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DF Weekly: Death Stranding’s surprise Xbox port impresses on both Series X and S hardware

In this week’s DF Direct Weekly, we take a look at the surprise reveal of last week – a full Xbox Series X/S port of Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding. Released on the same day as PS5 Pro – which may look provocative – the launch is exactly five years on from the launch of the original PS4/PS4 Pro version. That’s the more likely explanation for the Xbox release: the chances are that whatever console exclusivity deal Kojima Production had expired, so the firm went ahead. And what a surprise it was: we had an email from 505 Games and that seemed to be the extent of the marketing. The game is currently 50 percent off on the Xbox Store, meaning I bought it for just £17.49. That’s amazing value for a genuinely superb game, assuming that the port is of sufficient quality. We have good news for you there: it’s great.

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Source: Eurogamer.net

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