PlatinumGames Inc.
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- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 201-500
- Offices
- 3
About PlatinumGames Inc.
PlatinumGames Inc. is an independent Japanese video game developer and publisher focused on third-person character action games. Its work combines fast-paced combat, elaborate combo systems, choreographed boss encounters, and original worlds. Based in Osaka, with development teams across Japan, the company produces console and PC games through publishing partnerships, co-development arrangements, and its own publishing activities.
The business began in February 2006 as ODD Ltd., became ODD Inc. later that year, and adopted the PlatinumGames name following its October 2007 merger with SEEDS Inc. Its origins connect it with former Capcom developers and the creative community surrounding Clover Studio. That background helped shape a portfolio centered on responsive action and distinctive game design.
Games and publishing partnerships
An early multi-title agreement with Sega produced MadWorld, Infinite Space, Vanquish, and Bayonetta. Subsequent collaborations expanded the studio’s work across established franchises and original properties. These include Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance with Konami, NieR:Automata with Square Enix, and Nintendo-published games such as The Wonderful 101, Astral Chain, and entries in the Bayonetta series. The studio also co-developed Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard with Nintendo.
Alongside publisher-backed production, PlatinumGames has developed its own publishing business through releases including The Wonderful 101: Remastered, SOL CRESTA, and The Wonderful One: After School Hero. A minority investment from Tencent supported this expansion while the company retained independent management and creative autonomy.
Development capabilities
The studio’s production work spans game planning, prototyping, full development, porting, remastering, and adaptation across platforms. Its capabilities include gameplay engineering, combat balancing, original intellectual property development, and technical optimization for console and PC releases. It also works with external publishers and development teams on third-party properties.
Its recent portfolio includes Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon and the October 2025 release of NINJA GAIDEN 4. The supplied research also identifies Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin as an ongoing production.
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Leadership and creative history
- Atsushi Inaba is Representative Director, President, CEO, and Studio Head; he assumed the President and CEO roles in January 2022.
- Takao Yamane serves as Vice President and Chief Business Officer. Shin Joon Oh and Bo Wang are outside directors.
- SEEDS was founded by Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya, and Shinji Mikami. Kamiya departed PlatinumGames in October 2023.
Production infrastructure
The company describes its development teams as connected through low-latency virtual workspace infrastructure, including dedicated video/workspace portals linking Tokyo and Osaka. Its technical toolset includes proprietary engines, Unreal Engine, and Unity.
Recognition
Bayonetta 3 received Best Action Game at The Game Awards 2022. The recognition was awarded to the game.
Notable credits
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Where PlatinumGames Inc. is based
- Osaka, Japan
Osaka offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Osaka Head Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 8F Tower West, Umeda Sky Building, 1-1-30 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka, 531-6108, Japan Phone: +81-6-4797-0202 Opened: 2012 Global corporate headquarters with executive management, core development, motion capture, and audio production facilities. Occupies the eighth floor following a January 2012 move from the ninth floor. --- **Osaka Head Office — former ninth-floor premises** Status: inactive / historical Address: 9F, Umeda Sky Building, 1-1-30 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan Opened: 2007 Closed: 2012 Former headquarters premises within the Umeda Sky Building complex. The company moved from the ninth floor to the eighth floor in January 2012.
- Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka offices
About this office
**PlatinumGames FUKUOKA** Status: active Address: Room 5807, Tower 5, The Residential Suites Fukuoka, 1-3-70 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, 814-0001, Japan Opened: 2024 Regional production office supporting gameplay engineering, design, and recruitment across Kyushu. The branch began in November 2022 and relocated to these premises in September 2024. --- **PlatinumGames FUKUOKA — former Tenjin premises** Status: inactive / historical Address: Tenjin Business Center, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, Japan Opened: 2022 Closed: 2024 Original Fukuoka studio premises from November 2022 until the branch relocated to Momochihama in September 2024.
- 12F Try Edge Ochanomizu, 4-2-5 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, JapanTokyo, Japan
PlatinumGames TOKYO
Opened 2020
Internal regional development hub established in April 2020 to expand engineering, creative development, and live-service capabilities.
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