Another PS5 exclusive is coming to PC

Another PS5 sectional is coming to PC

Death Stranding's protagonist Sam Porter Bridges gazing forward

(Epitome credit: Kojima Productions)

Update: Death Stranding: Director's Cutting is at present confirmed to be coming to PC later in 2022. It'll be bachelor on both Steam and the Ballsy Games Shop.

The printing release says the game is coming in Spring 2022 (referring to the Northern Hemisphere) so nosotros should encounter the game release worldwide at some point betwixt March and June 2022.

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Original story: Decease Stranding: Director's Cut, the updated and enhanced edition of Hideo Kojima'south sci-fi commitment epic that was originally released last yr as a PlayStation v exclusive, could be coming to the PC.

That'southward according to videocardz.com, which earlier today published a re-create of an Intel press release mentioning the upcoming PC port (thanks, VGC). Originally scheduled for publication sometime this week during CES 2022, the press release specifically mentions the Expiry Stranding: Director's Cut edition for PC amid details of Intel's upcoming line of Arc GPUs.

The alleged release also quotes the president of 505 Games, Neil Ralley, maxim: "We're delighted to announce our partnership with Intel for the Death Stranding Managing director's Cutting edition on PC. Death Stranding has been a hugely popular game with PC players and we're excited to see how Intel'due south new XeSS [Xe Super Sampling] technology will heighten player experience for Manager's Cut."

Although Ralley goes on to mention the PC version of Expiry Stranding: Director'due south Cut will utilize Intel'due south XeSS technology (billed as a form of AI-enhanced upscaling that increases resolution and paradigm fidelity), he makes no mention of the game's planned release engagement or its development timeline.

Death Stranding: Director's Cut was originally released on PlayStation 5 in September final year. Information technology added several new gameplay features to the game, including new missions, additional combat mechanics, new traversal equipment, and extra means to customize your baby-carrying BB pods.

505 Games published the PC version of the original Death Stranding in July 2020, and has been contacted for comment. We'll update this article if we receive a response.

The protagonist of Death Stranding running across an apocalyptic America — (Image credit: Kojima Productions)

Analysis: some other one for the pile

Information technology won't be besides long earlier this proclamation is confirmed, if it is indeed truthful. CES 2022 starts tomorrow, January 5, and runs until January 8, so we should become official word of a Death Stranding: Manager's Cut PC edition some time between then.

The mention of some other PS5 exclusive making its mode to PC shouldn't be much of a surprise. Death Stranding: Managing director's Cut volition exist yet some other title in the long list of former PS4 and PS5 exclusives to be ported to PC.

Among them is the apocalyptic Days Gone that came to PC in 2021, Horizon Goose egg Dawn, which threw off its PlayStation exclusivity the year before, and the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Drove, which is scheduled to bring the adventures of Nathan Drake to PC later this month.

Equally for when the PC version of the Death Stranding: Director's Cutting volition hit shelves, that's anyone's approximate. The PC port of the original game was announced in late 2019, before appearing in July the following year. A similar timeframe puts the release of the PC Manager's Cutting effectually August 2022.

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