It seems like Death Stranding's babies (or BBs, as they’re apparently called) might be even creepier than we thought, as we've now discovered that they'll be able to talk to you through your controller.

We’re roughly two months removed from the release of Hideo Kojima’s long-anticipated PlayStation exclusive Death Stranding, and, despite having access to nearly an hour of gameplay, we still have absolutely no idea what the game is about. There’s… well, a lot of running across mossy fields, being stealthy through what look like forgotten lunar outposts, and… um… jar babies?

Revealed via a Gamescom trailer last August, Death Stranding’s BBs are some sort of equipment capable of… something, and they’re necessary to Norman Reedus’ goal of… um, connecting cities? Though we couldn’t exactly glean much information from the trailer, we do know that these weird little things will be vital to the Death Stranding experience. So, naturally, they’ll be able to speak to you through the DS4 controller.

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As noted by Kajima on Twitter, the BBs will have the ability to communicate with players through the PlayStation 4 controller. Think phone calls in GTA V, except a whole lot creepier. Of course, we have yet to understand exactly what a BB is or why we would ever want to talk to one. The trailer heavily implied that Norman Reedus’ character will harbor the ulterior motive of keeping his alive despite its disposable nature.

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While Death Stranding isn’t exactly being marketed as a horror game, this definitely feels like an offshoot of the Silent Hill project that started all of this madness. Most will remember the tragedy that befell Silent Hill P.T. back in 2014, and, though we’ll never know exactly what was going on with that game, it could be that this creepy baby thing is a vestige of Kojima’s work with Konami. After all, having a backpack-mounted fetus whispering to you throughout your journey sounds like a very Silent Hill thing, doesn’t it?

The announcement of the eerie mechanic came bundled with a look at the new Death Stranding-themed PS4 console, which is due out this December with a price point of $399. The controller is of a sickly, translucent, almost urine-yellow, and the thought of a baby floating around in there staring at the player should make anyone profoundly uncomfortable.

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Really, this whole thing has only served to heighten the mystery around Kojima’s forthcoming effort. As an auteur unlike any other, no other developer would conceive of or allow for this sort of strangeness, and even those uninterested in franchises like Metal Gear Solid or Silent Hill may want to give this one a look just for the sheer oddity of it all. It’s the sort of generation-defining event that will have gamers ten years from now reminiscing about the time during which everyone was plagued by the horrible transient echoes of terminal fetuses emanating from their controllers. The same will never be said about any Xbox One exclusives, that much is certain.

To recap, spooky baby voices, pee-stain yellow controllers, and Norman Reedus. If that isn’t enough to go out and pre-order the game, then we don’t know what is.

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