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Death Standing becomes one of Xbox's most played games this week — and it's all thanks to Xbox Game Pass

The Director's Cut of Hideo Kojima's critically acclaimed Death Stranding hit Xbox Game Pass recently and has quickly become quite popular on the Xbox ecosystem because of it. Here's where it stands on the most popular Xbox games of January 2026

Windows Central

Hideo Kojima praises this "hard sci-fi anime" with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score that almost no one watched upon its release in 2023

All aboard the Mars Express

Total Film

It's sci-fi month on Xbox Game Pass – with another two huge adventures being added for free

Microsoft announces a superb line up of new games coming to Xbox Game Pass over the next two weeks

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Xbox Game Pass set for a strong end to January — Death Stranding Director’s Cut, Space Marine II, and more

Xbox Game Pass is set for a strong end to January 2026, with Death Stranding Director’s Cut, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, and a varied line-up of new additions arriving across console, PC, and cloud.

Windows Central

Hideo Kojima finally understands why Jujutsu Kaisen is "so popular" – after watching it in the wrong order

Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 is now airing

Total Film

One of the best Xbox Play Anywhere games just got its notorious save bug fixed for Xbox Ally and Xbox PC

We complained and moaned, and Xbox listened. Kojima Productions, Xbox, and 505 Games collaborate on a strange bug preventing save files from working correctly for Death Stranding on Xbox PC / Xbox Ally.

Windows Central

Hideo Kojima has "always had a lot of bad dreams," and one nightmare included "voluptuous nude women," reanimated "decomposing bodies," and a very impolite coach

I'd love to see the rest of his dream diary

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Hideo Kojima has shared his favorite movies and shows of last year, and KPop Demon Hunters and Pluribus made the cut

Hideo Kojima has revealed his favorite releases of 2025

Total Film

Hideo Kojima thinks the video game-inspired Predator: Badlands would make a cool video game: "Traveling with Elle Fanning on your back"

He also shouts out Last Samurai Standing

Total Film

Sounding like the coolest guy in the room, Hideo Kojima says him being creative "isn't special," it's just as natural as eating: "If creativity were taken out of my daily life, I probably wouldn't survive"

"It's built into my body. It's not unique to me."

GamesRadar

Asus has announced a sweet new Kojima Productions collab but I wish it picked a better laptop

A luxurious aesthetic for a niche device.

PC Gamer

With OD and Physint in the works, Hideo Kojima says Kojima Productions is heading towards its "Third Phase," with the creator to focus on "staying grounded and laying solid foundations" in 2026

The studio is set to "move forward with preparations for the espionage action title 'Physint'"

GamesRadar

Call of Duty’s Vince Zampella was a video games visionary

Zampella created the template for multiplayer shooters that is still used today, and his cinematic and epic military, sci-fi and Star Wars games thrilled and moved millions

The Guardian - UK

Hideo Kojima says Super Mario Bros. 'was the catalyst that brought me to the game industry', and made him realise 'this medium would one day surpass movies'

Game respect game.

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Hideo Kojima calls Death Stranding 2 his "masterpiece," but that's only because his "latest work" is always his best

Not a Solid Snake in sight

PC Gamer

Hideo Kojima says MGS2 was never about AI 'but rather a future I didn't desire' of data gaining a will of its own and 'unfortunately we're heading there'

"It's about digital society."

Total Film

Hideo Kojima says KPop Demon Hunters was "so good" and that he "ended up bawling [his] eyes out"

Our favorite film critic has returned

Total Film

Hideo Kojima delivers gushing verdict on Avatar: Fire and Ash, including how it will impact his future work

Kojima *loves* the Avatar threequel

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Without Super Mario Bros, Hideo Kojima "probably" wouldn't have become a game dev: "When I saw that… I felt this medium would one day surpass movies"

Unlikely origins

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Metal Gear Solid 2 is "often mistaken for a story about AI," Hideo Kojima says, but it's actually about "what human life would become" in the digital age

"It has become somewhat of a reality."

GamesRadar

Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima thinks "we can't go back" to a world without AI: "Smartphones were the same"

"It would undoubtedly be convenient. But then I wonder if it's really okay"

GamesRadar

Hideo Kojima says watch the OD teaser trailer "100 times" and you'll get a "big hint" about what his new horror game actually is: "I can't say anything else"

"Mr Phil will be angry with me"

The Guardian - UK

The 20 best video games of 2025

A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun

GamesRadar

Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid mastermind Hideo Kojima wants to make "a game that delights an AI" and "a game played in weightlessness"

"In five or 10 year's time, I definitely expect AI to break into many different worlds"

GamesRadar

Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2 is easier than the original because of two "major drop-off points" that stopped fans reaching the end

"The core audience from the original game has had a 'slightly lukewarm' response"

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