Platinum Games has just released a ShowReel for 2013, showing off bits of their history as well as what the company has in store for 2013 and beyond. Footage is shown of The Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2 and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
You might not be able to believe this, but Dark Souls is a pretty tricky game on the PlayStation 3.
In a wide-ranging interview with IGN, game developer legend Hideki Kamiya reveals why he left Bayonetta maker PlatinumGames and what's next.
Long shot here but with him out of the picture... MS could get PG to finish Scalebound. As it is, the project was shelved and Ms still had all the work they had done up to that point. HK's mismanagement of multiple projects is what caused MS to pull the plug, but I feel they still wanted to get it done at some point.
“My work with Platinum Games was based on a relationship of trust with the company. I decided to leave because I felt that the direction the company was heading in was different from my beliefs as a developer. Without that element of trust, I couldn’t continue working there, and so I left, so that I could continue working in what I consider to be the right way.
“I don't think of games as products, but rather as works of art. I want to put my artistry into games and deliver games that could only be made by Hideki Kamiya, so that players can enjoy Hideki Kamiya games exactly as they are. I decided to leave the company and forge my own path, to continue making games that reflect the developers who made them.”
Hideki Kamiya will be leaving PlatinumGames on October 12, 2023.
Phil better have that check ready. Hideki expertise and knowledge would be a great asset to the Xbox team and can possibly bring growth in the Asia region.
How sudden, I wonder what changed.
Maybe after the certain story choices and direction for Bayonetta 3 they can hopefully make it more like the first two games.
i've always felt platinum games lack of growth/failures can be traced back to kamiya. He seems like a very troublesome person to work with
Whoa. Platinum is awesome. They sure know how to make a pretty game.
Wonderful 101 made me think of Viewtiful Joe immediately.
VERY disappointing wuth the lack of Bay 2 footage, I think that's the Beyond part of the statement :(.
Ah platinum games, such a quality developer. Hopefully they never fall down the path of greed like so many other excellent developers have.