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Kojima Teases ‘Death Stranding’ Release Date?
As we come to the end of 2017, and look into 2018, we just might be getting the answer to something that’s been bugging gamers for a while: Just when is Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding supposed to come out? Well, prior to reading this one, take a heaping grain of salt, because it’s one of “those” stories.
A twitter user noted that in a series of year-end interviews with Japanese gaming magazine Dengeki PlayStation, devs were giving their thoughts on their past year’s projects and upcoming ones. Kojima stated that Sony Interactive Entertainment (which has given Kojima full control and then some for Death Stranding) were impressed with how the game was coming along (“[they had] never seen people working on a fast pace like this”). He also plans to “announce something in 2018 that’ll surprise everyone even more”. You can also read the complete translated interview with Kojima at Comicbook.com.
Now obviously, this very well could not be the release date for Death Stranding. And here’s where that salt comes in: If it’s not Death Stranding, then what could it be? A new project for Kojima’s studio? A remake of Kojima’s classic Snatcher? The resurrection of Silent Hills? Okay, that last one’s kind of a long shot. Still, Kojima has a way of confusing people, while at the same time, attracting attention to what he’s up to. Maybe he’ll post more pictures of him and Mads Mikkelsen eating various breakfasts together?
Hideo Kojima: SIE told me they "never seen people working on a fast pace like this," so Death Stranding dev is doing well. I plan to announce something in 2018 that'll surprise everyone even more.https://t.co/szYBSFqknM pic.twitter.com/z3x1NsXZAf
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All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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