Hideo Kojima has been hanging out with CHVRCHES, with followers speculating that the band might be concerned with the soundtrack to Dying Stranding 2.
CHVRCHES have been behind the title observe to Kojima’s 2019 Dying Stranding, with Carry Me The Horizon, The S.L.P., Main Lazer and Khalid additionally contributing tracks to the companion soundtrack, ‘Timefall’.
CHVRCHES went on to carry out the observe dwell on the 2019 Game Awards and The Late, Late Present.
Now, Hideo Kojima has shared a photograph of him hanging out with the band, main many to assume CHVRCHES shall be concerned with Dying Stranding 2.
Kojima additionally shared a photo with CHVRCHES again in December, whereas his present Instagram story reveals him listening to their 2013 single ‘The Mom We Share’.
Talking concerning the authentic collaboration, CHVRCHES mentioned: “We have been actually excited concerning the alternative to work with Kojima as a result of we’ve been followers of his work for a very long time. He has all the time been such a visionary within the gaming world and we have been honoured to be concerned within the venture.”
“The idea of Dying Stranding is so distinctive and actually felt to us prefer it was difficult individuals to care concerning the world they create — within the sport and in any other case. We wrote this track particularly for Dying Stranding, considering of the themes of the sport and what it’s attempting to say to individuals,” they continued.
Chatting with Dork, CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry mentioned: “It was a kind of ‘can’t say no to this’ issues. We’d have been unhappy if we weren’t in a position to do it.”
Following the discharge of Dying Stranding, CHVRCHES revealed it was “inevitable” they’d go on to attain a complete online game.
Dying Stranding 2, the sequel to Kojima’s post-apocalyptic epic, was introduced at The 2022 Sport Awards final month. The sport, which doesn’t at present have a launch date, will see the return of Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Troy Baker as Higgs and Léa Seydoux as Fragile whereas Elle Fanning and Shioli Kutsuna be a part of the forged.
In a current interview, Kojima confirmed that Dying Stranding 2 had been “fully” re-written “from its themes, up”, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was the identical with 9/11. Fiction adjustments when one thing that huge occurs,” defined Kojima. “When one thing takes place that no one thought was potential, works of fiction written earlier than it change into much less efficient as leisure.”
CHVRCHES in the meantime are at present in Japan, touring in assist of 2021’s ‘Display Violence’.
Final 12 months, they advised NME they could play some ten-year anniversary reveals for debut album ‘The Bones Of What You Consider’ in 2023.