Platinum Games, formerly
Clover Studios, is a video game subsidary currently aligned with
Sega.
Originally, the main creative minds here (including
Hideki Kamiya,
Atsushi Inaba, and
Shinji Mikami) were a part of
Capcom as the Research and Development department as
Clover Studios, but left Capcom due to
creative disputes.
The talent then formed a different company, Seeds Inc., but before anything was produced by Seeds, they merged with ODD Incorporated to form
Platinum Games.
Platinum Games moved to ally with
Sega, and while their games are still
cult hits, they are doing considerably more successfully than they were at
Capcom.
Since allying with SEGA, the company's games have seen much more publicity on average. Part of this may be due to the fans expectations of high quality considering the pedigree of the games, which allows SEGA to put more faith in the company due to an increased potential for earnings.
Some characters from the studio would eventually be used in Capcom's
newest crossover fighting games. Mikami and Kamiya had stated that they would like to consider sequels to their games, but Capcom's use of these characters has caused them to decide that they cannot continue to identify with their characters. As such, the only game by
Clover Studios that may see continuation by
Platinum Games is
God Hand. However, statements by Mikami that he had
too much freedom and got all he wanted out of
God Hand, as well as rumors that Gene (the protagonist) would be available as a character reskin in
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 make that highly unlikely. President Tatsuya Minami
has since stated
the desire to see more new out of the gaming industry.
As
Clover Studios, under
Capcom:
As
Platinum Games:
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