History
Clover Studio was responsible for many critically acclaimed titles such as Viewtiful Joe and Ōkami. In October 2006, the Capcom Board of Directors decided to shut down and succeed in March 2007 and all original Clover IPs (Viewtiful Joe, Ōkami and God Hand) remained with Capcom.
The company merged with ODD Incorporated in October 2007. In May 2008, Platinum Games announced a four game deal with Sega. The games involved in the development and publishing deal included Bayonetta, a "stylish action game" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 directed by Hideki Kamiya and featuring "a witch battling angels", a science-fiction RPG for the Nintendo DS called Infinite Space, and MadWorld, an "ultra ultra violent" action game for the Wii with black and white Sin City-inspired graphics. The fourth title, Vanquish, directed by Shinji Mikami, was released October 19, 2010. Mikami has since announced his departure from Platinum Games to form his own development studio, Tango Gameworks, that was subsequently acquired by ZeniMax Media. Atsushi Inaba stated that the "partnership has been great" and expressed his gratitude for allowing the company "maximum freedom" in development.
In October 2010, Atsushi Inaba mentioned that the company was in talks to extend their partnership with Sega. In the following December, Sega of America vice president of sales and marketing Alan Pritchard confirmed that a fifth game had been added to the development contract, but did not announce any other details on the game. The title was revealed in January 2011 to be Anarchy Reigns (Max Anarchy in Japan), a "massively multi-player beat-em-up" scheduled for release in July 2012. At the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011, it was revealed that Platinum Games are also the developers for Konami's upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. At E3 2012, Nintendo confirmed that they will publish a game by Platinum Games, under the working title "Project P-100", later coming to be named The Wonderful 101. In September 2012, a sequel to Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2, was announced for the Wii U, this time being headed by Inaba and published by Nintendo.
In a posting on Twitter on January 23, 2013, Inaba indicated a passing interest in having Platinum Games acquire the Darksiders franchise from Vigil Games—its bankrupt parent company THQ had closed the studio after receiving no offers to purchase it at auction.
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