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Company Profile
PlatinumGames Inc.
Website www.platinumgames.co.jp
About PlatinumGames is a game studio located in Osaka, Japan. Established as ODD in February 2006, the company changed its name to ODD Inc. in July 2006. In October 2007, ODD merged with SEEDS Inc., a company established by ex-key members of Clover. Thereafter the company changed its name to PlatinumGames Inc.
Articles featuring PlatinumGames Inc.
Dead On Arrival
PlatinumGames pulls the plug on Apple Arcade exclusive World of Demons
Following a tortuous birth and first release, the game found a home on Apple Arcade. Now it's about to inexplicably vanish from existence
Making Of
How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game
"I gave it my all, right up until the end..."
Asia Experts
PlatinumGames, 2K Games, XL Games, Hypergryph and more: G-STAR announces speaker line-up
G-CON 2020 is in less than one week and the content is shaping up to be world class: register now!
Not Really Wonderful
The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter backers are being hit with extra charges
PlatinumGames failed to mention custom charges
Overwatch Goes Googly
April Fool's Day 2020: From a Fire Emblem Heroes spinoff to Pokemon GO pranksters
A round-up of the game's industry's pranks for the day
Fundraising 101
Update: PlatinumGames' The Wonderful 101: Remastered smashes initial goal, fights its way to $2.2 million
Former Wii U title now making its way to Switch
Interested?
PlatinumGames' The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter campaign was about "gauging interest"
Nothing to do with money
Mix It Up
PlatinumGames wants to explore console live ops games with new Tokyo studio
Studio head Atsushi Inaba explains all
New Partnership
Tencent invests undisclosed sum in Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames
"We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundation as a business"
Demonic
DENA and Platinum's World of Demons possibly canned after App Store removal
The hack and slash game had initially soft-launched in Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia in June of last year
World Tour
Platinum Games and DENA soft-launch World of Demons in Southeast Asia
The RPG is seen as a spiritual successor to Clover Studio’s Okami
Hack And Slash
Platinum partners with DENA for Okami spiritual successor World of Demons
The hack-and-slash title will make its way to iOS this summer with an Android release set for later in 2018
Pocket Platinum
Bayonetta developer Platinum Games enters mobile space with Cygames collaboration
Cites advancements in smartphone technology as reason for shifting development