Hideki Kamiya Confirms Five Other PlatinumGames Directors Have Left The Company

Hideki Kamiya Confirms Five Other PlatinumGames Directors Have Left The Company

Last year, there were a number of reports that many top creators from PlatinumGames had left the company, following the depature of Bayonetta‘s creator Hideki Kamiya the year before.

In one of his latest Youtube videos, Kamiya seemingly confirmed that five other lead creators had left the company apart from himself. The confirmation comes from a segment in the video titled “former PlatinumGames directors’ drinking party”, where the following creators can be seen:

  • Bayonetta Origins director Abebe Tinari
  • Bayonetta 3 director Yusuke Miyata
  • Astral Chain director Takahisa Taura
  • Metal Gear Rising director Kenji Saito
  • Anarchy Reigns and Resident Evil character designer Masaki Yamanaka

With the addition of Bayonetta 2‘s director Yusuke Hashimoto, who left Platinum in 2019, the Directors of all four Bayonetta games are now confirmed to have left the company. In light of these latest reveals, the future of PlatinumGames seems more uncertain than ever. Stay tuned for more updates as they come.

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