Death Stranding 2's vtuber cameo is only the beginning of more anime girls appearing in your favorite games, Hololive CEO says

A screencap of an Usada Pekora Hololive stream where the vtuber is playing Death Stranding 2. The main character of the game is wearing a bunny hat themed after Pekora's model design. — (Image credit: Usada Pekora / Hololive)

Death Stranding 2 is stuffed with all sorts of ridiculous cameos, but one of the most bizarre inclusions is extremely popular Japanese-speaking vtuber Usada Pekora. Even though it's no surprise at this point to see Hideo Kojima find a way to insert his favorite celebrities into his games, the CEO of the company Pekora streams for is aiming to have many more collabs in the future.

Speaking to PC Gamer in a recent interview (through a translator), the CEO of Cover, the company that owns vtuber agency Hololive, Motoaki Tanigo, said introducing vtubers to gamers is a big goal right now.

Tanigo says that Hololive will "look toward having more talent that can play games that are popular in the US," like competitive FPS games. The goal, as I understand it, is to have Hololive vtubers cultivate an audience tied to specific genres or games like any other steamer on Twitch and to let that lead to sponsorships and collabs in the future.

Does that mean we're going to see vtuber skins in Call of Duty? It sounds like Tanigo wouldn't say no to that, and by the looks of it, neither would Activision. My hope is that when they do show up it's as inexplicable as delivering pizza to a bunny girl.

Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years. He regularly spends time playing and reporting on games like Diablo 4, Elden Ring, Overwatch 2, and Final Fantasy 14. While his specialty is in action RPGs and MMOs, he's driven to cover all sorts of games whether they're broken, beautiful, or bizarre.

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