Games by PlatinumGames
Ninja Gaiden 4 Xbox Series X|S
Xbox Game Studios / PlatinumGames
- 21st Oct 2025 (UK/EU)
- 21st Oct 2025 (NA)
Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle Xbox Series X|S
- 18th Feb 2020 (NA)
Reviews of PlatinumGames Games
Review Ninja Gaiden 4 (Xbox) - Platinum Propels The Series Forward On Xbox Game Pass
There's a new kid on the block
When it was revealed that PlatinumGames was helping with the fourth major entry in the Ninja Gaiden series, I had two immediate thoughts. How would the Bayonetta studio handle this kind of responsibility, and could another character really lead the next big entry in the modern series, in place of the 'main face' and...
Review The Legend of Korra (Xbox One)
Elementary elements
When you hear that Platinum Games is working on a title, you generally sit up and listen, such is the general quality of their titles. You even take notice when you hear that they’re working on a title based on a Nickelodeon TV show for Activision, despite the quality of game that sort of sentence would usually result in. Even...
Latest PlatinumGames News
Monday15th Sep 2025
News Ex-PlatinumGames Boss Takes Blame For The 'Failure' Of Xbox Exclusive Scalebound
Yep, we're still talking about it
Warning: it's been six months since we've written about Scalebound so we're back at it again today! All jokes aside, we're under no contractual obligation to keep talking about the cancelled Xbox One exclusive (we promise), but today, the game's director has given us a good reason to do so. Speaking with outlet...
Saturday25th Jan 2025
News Xbox Was Knocking On Doors About Ninja Gaiden 4 'Six-Seven Years Ago'
The project was officially announced this week
The surprise of the Xbox Developer Direct this week was the announcement of Ninja Gaiden 4, and according to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, it's been a long time in the making. In the same chat with Gamertag Radio, he revealed how Xbox was actually knocking on doors around "six-seven years ago"...
Monday16th Jan 2023
Rumour A Potential 'Scalebound' Revival Is Being Spoken Of, Again
Will it ever happen?
Scalebound just won't go away, will it? The now-cancelled Xbox exclusive from PlatinumGames captured the imagination of the Xbox community when it was first revealed, and once again, its revival is being spoken about among Xbox journalists, insiders and fans. Let's all take this particular rumour with a truckload of salt...
Monday10th Oct 2022
News PlatinumGames Would Still Be 'Very Happy' To Work With Xbox On Scalebound
If Phil has changed his tune, that is
In the years since the unfortunate cancellation of Xbox exclusive Scalebound, we've heard plenty of thoughts on a potential project revival, although nothing really concrete. Well, in a new interview with Scalebound developer PlatinumGames, the original team has once again expressed its desir
Wednesday16th Feb 2022
News Hideki Kamiya Is "Totally Serious" About Reviving Scalebound
Could canned Xbox Exclusive be resurrected?
The 2017 cancellation of Xbox exclusive action-RPG, Scalebound, was a bit of a sore one for Microsoft fans to have to deal with. An explosive monster-slaying extravaganza from the maestros at PlatinumGames, what we managed to catch of its gameplay from various E3 presentations and showcases since its first...
Sunday6th Feb 2022
News PlatinumGames' Hideki Kamiya Is Still Keen To Team Up With Xbox
"Let's work together again"
PlatinumGames' Xbox exclusive Scalebound might have got axed in the end, but doesn't appear to have done any damage to the Japanese studio's relationship with Microsoft. Platinum director Hideki Kamiya (Bayonetta 3, Devil May Cry) recently shared a photo of a gift from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on behalf of team...
Friday19th Nov 2021
News Hideki Kamiya Apologises To Xbox And Players For Scalebound Cancellation
A lack of experience led to insurmountable problems
It's been a few years now since Xbox exclusive Scalebound got cancelled but, for many, it still sticks out as a bit of a sore spot, such were the hype levels that were building around PlatinumGames' epic looking new IP. In a recent interview from the seven part "Kamiya Chronicles" interview series...
Tuesday4th Aug 2020
"Phil, let's do it again together"
Following Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase recently, head of Xbox Phil Spencer spoke about how one of his favourite moments of the entire event was when Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age was announced for the platform. "It's just an area of focus for us to make sure all creators globally feel like Xbox...
Thursday21st May 2020
News PlatinumGames Suggests It Wouldn't Be Interested In Xbox Acquisition
“It’s not that we’re disinterested in Microsoft"
In a new interview with VideoGamesChronicle, Japanese developer PlatinumGames (Nier: Automata, The Wonderful 101: Remastered) suggested the company likely wouldn't be interested in being acquired by Xbox Game Studios. Responding to a question about whether Xbox has been knocking on the...
