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SWITCHING QUESTS? | Long-time Dragon Quest producer reportedly being reassigned to mobile games, with NieR dev maybe, er, NieR to replacing him

Yu Miyake is apparently stepping down from his current post, following delays to the next entry in the series.

April 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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NIER ENOUGH | Sure, we’d all love a Nier sequel, but what I really want is the return of another Yoko Taro classic

I'd say there's a non-zero chance of it happening.

Feb. 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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RETURN AS GODS | The Nier: Automata anime is finally coming back later this year

Just when is it coming back though? Hard to say.

Feb. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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WON'T SUGARCOAT IT | 2B from Nier Automata has finally made it to Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Everyone loves 2B, and now she's back in fighting form.

Feb. 20, 2024 Connor Makar

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EIFFEL 65 | Granblue Fantasy: Relink, the sleeper hit that went up against Persona and Yakuza, passes one million sales

You may have missed Relink with all the great games out right now, but rest assured, it's a banger.

Feb. 13, 2024 Connor Makar

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GENERATIONAL GAP | Steam and PS5's latest darling, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, is a modern day PS2 game – for better and worse

The PS2 has one of the best libraries out there, though its catalogue still had some warts too.

Feb. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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RE:RE: | Persona 3 Reload is Atlus' best Steam launch, but it's got nothing on Granblue Fantasy: Relink

Who could have guessed Relink would do so well?

Feb. 5, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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TELL ME A GOOD ONE | The best story games to play in 2024

If you're looking for a game with a story that will captivate you, check some of these out.

Feb. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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GACHA ENHANCED | Granblue Fantasy: Relink review – Short, sweet, but far from the Platinum-standard RPG

It won't rock the skyboat, but there's still a good time to be had.

Jan. 31, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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CHEAP AS CHIPS | Excited for Granblue Fantasy: Relink? You can check out the series' anime adaptation for free right now

What's better than free?

Jan. 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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DEMONIC | Bayonetta dev's Apple Arcade exclusive World of Demons will no longer be playable next month

No reason was given as to why the game is being delisted.

Jan. 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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R.I.B. | Hideki Kamiya may end up taking the rest of his ideas for Bayonetta "to the grave"

The PlatinumGames co-founder left the studio in September.

Nov. 26, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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2 NIER 2 FURIOUS | It looks like we are getting a Nier Automata sequel - and maybe even more - in the future

Just don't expect anything for a while still.

Nov. 20, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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VIOLENCE IS GOLDEN | The Best Ultraviolent Spectacle in Gaming

What's the best game where a lot of people get battered? Find out in The Best Games Ever show!

Oct. 13, 2023 Jim Trinca

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ON THE ROLL | BLOCKED! Hideki Kamiya has made a Youtube channel, and none of us are safe

Driving away in a red Ferrari, the former designer jokes for fans to subscribe during his unemployment.

Oct. 12, 2023 Connor Makar

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BLOCKED | PlatinumGames co-founder Hideki Kamiya is leaving the studio next month

No word on what he's up to next, though.

Sept. 25, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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The best Wii U games to play in 2023

Here are some games to play on that Wii U you have lying around.

July 28, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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Nier To My Heart | Final Fantasy 16 had a helping hand from PlatinumGames and the team behind Kingdom Hearts

Some strong pedigree behind the upcoming JRPG.

June 12, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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SYMBOLIC | Metal Gear Solid Δ looks pretty goofy written down, but which games have worse titles?

What's in a name? Loads, actually. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 53

May 26, 2023 Jim Trinca

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PRETTY HATE MACHINE | Forget remakes and remasters – there's never been a better time to revisit Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

Shake off the news about MGS: Delta and Master Collection Volume 1 and embrace the nanomachines instead, son.

May 25, 2023 Scott McCrae

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RESURRECTED! | Metal Gear voice actor, Quinton Flynn, teases upcoming announcements for the series

Konami's silence is deafening.

Jan. 17, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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FIGHT STEAL KILL | New NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime trailer confirms January 7 release date

That's less than two weeks away!

Dec. 27, 2022 Kelsey Raynor

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B.T. | Turns out Bayonetta Origins: Cereza was hiding in Bayonetta 3 all along

A hidden chapter in the recently released action game was actually a playable teaser all along.

Dec. 11, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN | Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon is a witchy origin story coming to Switch in March

Lovely animation.

Dec. 9, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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CUT TO THE QUICKTIME | In defence of QTEs: Why gaming's most derided mechanic is good, actually

The oft-maligned Quick Time Event has a place in gaming – even if years of rampant abuse of the mechanic have given it some bad press.

Nov. 29, 2022 Scott McCrae

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Opening Up | Bayonetta 3 took so long because it was originally conceived as semi-open world

Which is part of why development took so long.

Nov. 6, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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Bayonetta 3 Bewitchments and challenges - Every Chapter and Phenomenal Remnant

Looking to find out the answers to questions like 'what are Bayonetta 3 Betwitchments' and 'what do they do'? Look no further.

Nov. 3, 2022 Dom Peppiatt

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Bayonetta 3 Umbran Tears of Blood locations

You may need some help chasing down all the Witch familiars in Bayonetta 3 – so we're here to help.

Nov. 2, 2022 Dom Peppiatt

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THE RATINGS ARE IN | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.23: The best 6/10 that's better than The Last of Us

Sometimes you get good sixes and iffy nines, we don't make the rules.

Oct. 28, 2022 Jim Trinca

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THE WITCH & FAMOUS | 11 things I wish I knew before playing Bayonetta 3

PlatinumGames latest Nintendo Switch blockbuster lands today – and we have some spoiler-free information that might help you play the game a bit better.

Oct. 28, 2022 Dom Peppiatt

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HAIR NECESSITIES | Bayonetta 3 review: An instant classic that feels like a proper old-school, content-packed Nintendo adventure

Bigger levels, bigger fights, bigger hair – Bayonetta 3 somehow manages to edge the Platinum formula even harder to deliver one hell of a climax.

Oct. 25, 2022 Dom Peppiatt

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THE PRICE IS WRONG? | Bayonetta voice actor seeks to "defend myself and my reputation" in update to claims of lacklustre pay

Following reporting that claimed she was offered more than originally implied, an elaboration has gone live on Twitter.

Oct. 24, 2022 Connor Makar

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Original Bayonetta VA calls for boycott of third game over "insulting" pay offer

Hellena Taylor posted a series of videos this weekend where she alleges she was offered only $4000 for the role.

Oct. 16, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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IN THE HAIR TONIGHT | Witches be trippin’: A few hours in, Bayonetta 3 looks like a Nintendo Switch all-timer

Bigger, louder, dumber, and better – this is the sequel every Bayonetta fan has been waiting for.

Oct. 13, 2022 Dom Peppiatt

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Try Again | PlatinumGames still plans to make live service games despite Babylon Fall's fall

CEO Atsushi Inaba all apologised to fans for any disappointment they might have at Babylon Fall's closure.

Oct. 9, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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ALL "HALE" BAYONETTA | Jennifer Hale is the new voice of Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3

The prolific voice actor has been confirmed for the role.

Oct. 5, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Yohra good’un | NieR: Automata’s performance on Nintendo Switch exceeded my expectations

Being able to play Square Enix’s cult RPG hit on the go – whether you’re NieR or far – is better than I was expecting.

Sept. 30, 2022 Kelsey Raynor

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kicking butt | Bayonetta 3 trailer shows the Umbra Witch fighting to save the world from the Homunculi

Scruffy journalist Luka and another Umbra Witch, Jeanne, make an appearance.

Sept. 13, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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babylon has fallen | Despite promising that servers won't shutdown, Babylon's Fall is, in fact, shutting servers down

Babylon's Fall will close down shop before it's even been a year.

Sept. 13, 2022 Sherif Saed

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hair-raising action | Bayonetta 3 finally has a release date, and it's out in October

New trailer reveals additional details about latest bewitching adventure.

July 13, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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The memes, Jack! | New Final Fantasy 14 Raiden data centre goes live - Metal Gear Rising memes ensue

All memes. All passed along.

July 6, 2022 Connor Makar

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nier enough | Nier Automata is coming to Switch this October

It may not be Bayonetta 3, but Nintendo Switch owners are getting something new from PlatinumGames.

June 28, 2022 Sherif Saed

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doing what | Only one person was keeping the Babylon's Fall dream alive on Steam last week

Babylon's Fall had, at one point the other week, a single player online on Steam.

May 9, 2022 Sherif Saed

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hair to eternity | Can Bayonetta 3 capture the magic of Bayonetta 2 – one of Nintendo’s greatest ever exclusives?

We've waited over eight years, so let's hope that PlatinumGames will be able to top Bayonetta 2's unique magic with its anticipated, overdue sequel.

April 22, 2022 Tom Regan

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SHOOT YOUR SHOT | Former Nintendo developer pleads for a Switch port of Star Fox Zero

One of Star Fox's key creatives has a message for his former employers - they should port Fox McCloud's Wii U adventure to Switch.

April 21, 2022 Alex Donaldson

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PLENTY IN THE POT | Babylon's Fall content up to the end of Season 2 is nearly complete, work on Season 3 has started

PlatinumGames says there are no plans to reduce the scale of development on the game.

March 19, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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blade to rest | Forget about Scalebound and Bayonetta 3, Platinum should be working on a Vanquish sequel

Why this criminally underrated shooter should share the spotlight with Platinum’s finest

Feb. 11, 2022 Niall O'Donoghue

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MAKE IT HAPPEN PHIL! | PlatinumGames would like to reopen talks with Microsoft regarding development of Scalebound

The studio really wants to return to development on the dragon-riding title.

Feb. 8, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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A DATE | Babylon's Fall gets a new trailer and a March release date

PlatinumGames' latest isn't too far off.

Dec. 10, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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puts on glasses | Babylon's Fall updates visuals so they're no longer a blurry mess

PlatinumGames has tweaked the visual style of Babylon's Fall following a wave of negative feedback.

Oct. 7, 2021 Sherif Saed