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Hideki Kamiya has officially departed from PlatinumGames as of 12 October 2023. What is he doing now? In a surprise move, the legendary game creator and developer has launched his own YouTube channel. In his first video, Kamiya discusses about why he departed from PlatinumGames and what his plans are moving forward. He said: “You can BLEEP...
In a surprise announcement on X (Twitter), the official PlatinumGames account announced that Hideki Kamiya is officially leaving the Japanese developer in October 2023 after almost two decades with the company. https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/1706201875564130785 Hideki Kamiya himself has also posted on his own personal Twitter accoun...
In a recent livestream of Final Fantasy 16's pre-launch celebration show, PlatinumGames has revealed themselves to be part of the game's development process. PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba said in a pre-recorded video that Astral Chain director and Nier: Automata key member Takahisa Taura has led a small PlatinumGames team to work on parts of F...
A new NieR Automata Ver1.1a anime "Promotion File 008" video features action scenes with 2B and 9S. In addition, it also reveals more staff members and that the anime will premiere on 7 January 2023. The newly announced staff members include: Action Supervision, Prop Design: Shun Tachibana (Key Animation, My Senpai Is Annoying) CG Action...
For the full list, head here. #30. Bayonetta 3 (Switch) PlatinumGames has been rather quiet since Astral Chain back in 2019, and the less said about Babylon’s Fall, the better. Still, they really know their action gaming when it counts, and that is evident in the third Bayonetta game. While we did criticize the game’s story and resolut...
The Bayonetta 3 voice actor controversy plot has thickened, it seems. Original Bayonetta VO Hellena Taylor said on Twitter that she was offered a grand total of US$4,000 for her role in Bayonetta 3 via PlatinumGames, which is very low given the prestige of the character. She also implored people to boycott the game and give their money to charit...
[Update: 19/10/22] Added Bloomberg sources that dispute the claims in the payment story below. Sources in a Bloomberg report have disputed claims from Hellena Taylor. PlatinumGames intended to rehire Taylor last summer for at least five sessions, with each paying US$3,000 to US$4,000 for four hours in the studio. This brings the payment to US$15...
Square Enix has announced that NieR Automata The End Of YoRHa Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch. This version of the JRPG will come with all previously-released DLC, as well as some skins exclusive for the Nintendo Switch version of the game. This news was revealed via the Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase June 2022, which you can chec...
In what could be a common-sense statement made bold, PlatinumGames said it will not be interested in NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. According to a recent Videogame Chronicles interview, CEO Atsushi Inaba was pretty blunt with his comments on NFTs. "I understand it’s a hot topic right now, and it’s really starting to gain momentum, ...
In real life, diplomacy usually doesn't fail. At least as far as negotiations for acquisitions go. According to CEO Atsushi Inaba, PlatinumGames would be open to acquisition offers by another company, as long as it maintains its freedom (via Videogames Chronicle). "The most important thing for us is to have the freedom to make the games that we...
Scalebound was going to be a big action RPG hack-and-slash-type title for Xbox before it was cancelled back in 2017. Fast forward to now, and PlatinumGames want to bring it back somehow. According to a new interview with IGN Japan, PlatinumGames' leads Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya revealed that they would like to revive the cancelled title. P...
PlatinumGames president and CEO, Atushi Inaba, has revealed that the Japanese developer will focus on games that are bigger in the future. These games will also likely be live service in nature. In an interview with Famitsu, as translated by VGC, Inaba said: “Project G.G. is still in the stage of testing various things, so I can’t ...
PlatinumGames CEO Kenichi Sato stepped down as president according to an official announcement from the company that made Bayonetta, Wonderful 101, and Vanquish. Taking over as the new CEO is longtime director/producer Atsushi Inaba, who will also retain his second title as PlatinumGames studio head. Kenichi Sato will still be on the PlatinumGam...
PlatinumGames developer Hideki Kamiya announced recently that the company's 2D shmup tribute title Sol Cresta will not be out at the end of 2021. The game now has a "when it's out" release date, most likely in 2022. However, the team has shown off a number of new features for the game. During the official livestream, the team demoed the game's s...
Platinum Games executive director Hideki "Loves Twitter Block Button" Kamiya has commented on the Nintendo Switch exclusivity of Bayonetta 3. For those keeping track, Bayonetta 2 is a Nintendo exclusive after Sega seemingly ditched the IP. Nintendo is the company that funded and published Bayonetta 2's creation, so obviously, it's a Wii U and Ni...
The incredibly popular South Korean video game convention G-Star is getting an online showcase in the next two weeks thanks to the global pandemic. Dubbed G-CON 2020, the online stream of the expo will feature a ton of speakers including: PlatinumGames' Hideki Kamiya, who is still blocking us to this day. Paradox Interactive's Alexander ...
Platinum Games has confirmed that they are still working on their next game, Babylon's Fall, after almost half a year with no updates. In December 2019, the developer promised to reveal more details and information about the game in summer 2020, but it looks like the COVID-19 pandemic may have derailed their plans. An important message from the #B...
Late last month, Platinum Games teased that the last of their Platinum4 announcements would be arriving on 1 April 2020. Somewhat expectedly, that turned out to be an April Fool's Joke, with the "announcement" being about a collaboration with Hamster Corporation for an arcade game called Sol Cresta, a supposed follow-up to the Moon Cresta and Te...
The folks at Platinum Games have got a new announcement, related to their recent series of Platinum 4 announcements, planned for us, and they've announced that that announcement will be made on 1 April 2020. https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/1242988526146224128 Yes, it's an announcement of an announcement, and the announcement date of 1 Ap...
The crowd has spoken: The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter is truly a-go-go, baby! The campaign has reached a grand total of US$2.2 million, way ahead of its original US$50,000 pledge. The fact that it reached US$1.5 million stretch goal within hours after it was announced proved that there is a demand for PlatinumGames ports of their more es...
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