Platinum Studios has announced some new projects to be published by Sega. The people behind Platinum once formed Capcom’s sudio Clover, best known as the creators of the critically-acclaimed Okami and lesser known as the creators of the not-critically-acclaimed-but-still-pretty-great God Hand.
The game that seems to be getting the most attention is Madworld, which is by turns stylish, trashy and violent. The most noticible feature of the Wii-exclusive game is how it’s rendered in stark black and white, with splashes of red for blood.
It’s so violent, in fact, that the game might not even be publishable in Japan. It almost looks like a combination of Grindhouse and Sin City.
Speaking of Grindhouse, the second game in the lineup will probably draw comparisons that movie if only for it’s boot-guns. It’s called Bayonetta, and there’s a teaser video of it up. A good trailer doesn’t make a good game, but dang, that is a good trailer.
The man heading up Bayonetta is Hideki Kamiya, creator of the original Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe games, as well as the director of Okami. If nothing else, that makes this one to watch.
There’s two other games in development, one called Infinte Line for the DS and another unnamed one. As for these games, there’s not much other info.
Platinum Studios is full of people who aren’t afraid to swing for the fences with their games. I’m pleased to see them making games again.
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