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Fast-pace shooter Vanquish is being immortalized in resin with two upcoming figures. The game's developer, Platinum Games, is showing off the figures. Have a look. More »
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PlatinumGames may not be the most commercially successful Japanese developer around, but with a catalogue that already includes games like Bayonetta and Vanquish (and the sadly forgotten Infinite Space), they've got a ton of fans, well-wishers and public admirers. More »
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As revealed over the weekend, Konami roped in Bayonetta developers Platinum Games to make Metal Gear Rising, because it couldn't. More »
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The man leading development on Metal Gear Rising, former Capcom star Atsushi Inaba, sounds like he was prepared for the fan backlash stemming from the game's VGA trailer over the weekend. More »
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For a spell there, Metal Gear: Rising fell off the map. That's probably because the game had been canned. Now, as evident in the game's latest trailer, Rising is back in a big way. More »
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During the VGA Awards, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima took the stage and introduced the new trailer for Metal Gear: Rising. Things didn't go smoothly. At all. More »
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It appears the trailer for the next Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Rising, has leaked ahead of the Spike Video Game Awards. If it's real, it contains an interesting little conclusion. More »
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This past August, I asked a very simple question: Where the hell is Metal Gear: Rising? It's now mid-November, and the game surfaced briefly, with a teaser trailer hinting at some sort of Rising announcement at the Spike VGAs. More »
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In today's very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Aikage warns of a very dangerous message lurking in the otherwise pure and innocent Bayonetta. More »
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The Tokyo Game Show trailer for Platinum Games' Anarchy Reigns neatly summarizes the game's story before jumping back into footage of people beating each other up. More »
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With a hair body suit and pistol heels, Bayonetta was one of the most interesting games of 2010. Wouldn't it be great if Platinum Games made another? Sure it would. More »
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At the 2009 E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, Konami revealed that it was developing a different spin on the Metal Gear universe. The game was Metal Gear: Rising, and it's M.I.A. More »
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It's a little bit Virtua Fighter, a little bit Madworld. More »
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"Hide your wife. Hide your husband. They are drillin' everybody out here." So warns the latest character trailer starring Garuda, the one-ton Transformer armed with a pair of high velocity drills. More »
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Kotaku readers, meet Durga. He's the latest addition to Platinum Games and Sega's Anarchy Reigns, a man with Wolverine hair, a tiger tail and the camouflage jumpsuit to match—oh, and a mechanical leg with a huge-ass gun. More »
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What, you thought Platinum Games' online multiplayer brawler was just a bunch of super-powered beings battling each other for no reason? No sir, there is some sort of story going on in Anarchy Reigns; it just happens to involve a lot of punching, kicking, and stabbing. More »
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You may like feet. I might like the necks. But Kenichiro Yoshimura likes asses. No, he loves them. More »
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Fighting games came back. Adventure games came back. Can brawlers come back? More »
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Atsushi Inaba, a producer at Platinum Games, denied today that his studio is working on the next big Metal Gear, despite some whispers to the contrary. More »
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Anarchy Reigns from Osaka's Platinum Games is like violent Wii title MadWorld—except people are going to buy it. More »
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As far as short nicknames go, hers must be on of the shortest. Going by the frisky sounding "H", this cosplayer focuses her attention primarily on one thing: games made in Osaka. More »
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Amidst all of the bizarre characters introduced thus far for Platinum Games' online beat 'em Anarchy Reigns, Leo is by far the most human-looking. So it makes sense that he's a cyborg. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5805142&view=rss&microfeed=true Upcoming beat 'em up Anarchy Reigns has been delayed from a late 2011 to a January 2012 release date. The title, known as Max Anarchy in Japan, is being developed by Platinum Games of Bayonetta. [Official Site] More »
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Having made a start last year then seemingly forgetting all about it, Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya has dusted off the next-gen brawler and will be once again providing weekly videos where he plays through the game while telling you all about it. More »
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Anarchy Reigns' latest contender might be a little late to the party, but that's only because he was busy getting caught up on current events. More »
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The latest fighter to join the cast of Platinum Games' multiplayer brawler is Blacker Baron. a giant black cyborg with a pimp hat, fur-collared vest, gold chains, a diamond-studded belt buck, and a pair of stolen golden fists. More »
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She's one part Bayonetta, one part purple people beater. She's Mathilda, and she's ready to enter the blood-soaked multiplayer ring of Platinum Games' Anarchy Reigns. More »
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Atsushi Inaba's credits are impressive. He's produced titles like Okami, Viewtiful Joe and, most recently, Vanquish. When he was young, he dreamed of becoming a game creator. Then his dad found out. More »
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See the four revealed contenders in Platinum Games' Anarchy Reigns—aka Max Anarchy—go at it chainsaw on katana on ice blade action. Miss a character reveal? See Sasha, Zero, Big Bull and Madworld's Jack in individual action. More »
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If nothing else, PlatinumGames' multiplayer brawler Anarchy Reigns is another chance to get up close and personal with Jack Cayman, the chainsaw-limbed hero from the Wii-exclusive Madworld. More »
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You want a piece of Big Bull, the latest competitor unveiled for PlatinumGames' Anarchy Reigns? Oh he's got a piece for you, and you're not going to like it one bit. More »
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Yesterday we got our first look at Anarchy Reigns' Ice Queen Sasha in action. Now we meet Zero, a dual-wielding swordsman who could give Metal Gear Solid's Raiden a run for his money. More »
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Bayonetta and Madworld makers PlatinumGames are giving us Anarchy Reigns (aka Max Anarchy) next, an online beat 'em up full of curious characters. Meet the first confirmed combatant—besides Madworld's Jack—the tightly-dressed ice queen Sasha. More »
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The first teaser trailer for PlatinumGames online multiplayer brawler Anarchy Reigns might not tell us much about the game, but with pulse-pounding music and the flash of deadly weapons it's sure giving off a sexy vibe. More »
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The game we've known as Max Anarchy until now—well, for the past two days—will be known as Anarchy Reigns when it comes to the West. Sega makes the latest game from PlatinumGames official today, with all-new screens. More »
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The makers of Max Anarchy, who also made Bayonetta, Madworld and Vanquish, believe they have an all-new genre on their hands—or at least a creative new combination of two old ones—with the massively multiplayer online fighter. More »
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...Max Anarchy, a new online multiplayer game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, a title revealed in the latest issue of Japan's Famitsu magazine. It features the return of at least one original Platinum Games character. More »
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Sci-fi game Vanquish was originally inspired by a 1970s Japanese anime. It was also supposed to star a remote controlled robot. More »
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Not just the character per se, but the game itself! Platinum Games, the developer behind the pistol-heeled action game has released early development footage. How has the game changed? No, how have her outfits? More »
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Shinji Mikami is responsible for one of the most successful game franchises ever, horror series Resident Evil. It's not just the games that are scary. Mikami's own abusive childhood sounds horrific. More »
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