Hideo Kojima’s extensive-expected sequel to Loss of life Stranding received its comprehensive title at Wednesday’s Condition of Perform showcase—you can expect to probably want to check out this bonkers new trailer–and it is really a dual reference to a spot in the universe of the video game and also to a vintage novel about the conclusion of the earth: Nevil Shute’s On the Beach. Before your fellow Kojima admirers obtain up all the copies, you can conserve a number of bucks on the paperback edition of the ebook at Amazon.

$13.39 (was $18)

On the Beach front focuses on folks in Australia in the wake of a international nuclear war, with the rest of human civilization seemingly wiped from existence. And they attempt to go about their lives as best they can although they hold out for the nuclear fallout to sooner or later arrive and destroy them. It is not difficult to see the similarities with the premise of Demise Stranding, which follows a form of religious apocalypse and carries a equally dour all round temper.

But if you desire display variations of issues, you can find also an previous 1957 motion picture version of On the Beach starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire–that is a stacked forged. The movie has sorta been dropped to time in the Usa, but you can import the Korean release (with English audio) of the DVD for a respectable value listed here.

I would not examine much too much into Kojima referencing this e-book for the subtitle, mainly because it really is most likely much more a vibes thing, not a “here’s how the story will play out” matter. We’ll all uncover out collectively when Demise Stranding 2: On the Beach hits PS5 in 2025.