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Bayonetta Developer Commentary Part 2

April 27th, 2011 by

Bayonetta

Filed: Bayonetta, Community, Games, PGTV, PlatinumGames

PGTV is back. For the past year, Bayonetta Director Hideki Kamiya has been playing his creation, recording not only his game play, but a commentary track on the inspiration, creation, and intent behind one of the most revered action games of all time. Last April we uploaded a subtitled version of Part 1 to give everyone a taste of these videos, but now we are proud to announce that the full English subtitled commentary will be posted on this site twice weekly!

Follow us for all the latest updates at @platinumgames. You can also send feedback about the videos to @pg_nick, @pg_jp, and of course, @pg_kamiya.

So without further ado, here is part two… (we promise, no rhyming in the video).

If you missed part 1, you can catch up here.

Be sure to watch the “Developer Commentary” tag if you ever miss an episode.

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Introducing Nikolai

April 20th, 2011 by

Platinum Games

Filed: Anarchy Reigns, Community, Games, PGTV, PlatinumGames

Welcome Nikolai, the newest member of the Anarchy Reigns cast!

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Announcing “Platinum Next”

April 1st, 2011 by

Platinum Games

Filed: Community, PlatinumGames


Platinum Next
The Japanese Standard Bearer in Global Competition

These past five years have flown by.

When we established our company with the credo “deliver smiles and surprises around the world”, our staff at the time were determined that quality should never be compromised. We dubbed the new company PlatinumGames with the hope that it would be symbolic of permanent brilliance. Since then, each and every member of PlatinumGames has worked together creating these games.

Five years later, we have delivered several titles to players worldwide. The effort expended was well worth it; at last, I feel the PlatinumGames brand has truly been recognized.

Today, we open our eyes and set our sights on a new course, under the auspices of a new guiding principle. As stated, we aim to be the Japanese standard bearer in the competitive global video game market.

I believe that games exist to offer fresh surprises to those who play them. As members of the games business, we have always pursued the creation of the new, and we take pride in doing our part to support our industry.

However, the current games business is struggling. The “fresh surprises” I mention are becoming few and far between, especially in our home of Japan. Not so long ago, Japan lead the world’s games business, and it was not a stretch to call games a uniquely Japanese specialty; however, now it appears that Japanese games companies have lost their vigor.

Series grow ever-longer; original titles are on the decline. Games with new at their core are disappearing. Japanese games that garner worldwide acclaim are slipping away.

This state of affairs deeply saddens us.

When we turn this mirror on ourselves, I feel it is fair to say that PlatinumGames is currently one of the very few healthy Japanese games companies. I also came to realize that we must now consider our work in creating games to be that of a mandate.

“The Japanese Standard Bearer in Global Competition”. At PlatinumGames, we strive to be the face of Japanese game studios on the worldwide stage. We want our contributions to not only be towards the games industry as a whole, but also be contributions towards our homeland of Japan. That is the principle that will guide our company into the future.

We aim to bring happiness to gamers worldwide. We seek to ignite a Japanese games revival. And our troops will have the highest morale.

We’re in this fight for the long haul.

Tatsuya Minami
President and CEO
PlatinumGames Inc.
Spring 2011

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