Takao Yamane, Nintendo’s former licensing general manger and managing director of sales and planning, has been appointed PlatinumGames‘ vice president and CBO.
Yamane-san has spent many years with Nintendo, having also served as planning and strategy at Nintendo Europe, and prior to that, held the position of Nintendo France’s vice president.
PlatinumGames has seen a number of changes recently, most notably with Atsushi Inaba taking over as CEO. Under his leadership, the company has set its sights on taking on riskier projects, with Inaba-san he wants PlatinumGames to develop titles that “can be enjoyed and loved for a longer period of time.”
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Elsewhere, Hideki Kamiya told VGC in an interview that he wants PlatinumGames to be seen as more than “just the action game company.”
One of the next major games from Platinum is Bayonetta 3, which is going to release exclusively for Nintendo Switch on October 28.
[Source – VGC]