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Per VGC, though there's conflicting reports about where it was actually at.

>The Kojima Productions project is understood to have been pitched as an episodic horror game. Sources indicated that the Japanese studio was keen to innovate in the cloud gaming space, but the proposal was ultimately blocked by Stadia GM Phil Harrison last year. This is possibly the project designer Hideo Kojima was referring to last summer, when he told a Japanese publication he had recently seen a “major” project cancelled. “I’m pretty pissed, but that’s the games industry for you,” he said.

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People revolted against MGS2 but eventually came around. It even happened for MGS4 to some extent.
In 5 or 10 years time, Death Stranding will also be considered an overlooked gem even with the cringe writing.