Platinum Games

Platinum Games

Infobox Company
company_name = Platinum Games Inc.
company_
company_type = Public
foundation = August 1 2006
location = Osaka, Japan
key_people = Tatsuya Minami (President), Atsushi Inaba, Shinji Mikami, Hideki Kamiya, Nao Ueda, Yuta Kimura, Mari Shimazaki, Masami Ueda
industry = Computer and video game industry
products =
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 85 as of April 1, 2008
parent =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.platinumgames.co.jp platinumgames.co.jp]
footnotes =

Platinum Games Inc. is a Japan-based independent video game development company. It was founded under the name Seeds Inc. on August 1, 2006 by Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya, the former key members of Capcom's Clover Studio and still retains many other former members of the studio.cite web |url=http://ps3.ign.com/articles/764/764965p1.html |title=Clover Reborn |accessdate=2007-02-16 |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |coauthors= |date=2007-02-15 |year= |month= |format= |work=IGN PS3 |publisher=IGN |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Clover Studio was responsible for many critically-acclaimed titles such as "Viewtiful Joe" and "Okami". However, due to poor sales of its games (despite positive reviews), in October 2006 the Capcom Board of Directors voted to shut down the studio. [cite web | url = http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/news/html/e061012a.html| title = Press Release 2006| accessdate = 2006-10-12| date = 2006-10-12| publisher = Capcom Co., Ltd.] The dissolution took place in March 2007 and all original IPs developed by Clover ("Viewtiful Joe", "Ōkami" and "God Hand") remained with Capcom.

The company merged with ODD Incorporated in October 2007. In May 2008, PlatinumGames announced a four game deal with Sega. The games involved in the development and publishing deal included "Bayonetta", a "stylish action game" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 directed by Hideki Kamiya and featuring "a witch battling angels", a science-fiction RPG for the Nintendo DS called "Infinite Space", and "MadWorld", an "ultra ultra violent" action game for the Wii with black and white Sin City-inspired graphics. [cite web | url = http://www.developmag.com/news/29789/Sega-signs-up-Platinums-trio| title = Sega signs up Platinums trio| accessdate = 2008-05-12 | date = 2008-05-12] A fourth title, directed by Shinji Mikami, is yet to be revealed.

Games

* Bayonetta
* Infinite Space
* MadWorld
* game directed by Shinji Mikami

References

External links

* [http://www.platinumgames.co.jp/ Platinum Games Official Site]
* [http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/PlatinumGames-Inc/19840559024?ref=nf Platinum Games Facebook Page]


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