Hideki Kamiya Is Parting Ways With PlatinumGames

PlatinumGames and Hideki Kamiya announced that the developer will be parting ways with the studio on October 12, 2023. Both the company and the developer shared messages on their social media platforms. Kamiya has served as vice-president for the company since 2017. Some of Kamiya’s most notable titles during his time with PlatinumGames include the Bayonetta series, The Wonderful 101, Astral Chain, and most recently 2022’s Sol Cresta.

Here is PlatinumGames’ message on the departure of Hideki Kamiya from the company:

However, the departure of Kamiya from PlatinumGames on October 12, 2023 doesn’t mark the end of his career. The company wished him the best on his new trajectory, and Kamiya himself reassured fans that he will “continue to create in (his) Hideki Kamiya way”.

Here are Kamiya’s own words about the recent news:

Hideki Kamiya, alongside Shinji Mikami and Atsuhi Inaba, founded Seeds Inc. in 2006 after the closure of Capcom’s Clover Studios. The company would later merge with Tatsuya Minami’s Odd Inc. in October 2007 to create what we know as PlatinumGames today.

In early 2020, PlatinumGames announced that the company would take a new trajectory, with a new studio focused on developing games as a service. One of such titles was Babylon’s Fall which released March 3, 2022 and shut down on February 27, 2023, short of a year after its release.