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42-634: The first game in the series was directed by Hideki Kamiya , who created the Devil May Cry franchise while he was working at Capcom . It was the third title in Platinum's four-game contract with Sega . The game was released on October 29, 2009, in Japan, and was released worldwide in January 2010 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 . The game received generally positive reviews upon release. More than 1.35 million units of

84-442: A Zelda fan, has admitted has influenced his general game design. Clover Studio was closed by Capcom in late 2006. PlatinumGames was founded under the name Seeds, Inc. on August 1, 2006, by Shinji Mikami , Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya. In May 2008, the company, now renamed to PlatinumGames, announced a four-game deal with publisher Sega . The games involved in the development and publishing deal included Bayonetta ,

126-504: A dynamic camera system . This new direction required the team to make a trip to Europe where they spent eleven days in the United Kingdom and Spain photographing things like Gothic statues, bricks, and stone pavements for use in textures . Though the developers tried to make the "coolness" theme fit into the world of Resident Evil , Mikami felt it strayed too far from the series' survival horror roots and gradually convinced all of

168-558: A "stylish action game" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 directed by Kamiya. The game was considered as the successor of Devil May Cry with Kamiya having used its latest sequel Devil May Cry 4 as part of his research. First announced at E3 2012, Kamiya directed The Wonderful 101 for the Wii U , which was released in September 2013. He also wrote the story to Bayonetta 2 , released on

210-553: A result, any game released after the cutoff date is eligible in the following year's ceremony, such as 2018's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate nominations at the Game Awards 2019 ; similarly, games released between the ballot due date in early November and the cutoff date in mid-to-late November are often overlooked, such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in both 2019 and 2020 and Demon's Souls and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales in 2020. Early access games available before

252-509: A stage based on the falling Umbra Clock Tower which appeared in both Bayonetta games. Rodin was also added as an Assist Trophy in Ultimate . A action/shooter 16-bit-style browser game called "8-Bit Bayonetta" was released in February 16, 2015, and later on Steam on March 31, 2017, the game was formerly called Angel Land. An anime film based on the first game, titled Bayonetta: Bloody Fate ,

294-403: A video game developer. After graduating from college, Kamiya applied for jobs at various game developers. He was turned down by Sega and had an application accepted by Namco . However, Namco wanted him to be an artist rather than a game designer. Kamiya joined Capcom as a designer in 1994. His early works included planner of the original Resident Evil . The development of Resident Evil 2

336-584: Is a Japanese video game designer and director . He began his career in 1994 with Capcom , where he directed Resident Evil 2 (1998), Devil May Cry (2001), Viewtiful Joe (2003), and Ōkami (2006). From 2004 to 2006, he worked for the Capcom subsidiary Clover Studio . After leaving Capcom, Kamiya and other former staff members founded PlatinumGames in 2006. Kamiya also served as vice president from 2017 to 2023. His projects with PlatinumGames include Bayonetta (2009) and The Wonderful 101 (2013). He

378-572: The Switch version had sold 400,000 copies during its first nine weeks, compared to the 300,000 copies the Wii U version sold during the same period. As of December 2021, the Switch version has sold 1.04 million copies worldwide. A third game in the series was announced by Nintendo at The Game Awards 2017 . A gameplay trailer was shown at the September Nintendo Direct 2021. It was released for

420-604: The Nintendo Switch on October 28, 2022, and opened with positive reviews from both critics and fans. The game went on to win Best Action Game at the Game Awards 2022. The game also features a playable teaser for Cereza and the Lost Demon as a secret level and unlocks a special skin once found. A prequel companion game to Bayonetta 3 , focusing on Cereza as a young girl, was announced by Nintendo at The Game Awards 2022 . It

462-580: The Past and Gradius . His favorite action game is the original Castlevania . Other favorite games include Space Harrier , Cybernator , Punch-Out , Wonder Boy in Monster Land , Snatcher , Sorcerian , and Star Cruiser . When reading an interview from the Family Computer Magazine that featured game creators Shigeru Miyamoto and Masanobu Endo , Kamiya decided he would become

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504-647: The Wii U in October 2014. Kamiya has stated he is interested in making a new Star Fox game, and due to a lot of fans asking him on Twitter repeatedly, he was encouraged to submit ideas to Nintendo without success. Eventually, PlatinumGames did end up working with Nintendo on the next installment of the Star Fox series, entitled Star Fox Zero , and its companion game Star Fox Guard , both of which were released in April 2016. Kamiya

546-603: The announcement of the winner has been preceded by a medley performance of the scores of each nominee by the Game Awards Orchestra, conducted by Lorne Balfe . The category was expanded from five to six nominees in 2018 . The award is traditionally accepted by the director of the winning game or an executive from the studio; the first award in 2014 was accepted by Dragon Age: Inquisition executive producer Mark Darrah and BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn. The Game Awards host and producer Geoff Keighley presented

588-620: The award for the first four ceremonies. Other presenters include directors of past winners—such as 2016 winner Overwatch ' s lead director Jeff Kaplan in 2018, 2020 winner The Last of Us Part II ' s creative director Neil Druckmann in 2021 , and 2021 winner It Takes Two ' s director Josef Fares in 2022 —and celebrity guests like Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez in 2019, Christopher Nolan in 2020, and Timothée Chalamet in 2023. Winners are listed first, highlighted in yellow and boldface , and indicated with

630-571: The award twice, the latter being nominated a record thirteen times, while FromSoftware is the only developer with more than one win. Bethesda Softworks and Capcom are the most nominated companies without a win at four. The most recent winner is Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios . The Game Awards has a voting jury consisting of over 100 video game media and influencer outlets, which have been specifically selected for their work in critically evaluating video games . Each outlet completes an unranked ballot listing its top five choices; games with

672-501: The company on October 12, 2023. Kamiya later confirmed the news. Those who have met Kamiya describe him as having a soft-spoken, friendly personality, but he has earned a contrasting reputation among some on Twitter for blocking large numbers of users for tweeting him in any language other than Japanese, including users responding in English to tweets he made exclusively in English. Kamiya's blocking has become an inside joke with fans, to

714-411: The current build once a month. To fulfill Capcom's sales plan of two million copies, director Kamiya tried to attract new customers with a more ostentatious and Hollywood-like story presentation. As Yoshiki Okamoto did not want to simply enforce the new direction, he had regular series writer Noboru Sugimura discuss the plot revisions with Mikami and the development staff. The planners redesigned

756-457: The cutoff date are eligible, as are live service games regardless of their release year: 2018's Among Us received several nominations in 2020. The Game Award for Game of the Year is given to a video game judged to deliver the best experience across creative and technical fields. It is presented as the final award of the ceremony and is widely considered its most prestigious honor. Since 2017,

798-496: The director, Devil May Cry was designed from the ground up around Dante's acrobatics and combat abilities. The decision was made late in the development process to change the game to a more mission-based advancement, instead of the more open-ended structure of the Resident Evil games. Devil May Cry' s difficulty was intentional, according to Kamiya, who called it his "challenge to those who played light, casual games." Despite

840-473: The earliest incarnation of Resident Evil 4 . Initially developed for the PlayStation 2, the game was directed by Hideki Kamiya after producer Shinji Mikami requested that he create a new entry in the Resident Evil series. Around the turn of the millennium, Sugimura created a scenario for the title, based on Kamiya's idea to make a very cool and stylized action game . The story was based on unraveling

882-411: The game from the ground up to fit the changes, and the programmers and other remaining members of the team were sent to work on Resident Evil Director's Cut , which was shipped with a playable preview disc of the new Resident Evil 2 version in order to promote the sequel and to apologize to the players for its belated release. Kamiya was later the director of Devil May Cry , which started out as

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924-407: The game were shipped. Although it was Platinum's most commercially successful game at that time, the company was disappointed with its sales. A 4K remastered version of the game featuring anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, SSAO lighting, scalable texture and shadow quality, and more was released on PC in April 2017. An HD remastered version of the game was released on Nintendo Switch in 2018, and

966-426: The game's directors or studio executives. The process begins with over 100 video game publications and websites, which collectively name six games as nominees. After the nominees are selected, the winner is chosen by a combined vote between the jury (90%) and public voting (10%). Since its inception, the award has been given to ten video games. Publishers Electronic Arts and Sony Interactive Entertainment have won

1008-544: The game's initial prototype, which Kamiya admitted was "incredibly boring to play". Eventually, they settled onto the gameplay found in the final product, With the core feature of allowing the player to pause the gameplay at any time to draw on the landscape to affect the world around them. The gameplay style is a mix of action, platform, and puzzle gaming genres, and has been noted by many reviewers to have numerous similarities in overall gameplay style to The Legend of Zelda series , an inspiration that director Hideki Kamiya,

1050-531: The most appearances across the ballots are selected as the nominees. The winners are determined between the jury (90%) and public voting (10%). The public vote is held via the official website and social media platforms such as Discord , Facebook , and Twitter ; in China, fan voting is held via Bilibili . Any game released before a certain date in November prior to the ceremony is eligible for award consideration. As

1092-408: The mystery surrounding the body of protagonist Tony, an invincible man with skills and an intellect exceeding that of normal people, his superhuman abilities explained with biotechnology. As Kamiya felt the playable character did not look brave and heroic enough in battles from a fixed angle, he decided to drop the prerendered backgrounds from previous Resident Evil installments and instead opted for

1134-441: The original Devil May Cry game, although he is no longer employed by Capcom. Kamiya directed the original Viewtiful Joe . The game was conceived as a "staff-focused project" aimed at increasing the skill of its creators, specifically director Kamiya. Kamiya provides the voice for Six Machine in the game. In 2006, Kamiya worked as the director for Ōkami . Ōkami resulted from the combined ideas of Clover Studio. The game

1176-468: The point that getting blocked or unblocked became a stretch reward for The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter . The Game Award for Game of the Year The Game Award for Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Game Awards . It is given to a video game judged to deliver the best experience across creative and technical fields. The award is traditionally accepted by

1218-431: The project. According to producer Atsushi Inaba , the game would not have been possible if they did not get the funding and the support from Nintendo . Sega remained as the game's consultant. The game was directed by Yusuke Hashimoto, and Kamiya has a supervision role. The game was released in 2014 to very positive reviews. While sales for the Wii U version have not been fully disclosed, by March 2018, Nintendo confirmed

1260-472: The staff members to make the game independent from it. Kamiya eventually rewrote the story to be set in a world full of demons and changed the hero's name to "Dante". The cast of characters remained largely identical to that in Sugimura's scenario, although appearances of the hero's mother and father were written out of the story. The game's new title was revealed as Devil May Cry in November 2000. The game

1302-487: The success of the original Devil May Cry , the sequel was not created by Hideki Kamiya or Team Little Devils. The first notice Kamiya's team was given about any sort of sequel occurred during localization of Devil May Cry in North America and Europe , a move which greatly surprised Kamiya. Instead the project was handed over to Capcom Dev Studio 2. Since the game's release, Kamiya has expressed disappointment that he

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1344-509: The video game. Days later, Bloomberg and VGC verified sources that allege that Taylor was initially offered a larger sum for the main role, and that the $ 4000 was a final offer from Kamiya for a cameo role near the end of development. Kamiya responded to Taylor's claims with a tweet reading "Sad and deplorable about the attitude of untruth. That's what all I can tell now." before temporarily deactivating his Twitter account. In September 2023, PlatinumGames announced that Kamiya would be leaving

1386-429: Was Nuts & Milk . In high school, Kamiya bought a NEC PC-8801 to study programming, but ended up playing video games every day. The first software he purchased for his PC-8801 MA computer was Hydlide 3: The Space Memories . He also loved monster movies such as Godzilla and Ultraman as a child. As a game designer, Kamiya stated he has been most inspired by the games The Legend of Zelda: A Link to

1428-442: Was bundled alongside Vanquish for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in February 2020. Bayonetta 2 was announced in 2012 during a Nintendo Direct for the Wii U . The decision received backlash from fans, since the game would not be available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Platinum was initially working with Sega to create the sequel, but Sega decided to cancel the game during the game's development. Nintendo subsequently revived

1470-521: Was carried out by a 40- to 50-person group that would later be part of Capcom Production Studio 4 . The game was directed by Kamiya, who led the team, which was composed of newer Capcom employees and over half of the staff from the original Resident Evil . In the initial stages of development, producer Shinji Mikami often had creative disagreements with Kamiya, and tried to influence the team with his own direction. He eventually stepped back to an overseeing role as producer, and only demanded to be shown

1512-588: Was developed by Team Little Devils, a group of staff members within Capcom Production Studio 4 . Some of the major gameplay elements were partially inspired by a bug found in Onimusha: Warlords . During a test-play, Kamiya discovered that enemies could be kept in the air by slashing them repeatedly, which led to the inclusion of juggles by gunfire and sword strikes in Devil May Cry . According to

1554-577: Was named one of the top 100 game creators of all-time by IGN in 2009. Kamiya was born in 1970 in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture . At a young age, he was already a fan of video games thanks to a neighbor who often invited him to play with his Epoch Cassette Vision console. Gaming appealed to Kamiya mainly due to the sounds it produced. During his early years of junior school he got his own first console, Nintendo 's Famicom . The first game he bought

1596-440: Was not called on by his superiors at Capcom to direct Devil May Cry 2 . Although Kamiya did not direct the third game, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening , he still advised writer Bingo Morihashi in the characterization of the title character as well as his design. He also gave Morihashi freedom in terms of the story's retcons regarding Vergil's history. Kamiya has stated on Twitter that he would be interested in remaking

1638-420: Was originally built around "depict[ing] a lot of nature", but had no central concept or theme, according to Kamiya, who served as the game's director. Kamiya eventually created a minute-long demonstration movie showing a wolf running about a forest, with flowers blossoming in its wake, but still lacked any gameplay. Kamiya and other members of the team introduced ideas around the nature aspect and eventually led to

1680-496: Was produced by Gonzo and released in 2013. The original Bayonetta was also used as a basis for a Pachislot. Bayonetta , Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta 3 all received generally positive reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic . Bayonetta 2 was nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2014 , though it ultimately lost to Dragon Age: Inquisition . Hideki Kamiya Hideki Kamiya ( 神谷 英樹 , Kamiya Hideki , born December 19, 1970)

1722-619: Was released on Nintendo Switch on March 17, 2023. Bayonetta appears as a downloadable character in Sega's multiplayer fighting game Anarchy Reigns , and as a special guest character alongside Jeanne and Rodin in Nintendo's action game The Wonderful 101 . She also appears as a downloadable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U , and as an unlockable character in the sequel Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Both games also feature

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1764-471: Was working on Scalebound , a new game for Microsoft Studios until its cancellation in January 2017. In October 2022, Hellena Taylor, the voice actress for the titular Bayonetta in the first two Bayonetta titles, revealed that she decided not to voice Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3 , alleging that PlatinumGames offered her $ 4,000 for the role, an amount she found "insulting" and instead asked fans to boycott

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