Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 has forged Steel Gear Strong creator Hideo Kojima in a task that can see him reprise his half from Cyberpunk 2077.
Sequence recreation developer CD Projekt Purple confirmed the information in a social media put up on X/Twitter. The message teased that it is greater than a throwaway half, too, as Kojima shall be seen taking part in “the well-known braindance director who was at Konpeki Plaza in Cyberpunk 2077” (through X’s machine translation).
The true-life recreation director was fast to reply and share his pleasure, in addition to a number of footage from his time recording his traces. His full assertion, minus a number of enjoyable emojis, is as follows: “I make a cameo look within the anime sequence Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 as Hideyoshi Oshima, the character who appeared within the earlier recreation.”
I make a cameo look within the anime sequence “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2” as Hideyoshi Oshima, the character who appeared within the earlier recreation. 🙏🙇🏻😅🫶👍 https://t.co/OuUaazFfR4
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) October 19, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 gamers have been treated to an unexpected visit from the Kojima Productions lead once they first traveled to Night time Metropolis again in 2020. It is a second that wasn’t really straight tied to V’s mainline quest and surprisingly simple to overlook, however sure, if gamers search Arasaka’s Konpeki Plaza onerous sufficient, they will discover Kojima sitting close to a bar.
Should you’re conversant in Kojima’s work on video games like Steel Gear Strong and Demise Stranding, what he needed to say within the Cyberpunk world wasn’t too shocking. He loved chatting concerning the in-universe memory-exploring mechanic, braindances, as he wished his “productions to convey actual, uncooked human emotion.” When stopped by V, he asks the participant if they’ve any pitches to point out him.
“The sensation whenever you mix happiness and melancholy, or being calm with an underlying sense of tension,” he says within the recreation. “These complicated, reasonable emotions and feelings are what I aspire to recreate… woven into a lot better tales, after all.”
Kojima’s Oshima will now convey his love for braindance expertise to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 when it premieres tomorrow, October 20, 2026. All 10 episodes of the second season will drop on the identical time. IGN known as this second anime journey into Night time Metropolis “Superb” in our 9/10 review.
“Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 delivers the gory, action-packed items, even when it doesn’t fairly hit the highs of its predecessor,” we stated.
Kojima is difficult at work on video games like Physint and OD, however that does not imply he hasn’t had time for one or perhaps a few cameos. We all know now that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 was one of many few anime initiatives he teased earlier this month, however we’re nonetheless ready to see the “big movie” he filmed.
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