United Kingdom, May 12 -- Hideo Kojima is "just really happy" that he could get 'Death Stranding 2' made.

The games designer was at the helm of the initial action title that was released in 2019 and after struggling for a couple of years creatively, he is now thrilled that a sequel is getting off the ground.

He told IGN: " I wrote the proposal for this game while isolated during the pandemic and worked on it with people whose faces I couldn't see for the most part, only really meeting Yoji Shinkawa once a week. I imagine the same went for any studio. If we can't all gather and we can't shoot, what should we do? But even under those circumstances, I was fortunate to have everyone's help as we made progress on the

game.

"I'd say it was ...