Devil May Cry and Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya is leaving PlatinumGames
The announcement was made just this morning
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Renowned action game developer PlatinumGames has just announced that its co-founder, Hideki Kamiya, will leave the company on October 12.
Kamiya historically has created and directed what many would consider some of thebest single-player gamesof all time, including theDevil May CryandBayonettaseries, as well as the originalResident Evil 2on PS1 and, more recently, innovative games likeThe Wonderful 101.
PlatinumGames confirmed the news via a statement on Twitter, expressing its thanks to Kamiya and wishing him well in his future endeavors. Kamiya co-founded the company back in 2007 with several other notable creators, including Shinji Mikami, the father ofResident Evil.
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Kamiya has always been a mildly controversial and somewhat divisive figure in the industry. While he helped spearhead the character action subgenre that gave rise to incredible games likeAstral Chain, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Vanquish,andNier Automata,a lot of folks may only know Kamiya for his tendency to block swathes of people on Twitter, and being very open about it.
And while the exact reason for Kamiya’s departure hasn’t been confirmed,he himself took to Twitterafter the announcement to state: “This came after a lot of consideration based on my own beliefs. and was by no means an easy decision to make.”
Platinum’s recent output hasn’t exactly held up to its lofty legacy.Fans largely regarded Bayonetta 3to be a step down from prior entries, while the ill-fated live service titleBabylon’s Fallfailed to find an audienceright out of the gate.
That isn’t to say the company is on its last legs, though.Bayonetta Origins,a puzzle-platformer prequel, was well-received by fans. It also provided support forFinal Fantasy 16,notably helping to develop the Titan Lost boss fight, which is easily among the best in the game.
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All that is to say that PlatinumGames is likely to be fine without Kamiya leading the charge, but his departure is nonetheless bittersweet for longtime fans of both him and PlatinumGames as a whole.
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