August2022
News NieR: Automata's Mysterious Church Ended Up Being the Work of Modders After All
Expectations > Reality
Last week we reported on the fascinating tale of a mysterious church in NieR: Automata that was previously thought to be cut content, an elaborate ARG heralding new content, a stunt to hype the upcoming Switch port of the game, or just an incredibly well-kept secret. Well, as it turns out, the whole thing was the work of...
July2022
News NieR: Automata Community Left 'in Shambles' After Discovery of 'Impossible' Door
Mind = Blown
NieR: Automata is, as anyone who has played it can attest, a beautiful and oftentimes bizarre experience. More than five years later, the title continues to blow our minds, as the discovery of what was deemed an impossible door has sent shockwaves throughout the community. The tale begins innocuously enough, with a simple question: How...
February2020
News More Major News from PlatinumGames Coming Before the End of February
Number two of the Platinum 4?
PlatinumGames has been in the news cycle a fair bit recently, and it seems it'll be staying that way for a while. It first opened up its Platinum 4 teaser website, which hints at four major announcements from the celebrated studio. The first of these was of course a remaster of The Wonderful 101, which enjoyed huge...
January2020
News Platinum Games Receives Investment from Chinese Tech Giant Tencent
Partnership will aid self-publishing
The ever-busy Platinum Games always seems to be spinning lots of plates. Right now it's working on Babylon's Fall as well as the Switch exclusive Bayonetta 3, and it's also releasing remasters of both the original Bayonetta and Vanquish next month. It's partnering with various publishers for all these titles,...
September2019
News Want Astral Chain on PS4? Ask Nintendo, Says Hideki Kamiya
It's not happening, in other words
Platinum Games is a developer that seemingly always has multiple projects on the go. Its most recent release is Astral Chain, which just launched exclusively for Nintendo Switch last week. As is typical for the studio, the game has been received very well; our sister site Nintendo Life gave it a big old 9/10,...
