DEATH STRANDING developer KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS has launched a new division dedicated to music, TV and film.

Based in Los Angeles, California, the new division is designed to take the game studio's games to other pop culture areas. The new team will be led by Riley Russell, who joins the company after a nearly 28-year stint at PlayStation in various roles, including the chief legal officer, and VP of business affairs.

"The new division will be tasked with working with creative and talented professionals in television, music and film, as well as the more familiar games industry," says Russell.

"The team has as its charter, the goal of expanding the reach and awareness of the properties now under development at KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS and to make them, even more, a part of our popular culture. Although we are a global organization, the new business development team will be centred in Los Angeles, CA. We are truly excited and looking forward to working with the very best entertainment talent we can, across all of the entertainment industries."

KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS business development manager Yoshiko Fukuda added: "Finding new ways to entertain, engage and offer value to our fans is essential in a fast-moving, ever-changing storytelling world. Our new division will take the studio into even more areas that present our creative narratives beyond videogames and open up ways for our fans to communicate and immerse themselves in these spaces."