possible<\/em> a different licensing arrangement may have been drawn up for that particular version of the game.<\/p>\n
\nOriginal Story:<\/strong> We knew it was happening, but here’s the official announcement \u2013 \u200b\u200bcomplete with a blog post on Xbox.com, just to rub it in. Death Stranding \u2013 a game fully funded and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment, and running on first-party studio Guerrilla Games’ engine \u2013 is coming to PC Game Pass<\/strong> from 23rd August, 2022. It’ll even include Xbox Achievements! So much for the platform holder paying to keep games off<\/em> the subscription, eh?<\/p>\nThe press release almost reads apologetic, and includes an explanation of why the title is coming to Microsoft’s service: \u201c[The release will] provide players with greater access to Hideo Kojima’s genre-defying title, in which they’ll reconnect a fractured America, one step at a time,\u201d the marketing materials explain. \u201cDeath Stranding tells a ground-breaking story of perseverance through an emotional adventure that those in the Microsoft community can now experience for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
It should be underlined that 505 Games is the publisher of Death Stranding on the PC, and therefore will have initiated this deal. However, it remains utterly baffling to us that Sony has signed contracts where it has so little control over its own products it’s seemingly unable to prevent situations like this from occurring. The same thing has happened with MLB The Show twice<\/em> now \u2013 a game which is wholly developed by a PlayStation Studios developer.<\/p>\nNevertheless, Death Stranding is a phenomenal adventure, so we sincerely hope people enjoy it. And seeing as the title is already included with All PS Plus Games<\/strong>this is less of a slap in the face than Sony’s prior Game Pass releases, where it asked PlayStation players to pod out full-price while allowing Microsoft gamers to enjoy at no extra cost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n