According to SteamSpy, Bayonetta has sold over one hundred and seventy thousand copies on Steam, a point that is not lost on developer PlatinumGames. As matter of fact, as you read this article, the company is undergoing serious internal talks regarding the future of the franchise, namely the possibility of a new Bayonetta game.
According to Source Gaming, producer Atsushi Inaba and many other PlatinumGames higher-ups are considering the possibility of a third game.
“I would like to make Bayonetta 3,” explained Inaba. “We’re talking within the company even now about what to do. But because we’re constantly talking about it, that actually makes it really hard to say.”
One of the the company’s biggest concerns is where to go with the next game. Both previous games essentially culminated in the titular Bayonetta battling literal gods, so where does the series go from there? According to Inaba, the third game, if it’s ever created, might follow another character:
“Maybe there would be a male Bayonetta…There’s plenty of precedent for changing protagonists, and so that is something we discuss – do we want to keep the same one, have a idfferent one, add new ones – but that’s certainly not anything I can say for sure at this point.”
While I would love to see a third game, we must consider who owns the rights to the franchise, as that will determine its potential console availability. PlatinumGames might have developed Bayonetta 1 and 2, but Sega and Nintendo published them respectively. Bayonetta 1 is available for multiple platforms — including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC — while Bayonetta 2 is, as of writing this article, a Nintendo Wii U exclusive, which makes ownership complicated at best. While some would argue that Nintendo owns the franchise since it published the second game, the Steam release of the first Bayonetta throws that claim into question because Nintendo never releases games on PC (also, the publisher is listed as SEGA on the game’s Steam page). Perhaps no one company owns the franchise, not even PlatinumGames. Maybe the company that publishes the third Bayonetta game will be the one to decide which consoles will see a release.
Regardless or copyright ownership, we here at Geek Reply wish PlatinumGames the best in its attempts to make a third Bayonetta game and to release Bayonetta 2 on Steam.
New World Interactive, the developer of the Insurgency series of tactical first-person shooters, has laid off an unknown number of employees as part of Embracer Group’s comprehensive restructuring plan.
Saber Interactive, which acquired New World in 2020, told Eurogamer that the studio had not closed. However, it confirmed an unknown number of layoffs.
Embracer says it is “actively working to fill existing open roles” with impacted employees and will provide severance packages. “Saber also assures that development will continue on Insurgency: Sandstorm, as well as on unannounced future projects,” it said.
Over 900 employees were laid off in an “agonizing” but “necessary” process. As always, we hope all victims recover.
Sony wants non-console owners to access its content beyond its PlayStation-walled garden. This strategy has been slowly implemented: the company has commissioned TV and movie adaptations of its biggest franchises, ported select software to the PC, and launched a mobile gaming division.
In an interview with Nikkei, head Hideaki Nishino explained how this strategy can boost console sales: We want to use movies and dramas to get non-gamers to try PlayStation games. Sales of The Last of Us increased during the live-action drama.
When HBO’s adaptation aired, our The Last of Us content skyrocketed, so we can understand its impact. As a PlayStation fan site, we support this strategy because we want to reach as many people as possible, so if Sony can appeal to non-console owners, that’s a win-win.
More PlayStation users is better, in our opinion.
PowerWash Simulator is one of this month’s PS Plus Essentials, but before you start scrubbing, check out the PS Store. The game has been well supported on PS5 and PS4 with free DLC packs based on Square Enix titles since its release at the start of the year.
Free Final Fantasy VII and Tomb Raider expansions let you clean Croft Manor and Seventh Heaven. The free DLC packs add 10 levels, and the paid ones add more.
Two more Back to the Future and SpongeBob SquarePants expansions cost £6.49 or $7.99 each. You can then scrub the Bikini Bottom and the DeLorean.
The Midgar Special Pack for PowerWash Simulator was another reason to use the cleaning kit. “It doesn’t add much, but getting close to FF7’s props and environments is fun. It offers a fresh take on the beloved title that will please both sides of this collaboration.”
Have you tried the latest PS Plus Essential game?
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