A few years ago, Clover was one of Capcom's best studios. They made what are widely regarded as some of the best, most visually unique games of the last console generation, including Viewtiful Joe and Okami. Around the 2006 release of their final game, God Hand, Capcom announced that the studio had separated from Capcom and had been dissolved.
Shortly thereafter, there was an announcement that the studio had reformed as SEEDS, then it was later purchased and became Platinum Games. Why should you care about all this? Because during all that downtime, they've been working on some new projects, and this week their work has finally come to light.
What started as an information leak led to Japanese magazine scans and a shaky off-screen video that was pulled from YouTube and GameTrailers by Sega of America, who was revealed to be the games' publisher. These happenings mean that the games are real beyond a shadow of a doubt, so here are the widely-circulated descriptions, which were until now only rumors:
- Bayonetta, directed by [Devil May Cry] creator Hideki Kamiya, and is described by the site's correspondent as a "stylish action game" with "a witch battling angels". Apparently she has guns on her feet.
- A science-fiction RPG for the DS called Infinite Line, where you play as a starship captain, customising [sic] your ship and crew.
- A Wii game called MadWorld. ...it's, "Black and white Sin City graphics, with red blood. Ultra ultra violent. Fatality moves like shoving a post through someone's head. Chainsaw on your right arm."
