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Platinum Games Blowout!

Looks like those Platinum Games rumors are true. Things like a mulit-page article in this week's Famitsu magazine tend to confirm things like that. There's 3D action title Bayonetta for the PS3 and the Xbox 360>. The angel-battling game features a protagonist with gun-feet. The game is being directed by Hideki Kamiya, the creator of Devil May Cry and director of Okami. The other game Famitsu mentions is Infinite Line, which is apparently being co-developed with Nude Maker. The game is being directed by Nude Maker's Hifumi Kouno. The DS game allows players to customize their spaceship and features the appearance of over 200 characters! The last game mentioned is monochrome and crimson Wii title MADWORLD. The ultra violent title will feature comical mayhem. And blood. Lots and lots of blood. Platinum Games is working on a fourth title as well. No idea about title or platform or publisher — all that's known is that Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is at the helm. That will suffice for now!

Famitsu 20080516 [Wii @ Everyday]

10:30 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
3,970 views, 41 comments

Latest by phnord: I tried to send this in as a tip, but apparently they don't consider it newsworthy here... In any case, PlatinumGames has a new site up at [www.sega.com] and its great. It has bios of most of the important people more »

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Goichi Suda, Shinji Mikami Team Up For More Awesomeness?

Word has it that No More Heroes creator Goichi Suda and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami have joined forces for a yet unannounced project. (Previously, the duo worked together on Killer7.) We've been hearing rumblings about this for a while, as has game magazine GamesTM. The latest issue dishes:

UNTITLED PLATINUM GAMES PROJECT
One of our spies informs us that Grasshopper is currently discussing a new game with the ex-Clover studio.

Perhaps it's this, perhaps not. If true, we approve. We very much approve of this. Carry on!

[Thanks, 87th!]

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4:00 AM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
2,396 views, 31 comments

Latest by ninjaraiden: Suda51 AND Clover!? Man can it get any better? Answer: No. No it can not. more »

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PlatinumGames' Craptastic Name Explained!

Ack! Well, lame-named Platinum Games (formerly the awesomely named "SEEDS") has posted its new homepage today. The start-up company is actually named PlatinumGames and not Platinum Games. The company seems to be in full hiring phase, and the website is wall-to-wall recruitment. Specially, the company is looking for planners, programmers, designers, sound designers and web designers. PlatinumGames is even looking for foreigners who can speak Japanese. There are messages from PlatinumGames' bigwigs Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil creator), Hideki Kamiya (Devil May Cry creator) and Atsushi Inaba (Okami producer) in which they talk about why they entered the industry and whatnot. In the "About Us" section, PlatinumGames president and former Capcom 3rd Production Studio member Tatsuya Minami explains why the ho-hum name "PlatinumGames" was chosen:

The meaning of "platinum" is that it doesn't deteriorate, and it holds its quality over time. Users won't be betrayed by the quality, which will remain high.

Deep. Minami also says PlatinumGames will be making "original" titles for a world-wide audience. Sounds reminiscent of the SEEDS manifesto, so we are expecting interesting title from them. Name still sucks, though. Click through the site, there are pictures of a PS3, so maybe they're working on a PS3 game or just playing one for fun. Who knows! More »

11:30 PM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,171 views, 31 comments

Latest by hanbush: i don't care how bad their name is, these are the people behind okami. something of that caliber would just be amazing on a 7th gen console. i don't care which one, i have all three! more »

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Kojima. Mikami. Suda. All Talking. Together.

At the Snake vs. Zombie event in Tokyo earlier this year, some of gaming's biggest names got together. Names like Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid), Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) and Goichi Suda (Killer 7). All three are on stage and sitting on stools, shooting the shit. It's 26 minutes long and fascinating.

11:00 PM on Fri Jul 20 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
5,613 views, 60 comments

watching them grow

SEEDS Studio

CLOVER studio, who have in the past been responsible for Okami and Viewtiful Joe, is now SEEDS studio (I guess they are going backwards?). Designers Kamiya and Mikami are apparently working on a few big titles for (assumably) the PS3 and the Xbox 360 as they will no longer be supporting the PS2 any longer. What they're working on is still kept tightly under wraps, but I'm sure these talented fellas will be able to churn out something we all like. Kim Phu More »

12:40 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Kim Phu
2,029 views, 47 comments

Latest by NighTrekr: @bigboss187: What. more »

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Kojima Hints At New Snatcher Plans, Miz Talks Next Project

This weekend saw the game developer Grasshopper Manufacture hold an event in Tokyo called Snake vs Zombie Vol. 2 which was host to a series of music performances and conversations from famous game developers. Appearing at the event were Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami, Rez director Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima among others. More »

5:40 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Michael McWhertor
610 views, 26 comments

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Suda Is A Punk

Critics darling and Killer 7 producer Goichi Suda talked about artistry and business at last week's GDC. He explained that there are two types of creators: Business-oriented and art-oriented. For business devs, the client's wishes and expectations are priority numero uno. But the arty-types, it's their vision. (Though, Suda does admit that basically all game developers must be business-oriented, because, well, it is a business!) But at the end of the day, he says that he and his company Grasshopper Manufacture hold art in the highest regard thanks to, and we quote, "punk spirit." Not so much anti-authority, but rather, he's talking about doing something different from others. Take Killer 7, which he made with Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. Suda explains: More »

3:00 AM on Mon Mar 12 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,007 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: I wanna be Suda-ted!! more »

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From Clover To Seeds: Okami Creator's New Gig

In a heart-wrenching move to many, Clover Studios was shuttered late last year. Fronted by Atsushi Inaba, the studio brought us titles like Okami and GODHAND. We had heard rumblings that Inaba had created another Osaka-based studio. What's more, it apparently had big financial backing. More »

5:40 PM on Wed Feb 14 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,610 views, 18 comments

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Blind Item: What Clover Is Doing Now (And With Whom)

Eds Note: "Blind Items" will appear occasionally for gossip and rumors. Hit up the comments section for conjecture and speculation. More »

6:40 AM on Mon Feb 5 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
562 views, 35 comments

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Rumor: Clover Studios v2.0

When Capcom shuttered Clover, the arm behind Okami and Godhand, grown men cried. Producer Atsushi Inaba fled the company, while his partner-in-crime Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) kept contractual ties with Capcom. More »

9:21 AM on Fri Dec 29 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
317 views, 8 comments

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Thank Capcom For The Gang Bang Linkage [Update]

Here at Kotaku, we don't have a cracker jack team of proof readers. When we fuck up, it's because we, and we alone, are checking each of our posts. Ourselves. But, when big companies make an boo-boo, it's because groups of people screw the pooch. More »

10:22 AM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
3,661 views, 23 comments

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Capcom Exec Talks Clover, Badmouths Sega

Former Sega marketer and current Capcom VP, Charles Bellfield pulls no punches in a recent GameDaily interview. With Clover Studios (God Hand, Okami) recent closing, Bellfield talks about what that means for Capcom and what exactly the subsidiary was. He points out that it was "physically a floor in our sixteen-story R&D building in Osaka in Japan. It was identical to the other fifteen floors that were in the same building..." Moreover, the majority of the team has been transitioning from Clover to Capcom for months. Continuing, Bellfield adds: More »

10:22 PM on Wed Oct 18 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
128 views, 12 comments

Latest by MasaMuneCyrus: "Capcom's not going to do anything that will cheapen itself in the eyes of the gamer, and we'll only do things to add credibility to who we are as a company. We are not in the market to cheapen ourselves more »

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Capcom On Clover Closing

Capcom has supplied game site Next Generation with a Q&A which hopefully clear up some of the confusion (and heartbreak) regarding Clover Studio's shuttering. Capcom states that the subsidiary was liquidated because it would be better to have all the R&D resources in a single company. The fifteen staff members still working in Clover Studio will be transfered to Capcom R&D. Moreover, all the Clover copyrights will revert to Capcom. More »

8:22 PM on Thu Oct 12 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
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Breaking: Clover Studio is Dead

As of today, the studio behind Viewtiful Joe, Okami and God Hand is no more. Clover Studio was shuttered by main shareholder Capcom. At a Board of Directors' meeting was held, and it was decided that Clover should dissolved. The reason? According to the Capcom IR release: More »

5:30 AM on Thu Oct 12 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
2,760 views, 71 comments

this day in gaming

This Day in Gaming, August 11th

1965: Shinji Mikami is born. He is best known for creating the Resident Evil franchise, as well as his input with Viewtiful Joe, Devil May Cry and the upcoming PS2 title God Hand. Happy Birthday Shinji Mikami - it's a good thing you were born! His interests include creating awesome videogames and talking way too close to really phallic microphones. More »

1:00 PM on Fri Aug 11 2006
By Mark Wilson
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Clover's God Hand = Total Insanity + Total Hilarity

Leather clad dominatrix power spanking? Check. Rapid fire mantis-style testicle stabbing? Check. Hard Gay-esque prancing bad boys on the receiving end of an ethereal baseball bat? Err. I guess. Proof that Shinji Mikami and team Clover are three sake carafes deep at each and every post-lunch design meeting? Check!! More »

1:22 PM on Sat Jul 8 2006
By Michael McWhertor
379 views, 17 comments