PlatinumGames, the development studio behind some incredibly popular titles such as the Bayonetta series, Nier: Automata, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, is known for releasing fast-paced action games that don't follow conventional game design concepts. Recently, the game studio gained a new vice president and CBO, previous Nintendo Licensing General Manager Takao Yamane. Following that appointment, Famitsu sat down with PlatinumGames to talk about the studio's future, and the upcoming title Project GG was also discussed.
First unveiled with a teaser trailer back in 2020, Project GG is the next title in Hideki Kamiya's superhero trilogy. Viewtiful Joe and The Wonderful 101 are the other games in that trilogy, and while it isn't known how closely the two will be connected with Project GG, it seems the new game will at least build on the precedent set by its predecessors. Since an initial reveal, news on Project GG has been rather lacking. Platinum can't exactly be blamed for that, as it has likely had its hands full developing Bayonetta 3 for release later this year.
However, it does seem that Project GG hasn't just been forgotten about. If anything, it seems Platinum may be gearing up for more information to be dropped on the game soon. When asked if it would be possible to get additional information on Project GG, Takao Yamane stated that fans could see more of the game "next June." While he didn't clarify whether this meant Project GG would be at E3, the timing would line up. As well, it could be a big announcement for the convention's highly anticipated return following a few years of E3 being canceled or existing as a digital-only event.
Hideki Kamiya, Platinum's vice president, went on to give some more information about the upcoming title. He stated that he cannot give any specifics on the game, but has claimed that Project GG is a much bigger title than had first been anticipated. "I don’t think that Project GG would have become a project of the scale it is today if it was just my idea alone," Kamiya says. It seems that Project GG has had a large influence on the developer as well, as Kamiya spoke of how the game expanded with President and CEO Atsushi Inaba's "big ambitions." Apparently, Inaba's proposal was to say "this is the kind of game PlatinumGames is going to make from now on."
Responding to this, Kamiya decided to "flesh out" the core element of Project GG, expanding it into a project of a much larger scale. As well, Project GG will differ from other Platinum games in the fact that it won't be a pure action title, though it will have a "core game" component similar to The Wonderful 101's Unite Morph and Bayonetta's Witch Time. It was also added that the plans for Project GG were able to expand thanks to an investment from Chinese tech giant Tencent in 2020.
Project GG is in development.