PlatinumGames has printed an announcement concerning its future, weeks after its influential former inventive director Hideki Kamiya introduced a brand new studio backed by Capcom.
Since Kamiya’s announcement in September 2023 that he was leaving the corporate he co-founded, Platinum’s communications have been principally muted, past asserting offers and promotions for its present video games.
On Monday, the Osaka, Japan-based studio seemingly broke this silence with information that it is going to be marking the Bayonetta collection’ 15th anniversary this 12 months in varied methods.
Alongside the information, Platinum printed an announcement concerning the way forward for the corporate, amid hypothesis that lots of its lead creators may have adopted Kamiya out of the corporate.
Steel Gear Rising director Kenji Saito, Astral Chain director Takahisa Taura, and Anarchy Reigns director Masaki Yamanaka, all eliminated the “PG” from their social media handles final month.
“Over the previous 15 years, now we have been capable of stroll alongside Bayonetta and the collection’ charming solid of characters,” the assertion reads. “Bringing pleasure to so many individuals by way of Bayonetta has been a useful journey for us.
“Transferring ahead, we are going to proceed to tackle new challenges to create video games that shock and delight our followers. We look ahead to your continued help of Bayonetta and PlatinumGames!”
Hideki Kamiya’s Platinum exit got here as a shock to many exterior onlookers. For practically 20 years, the Bayonetta and Fantastic 101 director was the studio’s inventive chief and its vp.
Talking to VGC in a latest interview to debate his new studio, Clovers, Kamiya defined the explanation for his departure.
“If I used to be glad at Platinum, then I wouldn’t have left,” he mentioned. “There’s a method I consider video games ought to be made: a philosophy, a mindset of how video games ought to be made. Koyama approached me, and we shared the identical mindset and philosophy about recreation growth.”
Requested if he was involved that Platinum may react negatively to Clovers, particularly contemplating it was actively hiring former workers, Kamiya mentioned he was extra involved for the way forward for his former workforce members there.
“If there was one factor I’m frightened about, it’s the truth that I used to be VP and chief recreation designer of PlatinumGames. And so with me quitting, I fear in regards to the individuals there, the workers there,” he mentioned.
“After all, in the event that they’re motivated and glad at Platinum, I consider that’s the appropriate path for them. But when there are others whose mindset aligns extra with what we’re constructing right here at Clovers, we need to welcome them and supply a path for them, too. I see that as a accountability I’ve to these individuals after leaving Platinum.”
