PlatinumGames has a nice catalog of action games: MadWorld, Vanquish, Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Nier: Automata, Astral Chain… The list is long, and the Japanese studio will soon be releasing Babylon’s Fallwhile players are still waiting Bayonetta 3.
In an interview given to VGCChairman and CEO of PlatinumGamesAtsushi Inaba, revealed thathe was not against the idea of being bought out by a builderbut on one condition: the studio must keep its creative independence :
The most important thing for us is having the freedom to make the games we want to make. From what I hear about recent acquisitions, I don’t think Microsoft is going to start micromanaging Activision where they’re taking away all their freedom… I don’t think it’s going to be a relationship like that.
I think there will be a lot of mutual respect there and I think Activision can continue to do what they do best. It’s also what’s most important to us at the end of the day, whatever form it takes for us and our business. So I wouldn’t refuse anything, as long as our freedom is always respected.
Well, Inaba had nevertheless declared two years ago that he would not like to be bought by Microsoftprecisely to maintain its creative independence, but the builder of Xbox shows since a new face that could change the mind of the boss of PlatinumGames. As a reminder, the studio developed for a time Scaleboundexclusivity Microsoft canceled since… Who knows, maybe the project will be relaunched one day? You can pre-order Babylon’s Fall at €65.99 on Amazon.
| Clint008 Writer – Tester |
