PlatinumGames' online multiplayer game announced: Max Anarchy

#1 Posted by Icemael (6100 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

A couple of months ago, Atsushi Inaba mentioned that PlatinumGames were working on a "big multiplayer title". Well, that title has now been announced, and it's called Max Anarchy. It's for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3, will be released sometime this year, and features MadWorld's protagonist Jack as a playable character.

The next issue of Famitsu will have an interview and some screenshots, so look forward to that.

#2 Posted by JJOR64 (18129 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Read about that earlier. Definitely looking forward to see how this game shapes up.

#3 Posted by Icemael (6100 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Here's some more information.

Key stuff:

It will be a "Multiplayer Melee Fighting Action" game supporting a large number of players, something that supposedly hasn't been done before (I'm not sure if that's true).
Development started two years ago.
There will be a variety of online modes, as well as a single-player story mode with a "solid story".
Worldwide release this autumn.

#4 Posted by Cincaid (2876 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Don't care much for multiplayer focused game. Hopefully their next project will be more interesting. :(

#5 Posted by jakob187 (20685 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

I'm interested in anything PlatinumGames has to offer, but this just sounds a little too weird. Hopefully, it does not disappoint us.

#6 Posted by benjaebe (2782 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Anything Platinum Games makes is guaranteed to be both completely awesome and completely insane. Can't wait to see more.

#7 Posted by Icemael (6100 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@CrazyChris said:

" Don't care much for multiplayer focused game. Hopefully their next project will be more interesting. :( "

Even if the main focus is on multiplayer, there'll still be a single-player story mode.

The main thing for me is who's developing it. If Kamiya is involved, it'll be my most anticipated game of the year, and a guaranteed day one purchase. If it's the MadWorld dudes? Well... then I'll be less excited.

#8 Posted by FluxWaveZ (17877 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@Icemael said:

" If it's the MadWorld dudes? Well... then I'll be less excited. "

MadWorld's director, Shigenori Nishikawa, has left Platinum so that could do... something. I dunno.

Max Anarchy reminds me of Devil's Third. Wonder how similar they'll actually be.

#9 Posted by Pie (6437 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

A melee multiplayer action game with a ton of people sounds interesting I guess.
But it's mutliplayer...

#10 Posted by xyzygy (8634 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Nooo... Platinum needs to make more action games like Bayonetta! Or even a sequel to Bayonetta! I think it would be cool playing a game featuring Jeanne. I thought she was a great character.

#11 Posted by Zippedbinders (967 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

I love how, even on Giantbomb, reading comprehension is something reserved to only the title of the thread. Amazing.

#12 Posted by Cincaid (2876 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@Icemael said:

" @CrazyChris said:
" Don't care much for multiplayer focused game. Hopefully their next project will be more interesting. :( "
Even if the main focus is on multiplayer, there'll still be a single-player story mode. The main thing for me is who's developing it. If Kamiya is involved, it'll be my most anticipated game of the year, and a guaranteed day one purchase. If it's the MadWorld dudes? Well... then I'll be less excited. "

True that. As long as the single player is a good ride I have no problem with that. Just a bit scared when they flat out say "multiplayer focused game".

#13 Posted by Icemael (6100 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Okay, I've got some more info: the director is Masaki Yamanaka, MadWorld's art director, and the game will be called Anarchy Reigns in the West (I have to say, I think Max Anarchy is a much better name).

@xyzygy said:

" Nooo... Platinum needs to make more action games like Bayonetta! Or even a sequel to Bayonetta! I think it would be cool playing a game featuring Jeanne. I thought she was a great character. "

Anarchy Reigns is being developed by the MadWorld people. Hideki Kamiya and his dudes are working on something else (and if his track record is any indication, there's a pretty good chance it involves crazy over-the-top action).

#14 Posted by Jasta (2214 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

If it isn't on the same level of bat shit craziness as Bayonetta or Vanquish I'll be pretty bummed.

#15 Posted by Icemael (6100 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

First screenshots. Not feeling the character designs.

#16 Posted by kingofpeanuts (472 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@Icemael: It is called Anarchy Reigns it the west

#17 Posted by Marcsman (2332 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Outstanding

#18 Posted by Icemael (6100 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Here's a teaser.

@kingofpeanuts said:

" @Icemael: It is called Anarchy Reigns it the west "

@Icemael said:

" Okay, I've got some more info: the director is Masaki Yamanaka, MadWorld's art director, and the game will be called Anarchy Reigns in the West (I have to say, I think Max Anarchy is a much better name).. "

Anarchy Reigns

In a distant, chaotic future, cyborgs beat the crap out of each other in this multiplayer-heavy 3D beat 'em up from the developers of MadWorld and Bayonetta.

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