Momentum for The Wonderful 101 hasn’t let up. Now at more than 23,000 backers, with 25 days still left to go, the Kickstarter campaign for The Wonderful 101: Remastered has surpassed the $1.5-million mark. As a result, the addition of the epilogue side-scroller “Luka’s First Mission” has been guaranteed, and “Luka’s Second Mission” has been
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There are 29 days left in The Wonderful 101: Remastered’s Kickstarter campaign, but with more than $1.3 million raised and counting, it’s safe to say that PlatinumGames’ gamble on its overlooked action game has more than paid off. It’s with that success that director Hideki Kamiya has chosen to take a trip down memory lane,
Despite being canceled over three years ago, it seems as though the team at PlatinumGames still has aspirations to work on Scalebound, if they were given the chance. Following the news that Platinum would be bringing The Wonderful 101 to Switch, PS4, and PC thanks to a new Kickstarter campaign, questions naturally arose about the possibility of
Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET No more teases. PlatinumGames is giving The Wonderful 101 another shot. The studio turned to its fans for help though, launching a Kickstarter campaign on Monday to crowdfund a remaster of the 2013 cult classic for the Nintendo Switch, at minimum, with stretch goals to bring it to Steam and
PlatinumGames announced on January 7 the studio has received a capital investment from Tencent Holdings Ltd, entering a business alliance with the Chinese game company. PlatinumGames mentioned this alliance will strengthen its foundations, and allow the studio to work towards self-publishing the games it develops in the future. Lastly, PlatinumGames will keep striving to create
Amidst rumors of a new Nintendo Direct that could be coming about in the near future, it seems as though developer PlatinumGames could be gearing up to reveal more on the highly-anticipated action title Bayonetta 3. In a message given to Inside Games talking about the year ahead, Platinum’s studio head Atsushi Inaba said that fans
Platinum Games finally revealed more on Babylon’s Fall in today’s State of Play, showing gameplay for the first time. Babylon’s Fall turned out to be an action game, like most of what PlatinumGames has made in the past. We’ve seen some pretty cool battle footage, with a protagonist in a medieval, fantasy Europe setting. The
After leaking last week, Sega made it official today and formally announced the Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle which will be releasing next year. This collection will contain remastered versions of both PlatinumGames titles in 4k at 60fps and is set to release on February 18, 2020. This is the same date that leaked last
Two of PlatinumGames’ most beloved titles are seemingly returning early next year in the form of new remasters. Over on the Microsoft Store, new listings were found that state both Bayonetta and Vanquish will be remastered and head to the Xbox One platform next year. Both games are set to release together in a single 10th Anniversary Bundle,
Do you remember Babylon’s Fall? It was announced for PS4 and Steam by Square Enix at their E3 2018 conference. Babylon’s Fall is developed by PlatinumGames, and we don’t actually know anything else about it. Except for the cryptic words and the scarce worldbuilding presented in the game’s sole trailer. Seeing PlatinumGames’ history, it’ll probably
Twitter user luna_miduki recently released even more batches of her gorgeous Bayonetta cosplay and both photosets posted on her account focus on the Umbra Witch’s original outfit from the first game. As always, she makes great use of her backgrounds to bring out the authenticity of the cosplay even more. And according to the hash tags,
In preparation for the tenth anniversary of Bayonetta, PlatinumGames is celebrating their action-packed franchise in style. They recently announced on their official Twitter account a new merchandise line fashioned after the fabulous Umbra witch herself. Some of the revealed merch includes a backpack, wallet, watch, a figurine, and a model of her first set of
10 years ago today, the original Bayonetta was released in Japan by PlatinumGames and SEGA. It became a benchmark release for not only PlatinumGames’ titles but the action genre as a whole. While we are still waiting to hear more about Bayonetta 3, which was announced in 2017, PlatinumGames is still celebrating this notable anniversary
One of the biggest downsides of digital games is that they can often be removed from storefronts out of nowhere, meaning that if you didn’t purchase it previously, you may never have the chance to do so again. This problem is rearing its head once again on Nintendo’s previous console, the Wii U, and two
A little over two years after originally launching, PlatinumGames has now shared the latest sales figures for its action RPG Nier: Automata and they continue to be quite impressive. As of now, Nier: Automata has officially passed four million copies sold in total. This number is compromised of all the game’s various releases across PS4, PC,
Even though PlatinumGames’ latest action title Astral Chain is set to drop at the end of this summer, we still haven’t seen a whole lot of the game since its official announcement. Luckily, as shared by Nintendo today, new artwork has now arrived to hopefully satiate your appetite just a bit. Released over on Nintendo’s official
On August 30, PlatinumGames and Nintendo will be releasing Nintendo Switch exclusive Astral Chain. That game features a “Synergetic Action” system that has players fighting with two different characters at once. As the simultaneous control of characters sounded a bit like the the core concept of Scalebound, Microsoft and PlatinumGames’ infamously canceled title, some people
It has been a big past few years for PlatinumGames with the release of NieR: Automata in 2017, the announcement of developing Bayonetta 3, and the more recent reveal of Astral Chain. In the midst of all of this though, PlatinumGames’ studio head Atsushi Inaba has said that 2019 is a very big year for the company, for more
The past few entries in the Mortal Kombat series have seen a variety of different guest characters join the roster. From Kratos on the PS3 version of MK9 to the odd additions of Jason Vorhees, Predator, Alien, and Leatherface in MKX, NetherRealm Studios has seemed more than ever before open to bringing in guest characters to the world
With a career at PlatinumGames that has spanned well over a decade, longtime director and producer Yusuke Hashimoto has had a hand beyond some of the studio’s most successful projects, such as the first two entries in the Bayonetta series. However, it appears that Hashimoto’s time with the company has come to an end just recently.
Yesterday we reported on the NieR: Automata: Game of the YoRHa Edition being officially confirmed by director Yoko Taro. Today we’ve had confirmation on a release date, and we’ll see the title arriving next year in February. As we’ve seen, PlatinumGames’ title has sold over 3.5 million copies and finds players taking control of androids 2B, 9S and
With the game selling over 3.5 million copies worldwide, the beloved NieR: Automata managed to become a sleeper hit worldwide thanks to its deep, emotional story, fast-paced and engaging combat, and an unusual narrative structure, and now those that missed out on playing the first time around seemingly will have another chance with all of its previously-released
Originally released at the beginning of last year, NieR: Automata became an unexpected critical and commercial success thanks to its unique blend of action and RPG elements inside of an unconventional and emotionally-gripping story, and now the game has crossed a significant new sales milestone well over a year after its initial release. The official Japanese
Today, during a panel at Bitsummit hosted at the Miyako Messe venue in Kyoto, PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba talked about several interesting topics related to the studio. Asked about their favorite game genres, Inaba-san explained that he likes games with really in-depth stories. When it comes to really hardcore action games, they’re in
Coming off of last year’s NieR: Automata and the studio’s previous titles like Bayonetta and Vanquish, developer PlatinumGames is always unpredictable when it comes to new projects, and now its upcoming World of Demons is not only heading to mobile, but also coming fairly soon. PlatinumGames has announced that its next title will be World of Demons, which is a
Action games are a dime a dozen nowadays, but Bayonetta has always stood out. Compared to the likes of Dante or Kratos, Bayonetta is a much different kind of action game hero entirely — namely, one that has four pistols mounted to her hands and feet, and summons gigantic hair demons to do a good amount of
Today Nintendo released a brand new trailer of its upcoming release for Nintendo Switch of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2. The trailer gives an introduction to everyone’s favorite sexy which and her fighting style that certainly shows PlatinumGames at its best. We also get to see giant and fearsome enemies, the protagonist’s ability to use her
After the surprise announcement of Bayonetta 3 at The Game Awards, Nintendo Switch fans eager to check out the adventures of the famed Umbran Witch will get their chance to experience her first two adventures next month with the upcoming release of Bayonetta 2 (plus the original game) on the Switch, with new details about the upcoming
PlatinumGames’ has gained quite the following over the past eleven years from working on a variety of critically acclaimed action-oriented games, but all of them were published by another studio or based on an already established IP. Although they have teased it before, Head of Development and Producer Atsushi Inaba confirmed to GameInformer in an interview that the company is actively
Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu included an article on the upcoming action JRPG by Cygames Granblue Fantasy Project Re: Link, including a chat with relevant developers. First of all, we learn that Kenji Saito will work on the game as a Producer on PlatinumGames’ side. Saito-san directed Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Transformers: Devastation, and has