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Maybe it was to be expected at this point, but nonetheless, The Wonderful 101: Remastered’s retail release and shipments of its backer rewards have been delayed. Developer PlatinumGames notified its Kickstarter backers of the delays on Thursday, citing the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on production and distribution as the cause. Physical copies are now set to
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As you might have heard, on April 1st, PlatinumGames revealed the fourth Platinum 4 announcement. Turns out it was an April Fools joke, and Platinum’s Hideki Kamiya explained it over on Twitter. However, in an Umineko level plotwist, PlatinumGames do have a fourth real announcement in store with Platinum 4. On April 3, PlatinumGames updated
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New talk of Scalebound still manages to pop up, even when it’s been more than three years since its cancellation. Appearing on the latest episode on IGN’s Unlocked, Xbox head Phil Spencer was asked about the ill-fated project from PlatinumGames and any hope of its development restarting. “We’re not working on it,” Spencer said. “I’m
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A 60-second trailer for The Wonderful 101: Remastered released Wednesday, giving players a quick introduction — or reintroduction — to the game’s core cast, the Unite Morph abilities, and the game’s highly creative, albeit outright insane, boss battles. PlatinumGames’ unique action title is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Steam on May 19
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PlatinumGames published on their official site an interview with the staff working on the in-house engine the studio has been developing, the tentatively titled Platinum Engine. The interview reveals what kind of objectives and necessities pushed forward the creation of this engine. We summarized everything below. In the interview, we learned how the development of
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The Wonderful 101: Remastered has crossed the $2 million mark in the home stretch of its Kickstarter campaign, funding further additional content in the form of “Luka’s Second Mission,” and unlocking two more stretch goals with less than 24 hours to go. The new stretch goals are orchestral re-recordings of the game’s “Tables Turns” and
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Just as teased last week, PlatinumGames via this week’s Famitsu magazine announced a brand new project tentatively titled Project G.G. Directed by Hideki Kamiya, Project G.G. is supposed to be the final part of the Hero Trilogy, which started with Viewtiful Joe and continued with The Wonderful 101. All of this information was revealed via
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It looks like PlatinumGames is set to pull another ace from its sleeve. Via Ryokutya2089’s magazine leaks, the studio has a “major announcement” that will be made soon through the Weekly Famitsu Magazine releasing on February 27 in Japan (officially titled Weekly Famitsu Magazine March 12, 2020 Issue). What this announcement might be about is
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Momentum for The Wonderful 101 hasn’t let up. Now at more than 23,000 backers, with 25 days still left to go, the Kickstarter campaign for The Wonderful 101: Remastered has surpassed the $1.5-million mark. As a result, the addition of the epilogue side-scroller “Luka’s First Mission” has been guaranteed, and “Luka’s Second Mission” has been
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There are 29 days left in The Wonderful 101: Remastered’s Kickstarter campaign, but with more than $1.3 million raised and counting, it’s safe to say that PlatinumGames’ gamble on its overlooked action game has more than paid off. It’s with that success that director Hideki Kamiya has chosen to take a trip down memory lane,
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PlatinumGames is having a pretty good year so far. In fact, the past couple of years have been good for the emergent Japanese studio. They’ve published multiple critically acclaimed titles: Bayonetta, Astral Chain, and NeiR Automata all come to mind. So why are there rumors of Microsoft passing over the company last year in their search for Xbox Series
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PlatinumGames announced on January 7 the studio has received a capital investment from Tencent Holdings Ltd, entering a business alliance with the Chinese game company. PlatinumGames mentioned this alliance will strengthen its foundations, and allow the studio to work towards self-publishing the games it develops in the future. Lastly, PlatinumGames will keep striving to create
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