Platinum Games CEO Atsushi Inaba apologized to fans and called the Babylon’s Fall closure an “unfortunate conclusion.” The news shocked fans. After launching on PC and PlayStation consoles earlier this year, Babylon’s Fall service ends in February 2023. Although the live service game never really took off, its sudden closure raised more than a few … Read more
All players who get the game in season 1 will get the Premium Battle Pass for free. Square Enix and Platinum Games have announced that Babylon’s Fall, their new third-person action RPG, is now available on PlayStation systems and Steam. Babylon’s Fall is a cooperative action role-playing game in which up to four players join … Read more
They have no problem with it as long as the creativity of the studio is respected. In a recent interview, Atsushi Inaba, the new CEO who just replaced the famed Kenichi Sato, stated that Platinum Games is not ruling out the possibility of selling the company. The studio, which wants to shift its focus to … Read more
Four years after its launch, Nier: Automata is finally getting an upgrade patch on Steam. The Nier Twitter account announced on April 13 that an upgrade patch for the Steam version of Nier: Automata is currently in development. People have been asking for this for years now. Many fans are annoyed because it took so long. The Steam version … Read more
The physical version of The Wonderful 101 Remastered is out today on Nintendo Switch. The Kickstarter-funded project officially launched digitally back in May, the physical release was pushed back into June. But now it’s here after fans managed to raise over $2 million via the Kickstarter campaign. The cult classic superhero action-adventure game was originally … Read more
The Kickstarter-funded The Wonderful 101 Remastered raised over $2.1 million from fans and is fully funded. However, it’s now closed. But fans can still get in on the fun as pre-orders just opened for a physical standard edition. So while you’ll miss out on extras like a physical comic book, Centinels ID card, artbook, vinyl … Read more
When Sega originally published Vanquish in 2010, it was a sleeper hit among fans of twitchy, fast-paced shooters. In fact, it remains one of my all-time “cult favorites” from the last console generation. Like plenty of other great sleeper hits, Vanquish never really got the kind of attention or praise that I felt it truly … Read more
Fans have been eagerly anticipating the launch of Bayonetta Remastered ever since Sega announced it late last year. To recap, Bayonetta was originally released in 2009 on PS3 and Xbox 360 and later ported to PC via Steam. The console release ran at 720p resolution and 60 frames per second – at least on the … Read more
Platinum Games is bringing The Wonderful 101: Remastered to PC, PS4, and Nintendo Switch after smashing its crowdfunding goal. The fan-favorite superhero action-adventure game was originally released on the Nintendo Wii U. It came from Platinum Games, the same studio behind the cult classics MadWorld and Bayonetta. Hideki Kamiya acted as the game’s director. “In … Read more
Platinum Games’ latest title, Astral Chain, has been out for a few days now. How is it doing with critics, you ask? The Nintendo Switch exclusive is garnering positive reviews so far. Astral Chain has some talent connected to it. Takahisa Taura – the game designer behind Nier: Automata – and Hideki Kamiya, the creator … Read more
Nier: Automata is technically a sequel, although only in the loosest sense of the word. The lack of connection to its predecessor was actually not even one of its most unusual qualities. And, for the record, I mean all of the following things with love – but, damn, Nier: Automata really went out of its … Read more
