On 2nd February PlatinumGames will celebrate its 10th Anniversary, a fact it's reminded us of as part of its New Year post to fans. The studio that evolved from key members of Clover Studio (which was funded by Capcom and produced brilliant games such as Okami) has rapidly earned a reputation for high quality and exciting games. With the enigmatic Hideki Kamiya at the forefront it's a much talked about studio that's often in demand for the biggest platforms and IPs.
From a Nintendo perspective there have been various titles to enjoy, including exclusives such as Madworld, The Wonderful 101 and most recently Bayonetta 2. Let's not forget, of course, that PlatinumGames is the developer behind Star Fox Zero, too.
You can see a rather handsome card and the studio's message below.
2016 will mark 10 years since we established our company.
As always, our resolution is to continue our strongest efforts toward game development.We hope that this will be an incredible year for everyone.
Look forward to what we have in store!
As you can see the studio's work is diverse and includes a range of IPs and exclusives on various systems. We hope, however, that the recent strong relations with Nintendo will continue for years to come.
[source platinumgames.com, via neogaf.com]
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This is definitely going to be P*'s finest year yet!
One of those games is not like the others. Legend of Korra is that game as it was both a bomb in sales and consumer/critics' opinion of the game. For all the others, it was only the former. Consistently great games, albeit they could be a bit varied in their gameplay, but if it ain't broke don't fix it. Looking forward to all 3 of those games coming up from them, keep up the good work!
One of my favourite game studios in the world. Yet to play a title of theirs I haven't liked at the very least, and a lot of them are in the love category.
It does pose a dilemma for if I should get an Xbox One for Scalebound, or a PS4 for NieR: Automata.
One of my favourite devs, potentially my favourite. Masters of the action genre, and I can't wait for Star Fox Zero.
wondering now if Starfox will use vehicle amiibo like Superchargerz . Heard Platinum delayed Scalebound to 2017.
Would love to see more Bayonetta. Wasn't there thoughts of a Jeanne spinoff for 3DS?
I really (REALLY) would love Nintendo step up and offer them the capital needed to make "Vanquish 2" a reality. I know Platinum is not about sequels, but look at "Bayonetta 2"... it's awesome! I lso dream of "Madworld 2", "Infinite Space HD", "Viewtiful Joe 3", "Okami 2", "The Wonderful 102" etc, etc... it's really hurting me I can't buy "Transformers Devastation" for the Wii U or the upcoming TMNT game. What hurts even more is why their games are not million sellers. By far my favourite Japanese developer team today, hope to see many more of their games land on everything, Nintendo platforms included.
@arronishere @TheLastLugia I too felt it stood out for the wrong reason; I thought they'd try to forget about it and not include it (Kind of like Sega and Sonic 06). Then again that would be disrespectful for the team that worked on it. Plus I heard the same team worked on Transformers Devestation so it seems they obviously learned from their mistakes.
Then again I am biased as I'm not too keen on the show and would probably paint over it if I had one of those cards.
@ThomasBW84 Me too. I can't wait to see what Platinum Games does with the game. Lot's of potential, too.
Vanquish 2 please
P* is my second favorite developer to Atlus. Looking forward to Nier and Star Fox!!!
@EllenJMiller go for NieR. It's more of what you'd expect from Platinum. Scalebound is an RPG that is less action-gamey than the norm for Platinum.
I have a lot of there games across my various systems and they are a truly great studio. I will definitely keep supporting them in the future.
@FX102A Korra was made on a small budget in a small frame of time and released at a budget price.
It's a shame that they've already announced that Scalebound will be delayed to 2017; I was looking forward to that game being my big holiday title to enjoy. Ah well, it'll give more time for the game to be well crafted and polished, and I'm sure other titles will fill the void by the time the holidays of this year hit.
Besides, just because Scalebound was delayed doesn't mean I won't be enjoying some Platinum Games made delights this year; I will be purchasing Star Fox Zero after all. An funny enough, I've still yet to get around to playing Bayonetta 1 and 2 despite owning them, perhaps I shall to it as I attempt to go through my backlog of unplayed but already purchased games (Fantasy Life, Rare Replay, Freedom Planet, and more).
I grabbed both Transformers and Korra on Xbox. I mean, $5 is a small price to pay for even a little bit of fan service. Although, I did waste $20 on that darn Adventure Time game by Way Forward...which became one of my few Wii U trade-ins.
I still miss Viewtiful Joe, I wish Capcom would give them the rights to the series. Platinum are probably my favourite devs along with Monolith, I hope they continue to make great games for Nintendo systems.
What they do, they do well.
We're due for an updated Viewtiful Joe.
@Marlowe1877 Yes please.
Incoming Bayo 3
Looking forward too more PG games on any Nintendo systems .
Looking forward to more great games from Platinum Games in the coming years for Nintendo, or the very least PC (Steam).
looking forward to Infiniter Space...any day now...
@Plateface that would be awesome.
Congratulations! And thank you, thank you, thank you for Bayonetta. Greatest female character next to Samus. Good luck on ScaleBound. I'll be there day one.
@Souldin Do yourself the favor and crack open that Bayonetta. And after you beat the 1st one, then wonder how they could ever top it, play the 2nd one and see how they did it. Amazing game(s)
There must be a reason if my XCX character looks like Sam Gideon in his ARS suit. Vanquish is the best shooter I've ever played and I'll never forget the moment I used Sam's super-fast-knees-sliding-bullet-time move for the first time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5qHL3yVCGY
I just got the original Bayonetta on PS3 (since I don't own a Wii U and my cousin gifted me his old PS3) and I absolutely love it. Wishing this studio all the best!
Too bad Viewtiful Joe is in Capcom's catalog. I miss that game.
Great company. Loved MadWorld to death. And Bayonetta is great... will get around playing Wonderful 101 one day.
Yeah here's to you platinum. Another company that'll likely be bought up by MS or someone else useless who will hide away their favorite characters and bring out new faceless crap. I'm so excited for Rare 2
They also did a very good space/sci-fi RPG on the DS called Infinite Space in between Madworld and Bayonetta...everyone forgets that.
Awesome company that deserves the following it's built. Yes, a Nintendo money-hat Vanquish 2 would be awesome. I want Wonderful 201 on NX. And obviously Star Fox is a day one purchase for every serious WiiU fan.
What a fantastic dev. Thank you Platinum!
Congrats to Platinum, the delay for Scalebounds sucks but I know it will turn out great. Looking forward to that one. Although I'm not the biggest Star Fox fan, I might just check out the new one.
W101 is my favorite Wii U game.
Everyone at Platinum is my senpai. I only hope one day i'll earn the right to be noticed.
Looking forward to another beautiful year with my favorite developers.
@Shiryu @TTGlider Nintendo + Platinum game times Vanquish 2 with the exponent of salty Microsoft and Sony Fans (a la bayonetta 2) equals ... Heh, make it happen.
@Captain_Toad I don't care about being exclusive, the morepeople get to play their games the BUT as we currently see, if not for Nintendo ponyng up the cash, publishers liek Activision bypass Nintendo hardware all together. Yep, I'm still incredibly disappointed I can't buy "Transformers Devastation" for Wii U considering I bought al the Transformers games released on Wii and Wii U.
Loved Bayonetta 2, Transformers Devestation, and Madworld. I am looking forward to the TMNT game they are working on and if Scalebound is as good as they are making it out to be that might be the game that gets me to buy an Xbox One.
With Korra, I almost want to blame Activision. I mean, you're doing a licensed game. On a relatively new engine. With what I would assume was a miniscule budget. Transformers was at least worth playing, if only for how the bots controlled and the obvious love of the source material.
With a Platinum TMNT game, I think that could once again lift the bar. It's no Arkham Asylum / City, but for what little their publisher is giving them, 1 out of 2 ain't bad.
It's too bad Nintendo doesn't trust Platinum with opening another, more suitable title (action / hack and slash seems in line with the team's vision). But they're still lucky to have a developer with a hair trigger and plenty of adrenaline revamping a franchise that has been nothing for a decade.
I'm waiting for Zelda on Wii U, so I'll pass on this. Besides, it will likely still end up in 3rd (or 4th) in their next batch of games. Against Nier Automata and Scalebound, there's no question which game isn't coming out on top.
And again, if TMNT is the next obvious step in their Activision partnership, that could wind up as another sleeper hit.
Laird and Eastman need to be on, both of them, for that franchise to work. Pulling inspiration from the comics is a great step towards reclaiming the darker, more aggresive undertones the TV series' albeit washed away.
I wish Nintendo fans had more games to experience, so I hope Star Fox turns out better than I think, for their sake.
@EllenJMiller That's a tough one. I think it's a win-win scenario.
Wasn't there something about a Ninja turtle game developed by Platinum? Sounds like a 2017 game.
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