can’t wait to do it all again (and much more) when it releases next month,” Dan Ryckert wrote in GameSpot’s Death Stranding 2 preview.
