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The future of PlatinumGames, the former kings of action gaming, seems in doubt despite its involvement with the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 4. Ex-PlatinumGames vice president Hideki Kamiya has revealed in a new video on his channel that five more game directors have left the house that made Bayonetta and Vanquish. They are: Bayonetta Origins dire...
Hideki Kamiya, co-founder of PlatinumGames and the original director of Bayonetta, recently left the Japanese studio. Despite his departure, Kamiya anticipates that the Bayonetta franchise will continue without his involvement. Before leaving, he held the position of vice president and played a crucial role in overseeing franchises like Bayonetta a...
Nintendo has published its latest financial report for last year that ended on 31 December 2019, revealing new sales milestones for the Nintendo Switch consoles and several titles. The Nintendo Switch has now officially sold 52.48 million units, overtaking the SNES' 49.1 million units and becoming the company’s third best-selling home consol...
After releasing stellar action titles like Bayonetta, Vanquish, and Nier: Automata, how else can PlatinumGames top themselves? Simple: just add a JoJo Stand; as an additional character to mix up your attacks, put your game in a sci-fi police setting, and keep in a Nintendo Switch exclusive. Quirky and charming characters, oddities like toilet pape...
A gripping action RPG like Astral Chain just wouldn’t be complete without a lovable cast of characters. And who better to sit at the top of that list than Lappy, the quirky dog mascot of Astral Chain’s police force? But there’s more to Lappy under that large and unbearably hot suit, and that’s Marie Wentz. When sheâ€...
Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: Action game with some open-world and adventuring bits tucked inside Nier Automata game director Yoko Taro said this a while back during a particular Game Developer Conference panel about his Square Enix masterpiece: "Modern games, they're made really well. They have so much love and time put into making them expans...
This guide is still under development; we'll add in more tips and tricks in the near future. Astral Chain is out, and is sold out in physical retail all over Malaysia for good reason: it's a pretty awesome thrill ride of an action-slash-adventure-slash-cop-simulator game. It has a few flaws, but nothing about those completely detract it from its h...
When you think over-the-top action in the past and current console generation, you think PlatinumGames. Rising from the ashes of Studio Clover since it dissolved back in 2006, the producers and designers who made up the company -from Atsushi Inaba to Twitter grand ban-master Hideki Kamiya- are renowned for making the best action games that don't s...
It's a month or so until hyper action game Astral Chain makes its way onto Switch. And you're probably curious about the game's soundtrack, whether it'll be like Metal Gear Revengeance's butt rock or Bayonetta 2's pop-jazz fusion. The straight answer? A bit of the former, with some sci-fi synths and drum machine sounds to go along with the cop-a...
It seems that Animangaki 2019 is going to turn out pretty special with this recent announcement: the anime expo will be bringing in Yoko Taro and Taura Takahisa as special game creator guests. Yoko Taro is the main man behind the NieR and Drakengard series; he's basically responsible for all those 2B cosplayers you see in Asian anime expos. His bi...
Nintendo just raised the curtains on the latest Astral Chain trailer, and it looks pretty sweet. The 10-minute trailer features an introduction to the story and setting from Neuron Special Forces Operator Olive Espinoza, which is then followed by some interesting action presented by Neuron Special Forces Captain Maximilian Howard. Man, these names...
A Video Games Chronicle interview has shed new light on what Platinum Games has been up to. You know, those guys in charge of the best damn action games on the planet like the Bayonetta series and Metal Gear Rising Revengeance. Here are the best bits from said interview: Bayonetta 3Â will see a change in design process based on Platinum Games�...
Nintendo just wrapped up its monthly Nintendo Direct video stream with a bunch of new announcements that will make a lot of fans happy and placated this year. We'll break it down in order of highest importance to us at Kakuchopurei. Fire Emblem: Three Houses Brings In Turn-Based Strategy Gaming & Waifus/Husbandos This Year In this latest Fire ...
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