Bayonetta

For:Xbox 360  Also On: PS3 Release Date: 8 January 2010
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Hardcore action title from the creator of Devil May Cry featuring a female lead character.

VideoGamer Score:

9

Our Verdict: It's fast, thrilling, gorgeous, punishing, rewarding and tremendous fun. It's an old-fashioned game at heart, will test your skills to their limit, and more than lives up to its billing.

Latest Bayonetta Articles

News: Platinum Games wants to announce new game in 2012

Platinum Games' Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba have given the studio's fans something to get excited about in 2012: the suggestion of a new game announcement and a great year for the company.

4 News Posted Jan 6

News: Bayonetta 2 reveal rumours quashed by producer

A Tweet from Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya last night invited much excitement from the industry that a Bayonetta 2 reveal was incoming. It turns out, however, this was simply Kamiya 'trolling' on Twitter.

News Posted Aug 31

News: Bayonetta 2 reveal incoming?

A sequel to critical darling and all-round excellent hack 'n' slash Bayonetta looks set to be announced this week, if a tweet by game director Hideki Kamiya is taken on face value.

News Posted Aug 30

News: PlatinumGames saddened by lack of originality

Games should exist to 'offer fresh surprises to those who play them,' believes the Bayonetta dev.

News Posted Apr 1

News: Violence an 'inherent part of gameplay,' says Inaba

'Pointless and purposeless violence' will damage the industry believes the Vanquish and Okami creator.

1 News Posted Feb 28

News: Platinum Games might do sequels

Only if the demand is there from fans.

1 News Posted Feb 28

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Platinum Games might do sequels in Article Comments

CheekyLee's Avatar

Platinum Games don't actually own Bayonetta, though. (Or Vanquish, or MadWorld, for that matter.) It is SEGA who hold the rights, and if recent years are anything to go by there won't be any...

Violence an 'inherent part of gameplay,' says Inaba in Article Comments

SexyJams's Avatar

Oh right; so this is the producer working for the studio behind Madworld and the upcoming multiplayer brawler, Anarchy Reigns? Can't wait to see the reason they give us to kill each other in their...

Game Stats

Technical Specs
Developer: Platinum Games
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Action
No. Players: One
Rating: PEGI 18+
Site Rank: 1,111 101