COMPANY OVERVIEW
| Company name | PlatinumGames Inc. |
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| Address | 8F Tower West, Umeda Sky Building 1-1-30 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka 531-6108 Japan [MAP] |
| Date founded | February, 2006 |
| Capital | 1,505,000,000 yen |
| Business | Planning, development, and publishing of video game titles. |
| Number of employees | 305 (as of January 2025) |
BOARD MEMBERS
| Atsushi Inaba | President & CEO/Studio Head |
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| Shin Joon Oh | Director (Outside) |
| Bo Wang | Director (Outside) |
Atsushi Inaba
CEO/President/Studio Head
Born in Ishikawa prefecture in 1971, Atsushi Inaba already had a rich background in the games industry when he joined Capcom in 1998. He became a producer on such original titles as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Steel Battalion, and Viewtiful Joe. In 2004, he became CEO of Clover Studio, a Capcom second-party development studio, where he worked on Okami as a producer.
Inaba left Capcom in 2006 and, as the PlatinumGames Studio Head, supervises the development of every one of our titles.
COMPANY HISTORY
| February 2006 | ODD Ltd. established. |
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| July 2007 | Changed company name to ODD Inc. Head office moved to to the ninth floor of Umeda Sky Building in Osaka. |
| October 2007 | Merged with SEEDS Inc. Changed company name to PlatinumGames Inc. |
| January 2012 | Head office moved to to the eighth floor of Umeda Sky Building in Osaka. |
| December 2019 | Entered into a capital alliance with Tencent Holdings Limited. |
| April 2020 | Opened PLATINUMGAMES TOKYO. |
| Nov 2022 | Opened PLATINUMGAMES FUKUOKA. |
AWARDS and ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Our 2017 release, NieR:Automata has sold over 9 million copies across various platforms. In 2014, we were honored to receive perfect scores from media outlets all over the world for Bayonetta 2. Edge Magazine named Bayonetta 2 Game of the Year – and PlatinumGames as Studio of the Year – that same year. Our 2022 title Bayonetta 3 was awarded Best Action Game at The Game Awards 2022. We are proud to receive these and many other honors from the gaming community worldwide.
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WORKS
| June 2023 | The Wonderful One: After School Hero [Nintendo Switch, PS4, Steam] published by PlatinumGames Inc. *The PS4 version is currently not available in the Japan region. |
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| March 2023 | Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon [Nintendo Switch] published by Nintendo |
| Oct 2022 | Bayonetta 3 [Nintendo Switch] published by Nintendo |
| Mar 2022 | BABYLON’S FALL [PS5, PS4, Steam] published by SQUARE ENIX |
| Feb 2022 | SOL CRESTA [Nintendo Switch, PS4, Steam] published by PlatinumGames Inc. |
| April 2021 | WORLD OF DEMONS [Apple Arcade] published by PlatinumGames Inc. |
| May 2020 | THE WONDERFUL 101: REMASTERED [Nintendo Switch, PS4, Steam] published by PlatinumGames Inc. |
| August 2019 | ASTRAL CHAIN [Nintendo Switch] published by Nintendo |
| March 2017 | NieR:Automata [PS4, Steam (March 2017), Xbox One (June 2018), Nintendo Switch (October, 2022)] published by SQUARE ENIX |
| May 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan [PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC] published by Activision Publishing, Inc. |
| April 2016 | Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard [Wii U] published by Nintendo |
| October 2015 | Transformers: Devastation [PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC] published by Activision |
| October 2014 | The Legend of Korra [PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC] published by Activision |
| September 2014 | Bayonetta 2 [Nintendo Switch (February 2018), Wii U (October 2014)] published by Sega |
| September 2013 | The Wonderful 101 [Wii U] published by Nintendo |
| February 2013 | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance [PS3, Xbox 360, and Steam (January 2014)] published by Konami Digital Entertainment |
| January 2013 | Anarchy Reigns [PS3 and Xbox 360] published by Sega |
| October 2010 | Vanquish [PS3, Xbox 360, and Steam (May 2017)] published by Sega |
| March 2010 | Infinite Space [Nintendo DS] published by Sega |
| January 2010 | Bayonetta [Nintendo Switch (February 2018), Steam (April 2017), Wii U (October 2014), PS3, Xbox 360] published by Sega |
| March 2009 | MadWorld [Wii] published by Sega |