News PlatinumGames acquires Wonderful 101 trademark | News-in-brief Developer obtained ownership from Nintendo earlier this month in document sent to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Sept. 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Hideki Kamiya leaving PlatinumGames Bayonetta creator's decision "came after a lot consideration" and feels "this outcome is for the best" Sept. 25, 2023 Sophie McEvoy
News Bayonetta 3 sells 1m copies | News-in-brief Platinum Games' latest action title reaches the sales milestone nearly four months after its release Feb. 14, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Original Bayonetta voice performer calls for Bayonetta 3 boycott over pay dispute Update: Taylor issues more detailed denial of reports that she was offered $15,000 and asked for six-figure sum Oct. 24, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
Opinion The Bayonetta 3 pay dispute highlights the precarious conditions voice actors work under | Opinion Missing public knowledge about the complexities of the VO industry led to unhelpful discussion about what good working conditions should look like Oct. 20, 2022 Malindy Hetfeld
Feature Nier: Automata for the people | Why I Love Softstar Beijing's Chen Yamei and Zou Mengxia on how PlatinumGames aced the action RPG sequel Aug. 4, 2022 Chen Yamei and Zou Mengxia
News PlatinumGames' CEO wants titles that are "loved for a longer period of time" New interview suggests studio's shift to live service game creation going forward and a desire to expand staff Feb. 7, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Atsushi Inaba takes over Platinum Games as president and CEO Former boss Kenichi Sato will continue to support Bayonetta developer as advisor Jan. 13, 2022 James Batchelor
News PlatinumGames dispels rumors that Microsoft is buying it Atsushi Inaba: "That conversation has not come to our doorstep at all" May 21, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News PlatinumGames apologises for blank Switch codes following The Wonderful 101 delay Kickstarter backers complained of malfunctioning or empty codes, Japanese studio working on replacements May 11, 2020 James Batchelor
News Platinum Games delays retail release of The Wonderful 101 Remastered Kickstarter backers who helped fund the project might receive their copies after the new late June launch date May 1, 2020 Matthew Handrahan
News PlatinumGames raises over $2.2m for The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter campaign closes well above $50k goal March 6, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News PlatinumGames: The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter wasn't about the money "We thought it would be a good opportunity to bring the fans together -- to unite them -- and gauge interest," says executive director Atsushi Inaba March 2, 2020 Ivy Taylor
News Platinum Games opening new Tokyo studio Bayonetta developer plans to build new team to 100 people to work on Viewtiful Joe and Wonderful 101 follow-up Feb. 26, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Platinum Games enters self-publishing with Wonderful 101 Kickstarter The Wii U game returns on new platforms Feb. 3, 2020 Christopher Dring
Feature Astral Chain: Critical Consensus Platinum Games' first major release since Nier: Automata is hailed alongside that game and Bayonetta by the critics Aug. 30, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
Stub Nier: Automata breaches four million units sold More than 500,000 units sold so far this year May 14, 2019 Press Release
News Yusuke Hashimoto departs PlatinumGames Bayonetta 2 director steps away after nearly 12 years at studio, leaving questions about Bayonetta 3 Feb. 15, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
Feature Why Platinum Games may never work with a publisher again Co-founders Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba discuss the acclaimed studio's self-funded future and determination to own its IP June 1, 2018 James Batchelor
Feature Yoko Taro: We don't need to think globally to sell globally Nier: Automata director and PlatinumGames lead designer Takahisa Taura discuss developing for Western tastes, 3D action games, and the dilemma of multiple endings April 13, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Platinum Games self-publishing two smaller, fully-owned IPs Developer considers model similar to Ninja Theory's independent-AAA Jan. 3, 2018 Ivy Taylor
News Hideki Kamiya: NieR director "saved" PlatinumGames Yoko Taro's NieR: Automata brought the Bayonetta creator back from the brink Aug. 15, 2017 Will Freeman 1 comment
News Platinum Games now working on first fully-owned IP Studio drops ambition to release one title per year after Scalebound cancellation May 22, 2017 James Batchelor
News Microsoft kills Scalebound UPDATE: Platinum apologies, is "very disappointed" by cancellation of action-RPG Jan. 9, 2017 Brendan Sinclair
News Platinum Games' president has stepped down - Report Tatsuya Minami has been replaced by Kenichi Sato at the Star Fox Zero developer April 21, 2016 James Brightman