Bayonetta Director Hideki Kamiya to Leave PlatinumGames | Push Square

28.09.2023 - 00:07 / pushsquare.com / Derby County / Hideki Kamiya

Hideki Kamiya has confirmed he will be leaving Japanese studio PlatinumGames on 12th October 2023. The director of classics like Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, and Okami, Kamiya shared the news on Twitter and explained the decision was «based on my own beliefs and was by no means an easy decision to make». It sounds like Kamiya could stay in the gaming industry following his departure, though, as he says he'll «continue to create in my Hideki Kamiya way».

PlatinumGames issued a statement alongside the creator's personal post, with the studio wishing him the best for the future. «We are truly grateful for his creative ideas, leadership, and contribution to the growth of PlatinumGames from our start-up to this very day. We believe that he will continue to succeed in his future endeavours as a game creator.»

Kamiya began his career in the gaming industry at Capcom, where he helped create Resident Evil and Devil May Cry before joining Clover Studio to serve as the director of Viewtiful Joe. With the assistance of Shinji Mikami and Atsushi Inaba, he founded PlatinumGames in 2006 and went on to bring the Bayonetta series, The Wonderful 101, and Astral Chain to market. Most recently, Kamiya has been serving as director of Project G.G., but it hasn't been shown publicly for a number of years now.

«We are looking forward to seeing the game industry grow into a better place with him in it,» the PlatinumGames post concludes. «We wish him all the best for the future!»

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Sounds like PG is getting bought out from the statements and he was against it. Wouldn't surprise me since their last good selling Game was NieR Automata

@MagisterMagi not necessarily. It could just be that he is falling on the sword for the failure of Babylon Falls.

Maybe NetEase reached him? like they did with Nagoshi

@cragis0001 Nah, «based on my own beliefs» sounds like a takover he didnt agree to

Really do wonder whatever happened to that project G.G game. A tokusatsu game developed by Platinum sounds awesome so I really hope it sees the light of day.

Head up a studio with Capgod please to make Okami 2.

Probably got a nice gig at NetEase.

Wonder what’ll happen to Bayonetta? Doubt he would be poached by Nintendo & Bayo without Kamiya isn’t going to work.

So, either he's been poached by some other company (I'm assuming Capcom, Tango or Netease) or he's been in charge of too many sales disappointments and the company wants to go in another direction.

Either way the language by both parties are pretty vague and seem to show