Less than a year after its release on PlayStation 5, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is now available on PC, here is our 4K video of the first 30 minutes of the game.

For as long as we've been giving you reviews on Gamersyde, we've encountered every conceivable scenario in the press world: very restrictive NDAs, short/long preparation times, various technical problems, as BlimBlim would have said, it's a tough life for us reviewers sometimes. When a title as eagerly awaited as Death Stranding 2 is sent out so early, when the publisher and studio give us twenty days to prepare some worthy content, while even giving us permission to offer a sixty-minute video review containing extracts taken from the first thirty hours of the game, there really is no possible complaining. For the following review, we haven't skimped on the number of pages, but don't worry about the video equivalent: we never intended to hold your leg for an entire hour. We therefore hope that the fruit of our hard work of the last few weeks will live up to your expectations.

In a week and a half, we'll finally be able to unveil our verdict on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, but in the meantime Sony and Kojima Productions invite you to enjoy a new video of this eagerly-awaited second installment in the series. As usual with promotional videos, we're clearly seeing a bit too much, including sequences that we clearly won't be showing you in our video review, and which we'll only mention vaguely enough not to risk spoiling the surprise. So we'll leave you to watch today's video at your own risk, even though it contains no story-related spoilers.

To be perfectly honest, not only did we not expect to get a release date for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach now, but we could have never guessed it would be so close. The sequel to the iconic game will indeed ship on June 26 on PlayStation 5 and it's probably the best news we'll get this week. As it is a Kojima production, don't think the announcement is merely accompanied by a short teaser, we're given a ten-minute video and a few screenshots. Now obviously, if you want to discover the content of the game on your own, maybe it's best to stay away from today's trailer.