If you still feel guilty about buying Okami for the Wii, you may be able to make amends soon. According to an article at Videogaming247 that has since vanished without a trace, Platinum Studios (formerly known as SEEDS, and founded by Clover alumni) is now hard at work on not one nor two, but three brand-new original IPs, all to published by Sega.
Kotaku managed to grab the working titles and descriptions of each game before the article was removed. They are:
• Bayonetta, directed by DMC creator Hideki Kamiya, and is described by the site’s correspondent as a “stylish action game” with “a witch battling angels”. Apparently she has guns on her feet.
• A science-fiction RPG for the DS called Infinite Line, where you play as a starship captain, customising your ship and crew.
• A Wii game called MadWorld. …it’s, “Black and white Sin City graphics, with red blood. Ultra ultra violent. Fatality moves like shoving a post through someone’s head. Chainsaw on your right arm.”
With Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand and of course Okami under their collective belts, Platinum Studios was already a force to be reckoned with, but if this rumor proves true I can’t wait to see what badassery they’ll cook up using Wii and DS control schemes.
According to German magazine Sega On (yes, the very same publication that discovered Sonic Unleashed in March) a trailer for MadWorld was shown at yesterday’s Sega event in Europe, and is under embargo until Thursday… so we should have more info soon.
Back in March, Sega On was also asked to remove a list of games that might appear at Sega Gamer’s Day this May. We’ll be on the lookout for each and every one of them.
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