PlatinumGames is preparing to make a major announcement, which is due to appear in the next issue of Famitsu magazine. PlatinumGames has recently made headlines with its Kickstarter for The Wonderful 101: Remastered, which has been a huge success for the company.
PlatinumGames is a video game development studio that has created hit games like Astral Chain, Bayonetta, and Nier: Automata. The higher-ups at PlatinumGames talked about moving into self-publishing last year and they have officially started this process in 2020. PlatinumGames received a huge investment from Tencent, while also promising big things in the future that will allow the company to maintain control over its IPs. The company has launched a website called Platinum 4, which is meant to announce four new games, of which only one (The Wonderful 101: Remastered) has been revealed so far.
It seems that PlatinumGames will soon be ready to announce a new game from the Platinum Four. According to Ryokutya2089, PlatinumGames will make a major announcement in the next issue of Famitsu magazine, which is due to be released on February 27, 2020.
The speculation has already begun as to what the announcement will be about. It’s clear from The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter that most of the work on that game is complete, so it’s possible the announcement will be for a new game which has since entered development. There is a lot of speculation that PlatinumGames is going to revive Scalebound with a Kickstarter. Scalebound was an action RPG funded by Microsoft that was canceled in 2017, but it’s possible that PlatinumGames could cut a deal and buy the rights to the IP with a Kickstarter.
The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter received over $1.5 million and is still going strong. It’s possible that PlatinumGames has more plans to use crowdfunding to revive old projects for modern systems or to finance new ones. The company is entering uncertain waters by stepping into the self-publishing game, but it has already received a ton of support from fans. The Wonderful 101 barely sold any copies on the Wii U, but PlatinumGames fans were quick to rally to the company’s side to help them bring the game to new systems. PlatinumGames has an impressive library of games under its belt and it will be exciting to see what the company will announce next, especially if it’s free to create games without needing to answer to publishers. Fans will find out just what the company has in store for them when the next issue of Famitsu is released on February 27, 2020.
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Source: Ryokutya2089
