Sony just patented a collaborative path-building feature that appears to be the one from Death Stranding. The patent (via NME), titled «Terrain radar and gradual building of a route in a virtual environment of a video game,» credits Hideo Kojima as the inventor and describes many familiar features from the game such as the ability to see and traverse other players' paths.
In the summary, it delves into further detail on the mentioned «method for influencing a gaming world of a video game.»
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