Rumor Departures From Major Devs Happening At Platinum Games

[Megan]

It turns out that Metal Gear Rising and Transformers Devastation director Kenji Saito, Astral Chain director Takahisa Taura, and Anarchy Reigns director Masaki Yamanaka have all removed the PlatinumGames initials i.e. PG, and other references to the studio from their Twitter/X handles, suggesting that they’re no longer working at the company.

Furthermore, more recently, Bayonetta Origins director Abebe Tinari took to Blue Sky to change the location in his bio to Helsinki, Finland.

It appears that Hideki Kamiya’s departure from Platinum Games may have led to other creative leads following suit. While Kamiya went on to form Clovers studio and collaborate with Capcom on the development of a sequel to Okami, it remains to be seen where these other key people will end up.

 

[Lavendar]

I just want Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2 on steam. Bonus points if they get Double Trouble and Red Hot Rumble on there too.

 

[HazimGeek]

I'd imagine since Clover is back Platinum may dissolve soonish. At least if Kamiya stays onboard.

 

[Hazel Stevenson]

Vanquish

Don’t know why they didn’t do a sequel.

 

[FrancisDrake]

Completely understand the reason it was cancelled, but I will forever mourn the loss of Scalebound. Seemed like such an obviously cool idea.
That said, they've had Nier Automata, Astral Chain, and Bayonetta 3 all in the last seven years. I'm surprised they're perceived as doing poorly in general.