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Hideki Kamiya Left PlatinumGames As It Didn't Place "Importance On The Creators' Individuality"

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Published Mar 13, 2025

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Hideki Kamiya left PlatinumGames due to a shift towards restricting creators' individuality.
Kamiya cited Capcom Production Studio 4's influence on his career as a reason for leaving.
He said he couldn't allow his soul to be compromised in an environment that didn't value creators' freedom.

Hideki Kamiya, best known for creating the series at PlatinumGames,168澳洲幸运5开奖网: left the company in 2023. The studio was at the forefront of action and combat-focussed games, boasting the likes of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Devil May Cry and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nier: Automata as well. However, Ka🍸miya has been pretty vocal about why he left the studio.

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In a recent interview, Kamiya dove into why he left the ꦬstudio and the fundamental changes made by the management that resulted inไ him making the decision. He stated that he couldn't continue working at a studio where the creators didn't have freedom.

Hideki Kamiya Comments On Why He Left PlatinumGames

Speaking to (via ), Kamiya said, "If there's anything I'm particular about, it's Capcom Production Studio 4. Studio 4 is where my career started, and where I learned froജm Shinji Mikami - a person who has been absolutely indispensable to my career, both as a crea🍸tor and as my superior."

"Ba﷽ck then, we used to call what Mikami taught us the 'spirit of the 4th'," he said, recalling his time there. "The reason I left PlatinumGames was because the company's way of thinking was gradually shifting towards a modern model of game development that doesn't place importance on the creators' 🐻individuality."

"Even if it meant the end of my career as a creator, I couldn't allow myse🧸lf to kill my soul in order to work in an environment that I didn't agree with."

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It seems the restrictions the studio started putting꧅ on the developers and writers eventually got too much for Kamiya to handle, resulting in him leaviﷺng. His new studio, Clover, is currently working on a sequel for one of Kamiya's most beloved games, Okami.

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