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Acquisitions seem to be spreading similar wildfire right now. Microsoft is set to learn Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion, and Sony is scooping up Bungie for $3.vi billion. Questions about who's getting bought side by side are being asked constantly, and Platinum Games is the latest studio to ponder the possibility.

Platinum Games CEO Atushi Inaba is up for it, according to an interview with VGC, but being able to preserve the studio'due south liberty is paramount. "The well-nigh important matter for us is to have the freedom to make the games that we desire to make," Inaba explained. "And so I would not plough annihilation down, as long as our liberty was still respected." Microsoft has been public almost wanting to acquire a Japanese studio to expand the Xbox brand in that region, and nether the right conditions, it sounds like Platinum Games could be the one.

Inaba also commented on the Activision Blizzard acquisition, clarifying that Platinum'south desire for freedom isn't a dig on what's happening over in that location. "I don't think Microsoft is going to start micromanaging Activision to where they take abroad all their freedom," he said. "I think at that place'southward going to be a lot of mutual respect there, and I call back Activision will be able to continue doing what they practise best." Of course, that hasn't stopped reports nigh a 2023 Warzone sequel being the last ane on a PlayStation console.

As for Platinum's ain plans, Bayonetta 3 and Babylon'south Fall are next on the docket. Those waiting for a Bayonetta three release date can jump into a Babylon'south Fall demo shortly. That'll exist available starting Friday, February 25.