Hideki Kamiya Reveals Extra PlatinumGames Execs Have Left the Studio Avid gamers Enviornment

PlatinumGames founder and former CEO Hideki Kamiya has revealed that at the very least 4 extra high-profile execs have stop the corporate, together with the administrators of hits like Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance and Bayonetta 3.

In a latest video on his YouTube channel (through VGC), Kamiya features a {photograph} of himself and 5 different people, labeling the image as a “former PlatinumGames administrators’ ingesting get together”.

In addition to Kamiya himself, the photograph additionally consists of Yusuke Miyata, Kenji Saito, and Takahisa Taura, the administrators of Bayonetta 3, Metallic Gear Rising, and Astral Chain, respectively. You may also 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 data, 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 photograph have joined his new studio Clovers or whether or not they’ll be shifting on to different ventures inside the gaming trade, 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 moderately odd modifications to PlatinumGames’ web site. Numerous video games, together with titles like Transformers: Devastation, the now-delisted World of Demons, and the previously-teased Mission G.G., have all been faraway from the positioning’s listings.

It appears the studio has eliminated video games which are now not accessible, which presumably additionally means Mission 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 presently 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, nevertheless it’s good to know that Kamiya is attending to work on a challenge by which he’d beforehand expressed curiosity. Perhaps now we will hope for that new Viewtiful Joe sport.

PlatinumGames, in the meantime, is presently engaged on Ninja Gaiden 4 alongside Group Ninja. The sport was revealed throughout final month’s Xbox Developer Direct and is about to launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S later this yr.