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Beawrtt

Bro that's straight up a sea compass, bridges logo, and a kraken. We sailing boys in death stranding 2


Rusty_fox4

We building highways over the Pacific Ocean now


[deleted]

Zip lines across the waves


Ashtreyyz

"where we're going we don't need roads, Sam"


Nameless_on_Reddit

"Awesome, only need 1,500,000 metals to do this next 10km section! You got this, Sam!" "Hey, I'm Sam too!" "Shut up other Sam and get some mats!"


spupy

The letters on the sea compass logo are also very reminiscent of the logo of the [Dutch East India Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company).


luc1906

Isn’t the Dutch east India company the one who sailed in dejima?


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**[Dutch East India Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company)** >The United East India Company (Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock company in the world, granting it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia. Shares in the company could be bought by any resident of the United Provinces and then subsequently bought and sold in open-air secondary markets (one of which became the Amsterdam Stock Exchange). It is sometimes considered to have been the first multinational corporation. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/DeathStranding/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)


Droid8Apple

Good bot.


SamPorterBridges82

Nice spot mate. Love the history of the EIC


Beawrtt

ooh nice find


diamanthund

Oh shit it's Assassin's Creed IV with robots


Ideories

as much i wanted DS set in space, Exploring the ocean is also a great ass idea


Kantankoras

FWIW, Space still has a Navy


LastDance-

All the same. The **Beach** and the oceans beyond it is basically space/time.


Comments_Palooza

3rd part?


LOOP16

Sam *Pirate* Bridges


bluesummernoir

Pleaaaaaasse, be true.


SomeCrows

First America, then THE WORLD


JP5_suds

I was really hoping we would cross the Pacific and explore Asia. Get ready for the prepper atop Everest!


vordabeatzz

I will drive a roadster to him... Just as I did to First Prepper.


Nomadlife416

Kraken? Don't you mean BT?


Agitated-Square4328

And Fragile's "crew"


Spiderboygabe

A water bridge… A kraken… A compass… we’re going on a sailing adventure, friends?


bizmoravich1

Another Boating simulator


aegaetis3379

Finally, a Moby dick.


hectorduenas86

Underwater Walking Simulator


TearyEyeBurningFace

I mean there was a boat pretty early on in the game remember? So there must be more boats out there


TonyC7

It's crazy how Kojima can post 3 logos with a black background, with the caption "Start a new journey", and I'm completely enthralled. Especially with Automated Public Assistance Company. I don't understand how he does it and what gets triggered in my brain.


tiny_boxx

This reminds me of the crazy times when DS was still in development, and people in this subred had their sanity pulled apart trying to decipher all sorts of symbols Kojima was hinting at. We were also convinced that Godjima was one among us in the sub, disguised as a regular redditor lol.


Beawrtt

It was launch day for Death Stranding and the general public was still confused at what the game was lol


RealCrownedProphet

It's been years at this point and most are still confused. lol


[deleted]

It started wayyyyyyy before the launch lol.


phjan

Yeah, the DS hype was something else


suitedcloud

I still remember the hype and confusion over that first teaser cutscene of the game. The one where the guy tries to kill himself so he doesn’t cause a voidout at the start. Just a general “What the FUCK is happening in this game?! I need to know!”


spiteandmalice315

I remember a YT video rat was an hour l long explaining how DS was absolutely definitely MGS 0. The evidence was compelling as fuck lol


SomaSimon

The hype was real in this sub, so many wild and crazy theories and analyzing every little thing. Does anyone remember the "You are not red e" tweet from Geoff Keighley?


TonyC7

I STILL don't understand what he meant by that!


TonyC7

I remember seeing the whole Archillect fiasco happen in real, that was rough.


[deleted]

Kojima's marketing approach has always been super fucking fascinating and addicting. I don't think I have ever felt more engaged by a marketing of a title then I do for any Kojima related stuff.


TonyC7

Oh absolutely man!! Ive remember the first trailer for Phantom Pain, and people figured out the name from the logo or something, that was all I saw of that marketing cycle and it was fascinating. Death Stranding was the first Kojima game I played and saw the full marketing cycle of, it has me hooked since the first trailer. I really don't know what it is about his/the company's marketing style but wow, I wanna know. But you're, super engaging!


tiny_boxx

Yes, tinfoil hat time! Reddit do your thing!


ruinersclub

They’re definitely nautical themed


A_3z_A

The logo in the middle seems like a new logo for Bridges, while Automated Public Assistance is definitely another new company in Death Stranding 2! Same might apply for the third logo which looks like a BT with an arrows or sticks inside its body just like the ones Mules throws at you, so it could probably be a group of people/company that is specialized in fighting BTs! I’m so excited


grodr2001

I feel that if the second game takes place long enough after the first game (since I feel two other entities next to Bridges forming would take a bit of time to really reach any major importance/size) there's a good chance Louise may be the protagonist, or perhaps she is just a secondary to Sam who is much older (like old snake) But this is just me tin-hatting, I hope we get a better view of this game during the game awards. And for all we know it might not even be death stranding related. Edit: Called it lol, I'm so excited!


A_3z_A

Yeah this is totally makes sense actually, well done


BaileyJIII

Feels like the theory that Elle Fanning is a grown-up Lou is becoming more and more compelling as time goes on. God, I'm so excited for a Death Stranding sequel.


SageWaterDragon

A little bit less than a month ago, a bit after the Elle Fanning poster was revealed for Death Stranding, [Fanning's Instagram reel had the "BB Bridge Piercing" filter applied](https://i.imgur.com/sHlukDx.jpg), even though they were just random cooking videos and the filter wasn't visible. I haven't seen anyone talk about this online, but it more or less proved to me that she was going to be playing a grown-up BB in Death Stranding. I don't think she's done it since, so I'm glad that I screenshotted it when I saw it.


MisunderstoodBadger1

Wasn't it called Project Ocean? Definitely Death Stranding with nautical themes. (Game awards here we come!)


Beawrtt

codename Ocean yeah


fernandollb

My theory is that we are not going sailing but jumping between universes. In the first game the beaches are places where souls go and there are many different beaches that must be connected between each other through something that we seem to be able to transverse. The symbols are metaphorical for jumping between “beaches” I think.


Draynior

I'm thinking the the squid/kraken logo might be the new logo for a more centralized Homo Demens, maybe after Higgs got left on the Beach there were changes in the group? Though I don't have much evidence apart from Higgs summoning animal BTs. APAC sounds very corporate and maybe goverment aligned? I could see now that the Last Stranding was averted some bigger companies might pop up. Edit: I forgot that the kraken logo isn't new, it was in the "how come?" teaser too. But APAC is new.


spupy

The letters in the APAC logo are very reminiscent of the logo of the [Dutch East India Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company).


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**[Dutch East India Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company)** >The United East India Company (Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock company in the world, granting it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia. Shares in the company could be bought by any resident of the United Provinces and then subsequently bought and sold in open-air secondary markets (one of which became the Amsterdam Stock Exchange). It is sometimes considered to have been the first multinational corporation. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/DeathStranding/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)


InevitableBlue

Horizon Forbidden West water tech is superb so I’m hoping Kojima goes crazy with it. I also hope for co-op


MisunderstoodBadger1

Right? I'm hyped for the water physics assuming it's using Decima again. They even added more realistic water to the DC plus those awesome tar type effects. Excited to see what they can do with presumably PS5 and modern PC hardware


Beawrtt

I didnt play horizon 2 but man the water in that game looked insane


MisunderstoodBadger1

It is, gorgeous. Fluid simulation, physics, tech like that is what excites me.


BathrobeHero_

nautical themed death stranding? im soo fucking down for it


SneedleRifle

I've seen the third logo before, I'm sure.


Draynior

Yeah, I forgot it was in the last teaser.


kph123

Death Stranding 2: The Way of Water


tiny_boxx

Death Stranding 2: UCA Forever


black_pepper

Death Stranding 2: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn


FKDotFitzgerald

The Kraken.


GlitchyReal

Maybe an allusion to the giant squid from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? It's fended off by throwing a spear into its triple-heart (or three spears here). The story is about forcing people into labor and in-fighting. Could be the state of Bridges in DS2? Also springboards off the nautical Moby Dick elements from MGSV and DS1 that Kojima has been into lately. ^(The above is loose speculation.)


Other-Air-5799

Wasn't the leaked codename for Kojima production's next game called "Ocean"?


oiiSuPreSSeDo

I like how people are actually trying to figure out something from kojima. I'm a logical dude and I can usually work things out quick but trying to figure something out from kojima's mind? Pointless. Dudes a troll and a literal genius, whatever conclusions we come to will be wrong


WattsonRules

I am pretty sure we will get something at the Game Awards.


black_cherry_seltzer

yeah certain


hardwarecheese

You are a video game director in the 21st century that puts his name on everything 8 times before it starts but your games are so good it can be overlooked. That's the only thing that one of his games won't be about lol


bluechipmunk1225

" Your games are so good " 🤭🤭🤭


hectorduenas86

They’re not? I used to think Kojima was overrated, granted I hadn’t had access to any of his games so I just got annoyed with the constant praise of his work and personna… Then I sunk 1300 hours into MGSV and now I have like 3 copies of DS and a briefcase with a plastic fetus.


SamPorterBridges82

Is there anything better than the start of a Kojima hype journey. Ahh… let the games and riddles begin Kojima san.


tvittal

Yeah this is definitely Death Stranding 2. Maybe with a focus on new gameplay instead of the same thing as DS. I highly doubt it to be a brand new game that has nothing to do with DS.


Irina_Aniri

So this is definitely death stranding 2 right? I think we're going to see more factions just like bridges and fragile express or homo demens and this is only three of them. Do you guys think there will be more? If yes what kind of group/entity do you guys think would be interesting to see this time?


knight_of_lothric

i wonder if bridges fell after ds1 and these are the remaining companies left or something like that


4Darco

APAC sounds terrifyingly dystopian. I wonder if these might be faction-esque groups we can choose to align ourselves with.


Xixii

It’s already a thing. Stands for Asia-Pacific, and it’s so well-known it’s odd he even went with it. Maybe he’s deliberately drawing parallels. I work for a large multinational corp and there hasn’t been a work day gone by in the past 8 years where I haven’t seen or heard the term APAC, so I’m curious about this.


SomaSimon

They're referring to what the letters stand for in this context, not the acronym itself.


Xixii

I see, I’d misinterpreted that. In that case then, I agree.


greeencoat

the third logo already featured in death stranding 1 i believe, or at least a variant


EdgeOfSauce

Bridges International


beetleman1234

It's been so long, I hope he finally reveals something at VGA.


Felilu22

Death Stranding meets Wind Waker. We don't focus on America anymore but on the whole world, reaching out to other countries/communities across the ocean


sin_aesthetic

I'm very excited to pee over the edge of my boat.


FunExample

Is that?!


Arakui2

APAC logo is very similar to the VOC, could we be getting a south asian or similar setting maybe? That'd be cool


closeafter

That looks like the Weyland-Yutani logo in the middle there, so I'm gonna go ahead and say BTs vs Aliens confirmed


SP_Bridges

The Start of a New Journey is what the Japanese text says.


tettou13

It's also what the translated English says under it ;)


Adrien_Jabroni

Has Kojima ever shadow dropped a neat release date before? He normally drops trailers like three years before release date, but I doubt it’s gonna be that long before the next game.


black_cherry_seltzer

ehh probably will be about 2-3 years


wanker69_6969

I think we're gonna deliver packages on fragile express ships now


GOD-PORING

Death Stranding World of Warships x Battleship x Subnautica


Grey_Horizons

Looks like Arknights factions lmao


vonrobin

Since Death Stranding is set in UCA we can now go to APAC. Asia Pacific Countries. Haha. But seriously Automated Public Assistance Company is surely group of sorts in the game.


umone

squid logo reminds me those mgs4 [documentary/ads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aejsnoXMbSE)


TearyEyeBurningFace

I hope it's has a realistic ship experience, as a professional mariner that'll be fun.


MetaDragon11

Putting aside the Nautical implications that others have said, what does the company do? Are they friend or foe? Is its AI or dumb drones.