Edgerunners Season 2 Brings Back Hideo Kojima’s Cyberpunk 2077 Character

Cyberpunk Edgerunners’ second season is out tomorrow, and whereas I didn’t love the 10-episode story, I’m always down to return to Night City. There are such a lot of acquainted sights, and generally acquainted faces, to see each time we return. This time, you may acknowledge one face from not solely Cyberpunk 2077, but additionally from belonging to one of many largest names within the online game business.

Hideo Kojima, the director of the Steel Gear collection, Dying Stranding, and the upcoming, Xbox-led Physint, makes a short look in Cyberpunk 2077 as Hideyoshi Oshima, a braindance producer who’s visiting Night time Metropolis throughout the occasions of the “Heist” quest. Yow will discover him speaking to different resort visitors as you scope out the world whereas on a job. The character has Kojima’s likeness, so if of the man, it’s straightforward to identify him.

Quick ahead six years, and Hideyoshi seems as soon as extra in Edgerunners II. I used to be shocked once I noticed him, after which simply because the evaluation embargo dropped early this morning, CD Projekt Pink confirmed that yep, Kojima did return for the cameo.

Recognizing a well-known face, chooms? 👀

You could bear in mind seeing him in Konpeki Plaza throughout The Heist in 2077. Now, the famend braindance director is making one other look in Night time Metropolis.@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN returns as Hideyoshi Oshima in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2! pic.twitter.com/2Mt0RBapqw

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Broadly talking, Edgerunner II’s connections to 2077 aren’t too overt when it comes to cameos and the like, although it does have some fairly important ties to a number of the broader Night time Metropolis storylines gamers skilled within the recreation, so if it’s been some time because you performed the sport, possibly lookup a fast recap.