In February 2020, PlatinumGames kicked off the marketing campaign known as the “Platinum 4.” What followed was a series of announcements the revealed a Kickstarter campaign for The Wonderful 101: Remastered, the start of a new project, and the creation of a new studio. However, we’ve known for a while that at least one more
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As you might have heard, on April 1st, PlatinumGames revealed the fourth Platinum 4 announcement. Turns out it was an April Fools joke, and Platinum’s Hideki Kamiya explained it over on Twitter. However, in an Umineko level plotwist, PlatinumGames do have a fourth real announcement in store with Platinum 4. On April 3, PlatinumGames updated
PlatinumGames and Hideki Kamiya published on April 1st their own April Fools’ 2020 joke as the fourth and final Platinum 4 announcement. In a pretty funny video, PlatinumGames reveals its new arcade system, the Neo-Classic Arcade, and its first game, Sol Presta, seemingly developed in collaboration with Hamster Corp. プラチナゲームズと、あのメーカーがドッキング#Platinum4 最大の衝撃ニュースがついに明らかにhttps://t.co/gS9CNDpFqG どんな時も遊び心を#エイプリルフール #AprilFoolsDay@HAMSTER_Corp pic.twitter.com/A44lMQFojN —
A 60-second trailer for The Wonderful 101: Remastered released Wednesday, giving players a quick introduction — or reintroduction — to the game’s core cast, the Unite Morph abilities, and the game’s highly creative, albeit outright insane, boss battles. PlatinumGames’ unique action title is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Steam on May 19
It looks like PlatinumGames’ next announcement is incoming. The Platinum 4 site has been updated to now display the date “04.01” (Wednesday, April 1) beneath the final star to be lit…please don’t let it be an April Fool’s joke. In all seriousness, next week will likely bring the final announcement to round out the Platinum
PlatinumGames published on their official site an interview with the staff working on the in-house engine the studio has been developing, the tentatively titled Platinum Engine. The interview reveals what kind of objectives and necessities pushed forward the creation of this engine. We summarized everything below. In the interview, we learned how the development of
The past few years have seen PlatinumGames grow exponentially, coming off several acclaimed and commercially-successful titles like NieR: Automata and Astral Chain, along with a recent investment from Tencent for future development. Specifically, the company has its eyes on increasing its self-publishing efforts, with the “Platinum 4” initiative highlighting some of the biggest plans that the
It looks like PlatinumGames is set to pull another ace from its sleeve. Via Ryokutya2089’s magazine leaks, the studio has a “major announcement” that will be made soon through the Weekly Famitsu Magazine releasing on February 27 in Japan (officially titled Weekly Famitsu Magazine March 12, 2020 Issue). What this announcement might be about is
PlatinumGames is having a pretty good year so far. In fact, the past couple of years have been good for the emergent Japanese studio. They’ve published multiple critically acclaimed titles: Bayonetta, Astral Chain, and NeiR Automata all come to mind. So why are there rumors of Microsoft passing over the company last year in their search for Xbox Series