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What next from the Bayonetta brain?

PlatinumGames, the creator of Bayonetta and MadWorld, will reveal its next project this week.

The announcement will be made on GameTrailers TV this week, according to host Geoff Keighley. The episode airs late on Thursday night in North America.

What creative director Hideki Kamiya will come up with next at PlatinumGames is unknown. Both MadWorld and Bayonetta were new IP, so the studio may continue conjuring original ideas.

Or perhaps the developer is keen to expand MadWorld to a core audience on PS3 and Xbox 360, following disappointing sales on Wii.

Whatever the project, PlatinumGames' pedigree (formerly Clover Studios of Okami, God Hand and Viewtiful Joe) is without doubt.

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JohnnyWashnGo #1 2 years ago

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Please don't screw up another PS3 release... Bayonetta was shocking, truly appalling.

MadWorld was pretty sweet though and the rest of their back catalogue was also great. Maybe a sequel to GodHand could be on the cards
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52pickup #2 2 years ago

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MadWorld 2, with PS ARC?
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Golgo #3 2 years ago

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Hopefully this one is Shinji Mikami's baby...
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muscleblade #4 2 years ago

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@JohnnyWashnGo

Platinum games had nothing to do with the lousy PS3 port. SEGA is the one to blame for that.

Bayonetta is my favourite game this gen so i cant wait for PG next game.
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chukcyQ #5 2 years ago

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I want to make a baby with Bayonetta!
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Phishfood #6 2 years ago

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I read it would be a collaboration with Suda 51 and it would use the unreal engine.
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Widge #7 2 years ago

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From what I heard, Platinum palmed it off with very little time & money and Sega did about as best they could.

Correct me if I'm wrong though.
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muscleblade #8 2 years ago

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@Widge

[link url= http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/games/b/bayonetta/sega-handle d-bayonetta-ps3-port-not-platinum-games-$1328214.htm
]http://ww w.gamezine.co.uk/news/games/b/b...[/link]

Edited by 1 at 26/01/10 @ 14:00
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chrisola #9 2 years ago

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Madworld for Xbox 360 and PS3 please!
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TonyHarrison #10 2 years ago

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Bayonetta, MadWorld, Okami, God Hand and Viewtiful Joe.

Quite a list there, although without combining multiplatform sales, none of those games have made it past 500k sales worldwide...

Just goes to show that quality does not always equal sales...
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Zephro #11 2 years ago

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Fingers crossed for another new and mental IP.
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Widge #12 2 years ago

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That article says bad request!
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GundamJehutyKai #13 2 years ago

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@muscleblade: yes, Sega were the ones who did the port but the question is why did Platinum not do it in the first place? They announced the game to be multiplatform, did the 360 version and then left the rest to an external team who had nothing to do with the original development and even went so far as to disown the version of their game when people found out it was, well, naff!

it's like the PS3 orange box all over again!!
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Slipstream #14 2 years ago

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Fantastic! I am a HUGE fan of this studio's work and it's a crying shame that the previous titles before this one were reduced to cult classics, a little too much for some maybe, but alot of people who would enjoy those games haven't even given them a second look, the compete with the best when it comes to gameplay that's for sure.

Anyhow Bayonetta has put them in the picture, if they advertise their future releases as well as they have with this game then they could certainly be in for another winner.
Bayonetta's charms will be hard to beat mind, it's not easy to appeal to both mainstream/casual (easy automatic) and Hardcode the insane, INSANE Climax mode for those of us who want to take games of this nature to the next level. Most people who play games can play Bayonetta thanks to the balanced difficulties.

Edited by 1 at 27/01/10 @ 04:51
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muscleblade #15 2 years ago

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My only gripe with Bayonetta was that it was a tad easy on the harder difficulty levels. I got my 1000/1000 achievements in a couple of weeks. I played it through on unlimited Climax in a few nights. About 6-7 hours. Still its the best game ive played the last decade and im currently playing Mass Effect 2. The replay value was incredible. I played it through 4 times. Twice on normal once on hard and once on unlimited climax. Loved every second of it.
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