Platinum Games, Inc. is a Japan-based independent video game development company. It was founded under the name Seeds, Inc. on August 1, 2006 by Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya, the former key members of Capcom's Clover Studio and still retains many other former members of the studio.
Clover Studio was responsible for many critically acclaimed titles such as Viewtiful Joe and Ōkami. In October 2006, the Capcom Board of Directors voted to shut down the studio.The dissolution took place in March 2007 and all original IPs developed by Clover (Viewtiful Joe, Ōkami and God Hand) remained with Capcom.