The Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames reportedly mentioned goodbye to a number of veterans (together with Hideki Kamiya) final yr.
Now, in one other studio replace, it has been confirmed the Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Misplaced Demon director Abebe Tinari has additionally left. In keeping with his LinkedIn, he is moved on to PlayStation’s Housemarque (Returnal) as a lead recreation designer.
He was at PlatinumGames for greater than a decade and in addition labored on video games like Star Fox Guard (together with system design, enemy design and UI specification) and Bayonetta 2 (localisation) for the Wii U.
This replace follows the information final month about Tinari eradicating his references to PlatinumGames on social media. On the time, he additionally acknowledged the hypothesis about some “administrators departing PlatinumGames” mentioning how “video games will not be made by a single particular person” and signing off with the next:
“There are a lot of proficient Artists, Designers, Programmers, and Musicians nonetheless at PlatinumGames. I counsel you don’t rely them out but. I can’t wait to see what they do subsequent!”
Bayonetta Origins was launched solely on the Change in 2023 and is an action-adventure storybook-style recreation appearing as a prequel to the principle trilogy.
In another Platinum information, the developer yesterday introduced it could conduct a year-long occasion centered on the unique Bayonetta to rejoice 15 years. Bayonetta’s creator Hideki Kamiya left the studio final yr, asserting he was engaged on a brand new Okami recreation in cooperation with Capcom.
