If there was one lesson that should be learned from 2025 on the gaming side of things, it’s that “You don’t need a big studio to make the game of your dreams.” Instead, you just need the right people around you to craft the title that you want to make. Numerous titles come to mind from 2025 that hammer that point home, and hopefully, that continues in 2026. One studio that was born from that mindset was CLOVERS, which is headed up by the legendary and infamous Hideki Kamiya. After losing faith in Platinum Games and what they were doing, he branched out on his own, and many came to his side to make this new studio.
They’ve quietly been working on multiple things, by their own admission, and one of them is the Okami sequel that was announced at The Game Awards back in 2024. We haven’t seen anything from the game since then, but that’s because they’ve been working hard on it. Don’t take my word for it, though, take it from CLOVERS CEO Kento Koyama, who shared a special New Year’s message on the team’s site:
“We are hard at work on the Okami sequel. Although the release is still a ways off, we cannot wait to get the finished game into your hands.”
Not to be left out, Hideki Kamiya also spoke on the site, specifically about bringing this team together to make special games:
We’ve assembled an elite team of highly-skilled professionals with shared ideals. And while the chaos is as lively as ever, our days are filled with joy and creativity.
He notes that their “only goal” is to deliver “fun to our players,” and I’m sure many will appreciate that and will look forward to what the team makes.
Source: CLOVERS Studio
