Bayonetta is back: PlatinumGames will release a Switch sequel in 2022

Bayonet 3 Developer PlatinumGames and publisher Sega said after playing a four-minute game trailer on Nintendo Direct on Thursday that the game will land on Nintendo Switch in 2022.

The movie in the trailer is as heavy as the footage in the game, showing Bayonetta coming to the rescue against a monster-like enemy that overwhelms the local defenses. Bayonetta and her iconic pistol heels arrived on the scene to deal with things-mainly through other A monster summoned by a witch.

The trailer on Thursday was the first time we heard of the Bayonetta sequel since it was released as a Switch exclusive in 2017.Since then, PlatinumGames has remained silent Bayonet 3, Promising to show more content only when the game is ready. The only release guidance given by the studio is next year.

Sega and PlatinumGames brought the first two Bayonetta games to Nintendo Switch in 2018, bringing amiibo support and local wireless cooperative games.

first Beyonita Sega was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009. Bayonetta 2 Acquired by Nintendo and released exclusively as Wii U in 2014. These games were later remade in 4K-along with another PlatinumGames action movie, conquer — PlayStation 4 and Xbox One celebrate their 10th anniversary.

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