this is how hideo kojima makes his games.visited once before, in 2016, when this was a brand—new studio. i think it is going to be something really special. now we are back as the only people in the world being allowed behind—the—scenes to see the team here in tokyo put the finishing touches on a title that has had the games industry scratching its head for three years. i forgot how bright it was in here! i first walked into this room about 2.5 years ago. kojima productions had been up and running for matter of months. death stranding, it was just a short and a strange trailer, to be honest. now, the game isjust hours away from being finished and we are here to see it go gold, which basically means it is ready for release. game studios do not usually let cameras poke around the office before the title comes out but something tells us this studio wants this game to have a message. 0ne they do not want to get lost in the mystery surrounding the release. the first thing on the agenda is to find out if we are right. what better w

in classic hideo kojima style, it is difficult to explain. a traditional genre does not really cover it. it blends travel, role—play and action together, delivering messages to reconnect a broken world. it's a game of choice and item management and one that has players interacting with each other in a unique way. i got the chance to play the game too, but more on that later... today is a good day. thanks for your help! to put it mildly, hideo kojima is a big deal in the gaming world. his first title, metal gear, came out in 1987. the first game was made on this device... it was the start of a near 30 year relationship with the publisher, konami. when the next instalment arrived in 1988, his legacy who made stealth games popular was secure. it became iconic and had a reputation for innovation. his last title, solid five, released in 2015, brought true open world gaming into the series and following that... hideo kojima announced that he was leaving konami. he worked at konami for 30 years. his name is pretty much synonymous with konami at the

that's how acclaimed creator hideo kojima describes his latest venture in an exclusive bbc interview. creator of death stranding. we're in tokyo, where there's just hours left for these developers to finish a title that's had the games industry talking since it was first announced in 2016. and we're the only camera crew in the world allowed in, to witness acclaimed creator hideo kojima's unique approach to making games. famed for popularising stealth games in the ‘90s — where sneaking, not shooting, was the way to play — he's always been considered a visionary. what's soon clear is he's in complete control of that vision. here, he's personally editing the trailer for death stranding. his first game release since setting up his own independent studio is a mysterious tale of a post—apocalyptic america. for three years, the advertising and marketing has teased and confused people, leaving many scratching their heads. what's it all about? while this approach is exciting some, others are nervous, left wondering if anyone is challenging this vision, and wondering if the game will live up to

that's how acclaimed creator hideo kojima describes his latest venture in an exclusive bbc interview.randing. we're in tokyo, where there's just hours left for these developers to finish a title that's had the games industry talking since it was first announced in 2016. and we're the only camera crew in the world allowed in, to witness acclaimed creator hideo kojima's unique approach to making games. famed for popularising stealth games in the 1990s, where sneaking, not shooting, was the way to play, he has always been considered a visionary. what's soon clear is, he's in complete control of that vision. here, he is personally editing the trailer for death stranding. his first game release since setting up his own independent studio is a mysterious tale of a post—apocalyptic america. for three years, the advertising and marketing has teased and confused people, leaving many scratching their heads. what's it all about? while this approach is exciting some, others are nervous, left wondering if anybody is challenging this vision, and wondering if the game will live up to expectations. w

this is how hideo kojima makes his games.nk it is going to be something really special. now we are back as the only people in the world being allowed behind—the—scenes to see the team here in tokyo put the finishing touches on a title that has had the games industry scratching its head for three years. i forgot how bright it was in here! i first walked into this room about 2.5 years ago. kojima productions had been up and running for matter of months. death stranding, it was just a short and a strange trailer, to be honest. now, the game isjust hours away from being finished and we are here to see it go gold, which basically means it is ready for release. game studios do not usually let cameras poke around the office before the title comes out but something tells us this studio wants this game to have a message. one — they do not want to get lost in the mystery surrounding the release. the first thing on the agenda is to find out if we are right. what better way to do that than to sit down with the man himself?

they hideo chewed up, behind the barns you see. the fifth north carolina wheels behind them. jubal early is wounded in the shoulder his horse shot, he , has brought off the field. one soldier tells skirmishers, "take aim at that bastard flag." talking about the fifth carolina. a wisconsin soldier described the confederate charge, officers bravely leading them forward as our fire was sitting and mowing thinning and mowing them down like grass. canister opened at 75 yards. someone heard hancock say, gentlemen, charge, and thus ended the battle at williamsburg. hancock will comment, "for 600 yards the entire field was strewn with enemy dead." the north carolina loses its fifth pink set of colors and 450 men in 20 minutes. the flag of the fifth north carolina will be captured by the fifth wisconsin, not george custer. a comrade of mine recently found the flag and returned it to north carolina. robert langston, 18, likely still buried on the field today. and of course, you see this beautiful painting by julian scott. so that brings me to the conclusion, the aftermath. in 14 hours,

coming up — the legendaryjapanese game creator hideo kojima explains his new game to newsbeat‘s steffaning and rail cancellations are affecting parts of the north of england and the midlands after the recent torrential downpours that caused rivers to burst their banks. seven severe flood warnings — meaning a threat to life — are still in place on the river don in south yorkshire, while derbyshire police have named the woman who died after being swept away by floodwaters on the river derwent near the town of matlock. she was annie hall, a former high sheriff of derbyshire. our correspondent, fiona trott, is at stainforth in south yorkshire the floodwaters have receded in some parts of northern england but the situation we have no fishlake tonight is that there are some residents in that village who are basically living on an island. that is how it is being described by local people here. completely surrounded by floodwater after the river don burst its banks. all day, five specialist fire and rescue teams assisted by members of the local community have been using a boat to get to those p