Death Stranding 2 Holds Surprise Party to Celebrate Birthdays In-Game
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- The cast in Death Stranding 2 holds a surprise party to celebrate the player’s birthday in-game.
- The game asks for the player’s birthday at the start of the game.
- This is a tradition since Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Upon logging into Death Stranding 2: On the Beach on their birthday, the player is greeted with a surprise party, complete with confetti, a piñata, and even a birthday cake – albeit the cake gets knocked over by a randomly emerging statue within the cut scene.
After the cake is knocked over, Higgs Monaghan walks in carrying a pizza, followed by a Death Stranding 2 rendition of Happy Birthday.
“Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear someone,” the cast sings, while gesturing playfully. Sam Porter Bridges blows out the candles placed on top of the pizza, and the cut scene concludes.
To access the cut scene, players must have unlocked upon reaching chapter 3 and gaining access to the DHV Magellan.
According to SynthPotato, the game asks for the player’s birthday at the start of the game, specifically to hold the surprise birthday party.
This birthday celebration is reportedly a tradition in Hideo Kojima’s games, having begun in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was officially released on June 26, 2025. Set primarily in Australia, eleven months after the events of the Death Stranding, in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by otherworldly creatures the story follows Sam Bridges, a freelance porter, as he and his companions set out on an expedition across the Australian continent to connect isolated survivors and colonies to the wireless communications “chiral” network in order to save humanity from extinction.
