Tag: Platinumgames
News PlatinumGames' Latest April Fools Prank Is to Announce 9 New Games
Babylon's Fall wasn’t enough, huh?
Over the past few years, Babylon's Fall developer PlatinumGames and April Fools pranks have gone hand in hand. Just searching the two terms in our internal database brings up a whole list of previous jokes. And, not to be outdone by past attempts, the Japanese team has today put together a small presentation...
News PlatinumGames Boss Might Be Hinting at 'Longer' Live Service Titles
Rules of nature
Interesting quotes from PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba are currently doing the rounds online. Speaking to Famitsu (as translated by VGC), Inaba comments on the Japanese studio's future output. As you may already know, Platinum has long been an action title powerhouse, primarily creating intense but relatively short single-player...
News PlatinumGames' Shoot-'Em-Up Sol Cresta Takes PS4 to Bullet Hell in February
Too many games
Over the weekend, PlatinumGames held a livestream all about Sol Cresta, its vertical shoot-'em-up that started life as an April Fools joke. We've known about the project since 2020, and it looks like the time has finally come to release this curious retro project. During the livestream — embedded above — Platinum revealed the...
News Sol Cresta, PlatinumGames' April Fools Joke from Last Year, Is Being Made a Reality
Just FYI
This bit of news sort of slipped us by last week as we searched for definitely-not April Fools news. We'll admit to being certified Slowpokes in this case. Still, in case you hadn't heard, Sol Cresta is currently in development at PlatinumGames. The Japanese studio "announced" this shoot-'em-up title last year on 1st April, but it turned...
News PlatinumGames Dismisses Claims of PS5 Abandoning Japan
"PlayStation is international"
There’s been intense conversation, of late, regarding PlayStation’s status in Japan. Sales statistics show that, launch aligned, the PlayStation 5 is performing worse than the Nintendo Wii U – although the console is sold out worldwide. Some think that the small hardware shipments signal a lack of interest in its...
Round Up The Wonderful 101 Remastered Reviews Are Very Divisive
Wonderful Ones
The digital release of The Wonderful 101 Remastered is quickly approaching, and that means that it's time for reviews to hit. This is the first time PlatinumGames' weird but fascinating title has come to a PlayStation console, after originally releasing on the Nintendo Wii U. And, well, thoughts and opinions are still all over the...
News The Wonderful 101 Remastered Physical Release Delayed to Late June
Digital launch this month
If you were hoping to pick up a physical copy of The Wonderful 101 Remastered on PlayStation 4, you'll have to wait longer than initially expected. PlatinumGames announced in a Kickstarter update that the physical version has been delayed to 30th June in the US and 3rd July across Europe due to shipping and distribution...
News PlatinumGames Has a Fifth Reveal in the Works Following April Fools Gag
Bonus stage
After seemingly wrapping up its collection of announcements for the time being with an April Fools joke, Japanese developer PlatinumGames has hinted that it actually has a fifth reveal planned. Taking to Twitter, it says that a "bonus stage" is coming soon while the teaser website has been updated with a fifth star. That one reads:...
News PlatinumGames' Fourth Reveal Is Actually an April Fools Joke
Sol Cresta
It was too good to be true, wasn't it? Japanese developer PlatinumGames had four lovely announcements lined up for us over the past couple of months or so, with the final one landing on April Fools Day. Surely this cool reveal would be a welcome break from everyone's attempt at a joke, right? Well, we were wrong. PlatinumGames' fourth...
News PlatinumGames' Next Project Will Be an April Fools Treat
Jokes on you
Would PlatinumGames have wanted to do it any other way? We think not. The prestigious Japanese developer will be rounding out its collection of four announcements with a final reveal on April Fools Day. It will follow on from The Wonderful 101 Remastered, Project G.G., and the studio's new team in Tokyo, assumedly being the biggest...
News Platinum Developing Proprietary Engine for Next-Gen Action Games
Bigger, more expressive titles
It’s exciting times at developer PlatinumGames right now, with some huge projects in production, including the upcoming Project G.G. Now the Japanese developer has revealed that, in addition to self-publishing its future titles, it’ll also be creating a proprietary engine to power them. “Our Research and...
News We Can't Make Head Nor Tail of This The Wonderful 101: Remastered Gameplay
Controlled chaos
The Wonderful 101 confounded players when it originally flopped on Nintendo Wii U, and now it’s about to confuse an entirely new audience as part of its PlayStation 4 remaster. This gameplay footage – captured by GameSpot on Nintendo Switch – shows 15 minutes of mind-boggling action. As a layman, we haven’t got a clue...
News PlatinumGames' Third Reveal Is a New Studio Focused on Games as a Service
Based in Tokyo
Off the back of The Wonderful 101 Remastered's Kickstarter and the reveal of Project G.G., PlatinumGames has unveiled the third of its four planned announcements. It's not a video game, however. In fact, it's an entirely new development studio named PlatinumGames Tokyo which will focus on making experiences we have given the title...
News The Wonderful 101 Remastered PS4 Release Date Confirmed for May 2020
Physical version too
After a successful Kickstarter campaign brought The Wonderful 101 Remastered to PlayStation 4, the game's release date has now been confirmed. It'll launch in the US on 19th May, Europe will receive it on 22nd May, and Japan is made to wait until 11th June. Available both digitally and physically, The Wonderful 101 Remastered...
News PlatinumGames' Project G.G. Is a Go-Go in Debut Teaser Trailer
Good game
Update: PlatinumGames has released the first trailer for its upcoming Project G.G., after it debuted in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine. You can watch the video below: This is a big deal for PlatinumGames as it will own the intellectual property outright, meaning it's not being contracted by another company or publisher to make...
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...
News PlatinumGames Wants to Self-Publish Bayonetta
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Bayonetta has a complicated history. The first game launched on the PlayStation 3, but it was a shockingly poor port, meaning that it played best on the Xbox 360. That game’s now set to release on the PlayStation 4, as SEGA has decided to bundle it with its contemporary of the time, third-person shooter Vanquish. The two...
News Is Astral Chain Coming to PS4? It's Too Early to Say
Making the Switch
Astral Chain launched as a Nintendo Switch exclusive to enormous critical acclaim last year, but The Wonderful 101’s transition to the PlayStation 4 has had fans pondering – could the action title follow the same trajectory? In an interview with VGC, developer PlatinumGames’ head honcho Atsushi Inaba outlined the situation...
News Why PlatinumGames Took The Wonderful 101 to Kickstarter
Dev explains why it crowdfunded the remaster
We're sure you've already read up on this by now, but The Wonderful 101, previously a Wii U exclusive, is now making its way to PlayStation 4. Developer PlatinumGames took to crowdfunding website Kickstarter in order to raise cash for various ports to modern platforms, and backers have smashed through the...
