Daily Briefing, Monday 18th January 2021

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Bayonetta 3 news possibly maybe hopefully coming sometime this year

After more than three years of silence, series designer Hideki Kamiya has stated that he hopes to be able to give an update on the much-anticipated sequel later this year, and asked fans to "please keep an eye on us."

• Kamiya said a few interesting things during the Arcade Archives stream, actually, like his claim that he will also be giving updates on "a few more unannounced projects." 2020 was a bumper year for PlatinumGames, and it certainly seems like the studio want to keep that momentum going.

Sony have quietly removed those PS5 game release dates

Remember last week when we reported on a few release dates detailed during Sony's CES 2021 sizzle reel? Well, you may have to forget about all that sweet news because it looks like Sony have removed the small print from that trailer.

• It's an odd situation that suggest we definitely weren't supposed to have this information just yet. Release dates for things like Ghostwire: Tokyo and Project Athia probably warranted a bit more fanfare that some sizzle reel small print, or perhaps the dates were entirely inaccurate? Watch this space.

Physical release of Scott Pilgrim is Limited Run's biggest ever

Limited Run Games are a US-based outfit that specialise in physical releases of digital games and, according to founder Douglas Bogart, the Nintendo Switch version of Scott Pilgrim's return became almost an instant record-breaker - selling 40K copies on the platform.

• 25K of those copies were sold in the first three hours, Bogart said, and that's without even considering PS4 versions. Limited Run Games will be selling the Scott Pilgrim title for the next six weeks across various versions priced between $34.99 and $139.99

Former Ninja Gaiden director would love to work with Xbox

Tomonobu Itagaki has returned to game development as the head of his newly-formed Itagaki Games studio, and said that he would be "honoured" to rekindle his historic partnership with Microsoft.

• Itagaki has had a storied history in games. He was with Tecmo for nearly 20 years, working on big franchises like Ninja Gaiden an Dead or Alive, before a very public disagreement (and lawsuit) follow 2008's Ninja Gaiden II. Well, now he's back, and it'll be interesting to see what he does next.

That's everything for today - catch us back here tomorrow for another daily news blast!