After parting ways with the game studio that he helped co-found in 2007, former Platinum Games VP Hideki Kamiya has spoken about what he has been up to lately and what he has planned for his next game project. Kamiya revealed that since his September departure, he’d spent some time relaxing as he had no plans lined up for life after Platinum Games. According to the veteran developer, his departure was the result of creative differences and the company moving in a different direction that clashed with his artistic beliefs.
“I don’t think of games as products, but rather as works of art,” Kamiya said to IGN. “I want to put my artistry into games and deliver games that could only be made by Hideki Kamiya, so that players can enjoy Hideki Kamiya games exactly as they are. I decided to leave the company and forge my own path, to continue making games that reflect the developers who made them.”
As for his next game? Kamiya says that he has a “clear idea” in mind and he’s working on translating those thoughts into a proposal that he can shop around. Kamiya is remaining tight-lipped on what this game will be, but he added that “it’ll be a Hideki Kamiya game’” if it is developed.