Yusuke Hashimoto, who directed Bayonetta 2 and Star Fox Zero, has introduced that he has left PlatinumGames after practically 13 years with the studio. Hashimoto has been with Platinum since its institution in 2007, when he joined its founders Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba, and Hideki Kemiya after the closure of Capcom’s Clover Studio.
Hashimoto posted the announcement to Twitter February 14. He mentioned January 31 had been his final day with PlatinumGames, and thanked everybody who has labored with him throughout his time with the studio.
“The memories I made during my 13 years at Platinum, working with dozens of talented individuals on Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2, and Star Fox Zero, are priceless to me,” he mentioned. “I hope to take the experiences I gained at Platinum and use them on whatever I work on in the future. Thank you again.”
PlatinumGames is presently growing Bayonetta 3, and it’s unclear what position if any Hashimoto had in its design and manufacturing. During this week’s Nintendo Direct, the corporate confirmed that it was nonetheless in improvement, however as GamesIndustry.biz reports, it supplied no new particulars concerning the game.
The authentic Bayonetta arrived on PC in 2017, and writer Sega was happy with its initial sales performance on Steam. Now, SteamDB estimates between 500,000 and 1,000,000 gamers have the game of their libraries.
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Hashimoto hasn’t mentioned what his post-PlatinumGames plans are. He labored as a producer on the unique Bayonetta and as director on Bayonetta 2 and Star Fox Zero. Before transferring to Platinum, Hashimoto labored at Capcom on games together with the Devil May Cry and Resident Evil sequence.
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