The exodus of PlatinumGames’ hugely talented developers continues, with Astral Chain director and designer on Nier Automata, Takahisa Taura, confirming that he has also left the studio, though not to follow Hideki Kamiya to Clovers. Instead, Taura founded Eel Game Studio with a few other founding members. In an interview with Famitsu (transcribed by Genki, spotted by VGC), Taura confirmed his departure from Platinum and the founding of his new studio, but wouldn’t say who the other founding members are. He also confirmed that despite beginning this new adventure, he’ll still collaborate with Yoko Taro, Yosuke Saito, and Keiichi Okabe […]
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