Mohammadreza Kia plays one of the leading characters in Death Stranding .
It was announced at Sony 's E3 2016 conference , and is scheduled for release prior to 2019.Actors Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen will portray leading characters in the game , through motion capture , facial scanning , and vocal performance ; director Guillermo del Toro will also contribute his likeness to another character through facial and body scanning .