PlatinumGames founder and former CEO Hideki Kamiya has revealed that no less than 4 extra high-profile execs have give up the corporate, together with the administrators of hits like Steel Gear Rising: Revengeance and Bayonetta 3.
In a current video on his YouTube channel (by way of VGC), Kamiya features a {photograph} of himself and 5 different people, labeling the image as a “former PlatinumGames administrators’ consuming occasion”.
In addition to Kamiya himself, the picture additionally consists of Yusuke Miyata, Kenji Saito, and Takahisa Taura, the administrators of Bayonetta 3, Steel Gear Rising, and Astral Chain, respectively. You can even spot Bayonetta Origins‘ Abebe Tinari, in addition to character artist Masaki Yamanaka.
As VGC factors out, Tinari already revealed his departure from PlatinumGames final month, however to one of the best of my information, the departure of the opposite 4 from PlatinumGames is new.
Kamiya would not state within the video whether or not any of the parents within the picture have joined his new studio Clovers or whether or not they’ll be transferring on to different ventures inside the gaming business, though on the very least, it appears believable that Astral Chain‘s Taura is beginning his personal studio.
In any case, these departures observe some quite odd modifications to PlatinumGames’ web site. Plenty of video games, together with titles like Transformers: Devastation, the now-delisted World of Demons, and the previously-teased Undertaking G.G., have all been faraway from the location’s listings.
It appears the studio has eliminated video games which are now not accessible, which presumably additionally means Undertaking G.G. has been canceled, though the truth that they’re fully gone from PlatinumGames’ record feels a contact like revisionist historical past.
As for Kamiya himself, after leaving PlatinumGames again in 2023, he is at the moment engaged on a sequel to Okami along with his new studio Clovers, which additionally has a number of ex-PlatinumGames staffers working for it.
The sequel is probably going a way away from being launched, however it’s good to know that Kamiya is attending to work on a challenge during which he’d beforehand expressed curiosity. Possibly now we are able to hope for that new Viewtiful Joe recreation.
PlatinumGames, in the meantime, is at the moment engaged on Ninja Gaiden 4 alongside Group Ninja. The sport was revealed throughout final month’s Xbox Developer Direct and is ready to launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S later this yr.
